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Posted on 10/09/2025 8:32:08 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Thursday that will make it illegal to declaw a cat in California, a practice that lawmakers and animal advocates argued is outdated and inhumane.
Assembly Bill 867 by Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San José) bars veterinarians from performing the procedure, which involves amputating the first bone in each of a cat's toes or severing its tendons so that it can't extend its claws. California law previously required the procedure to be performed by veterinarians, but will now limit it to cases of medical necessity.
"Many countries have already outlawed this inhumane practice," said Lee, who called declawing a "barbaric" mutilation to make life more convenient for pet owners.
While most owners do not declaw their cats, the practice has been used by some to prevent the animal from scratching people, furniture or other pets. Various polling has found that roughly a quarter of cats are declawed, but it has fallen out of favor among veterinarians and pet owners in recent years. The nation's largest veterinary provider, Mars Veterinary Health, said it does not support elective declawing.
"Feline scratching and nail sharpening are normal behaviors and the removal of nails has been shown to lead to chronic pain and, in some cases, to cause long-term behavioral issues," the company said in a statement on its website.
The California Veterinary Medical Assn., which represents veterinarians, opposed the bill, saying it sets a dangerous precedent to limit the scope of one profession.
When our veterinarians are telling us that they're performing the procedure, it's usually because the elderly patient is usually on chemotherapy, on a blood thinner ... and they can't risk being scratched," Grant Miller, director of regulatory affairs at CVMA, said during a legislative hearing.
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He’s a fayg. They are his friends.
D-San José
I fully understand the incongruence aka hypocricy.
Nevertheless: While some of my furniture is cat-clawed I would consider it cruel and inhumane to make those guys and gals defenseless should they escape into my woodlands.
Since I would not own a cat I will never be a Cat Owner. But if I did Own one I would not like the State telling me what I can or can’t do with My Cat, that I Own.
Declawing cats is very cruel in my opinion. In fact as an animal lover I think it’s horrid.
As Dad put it, you might lead a fairly normal life with your toes gone, but not with your fingers clipped off at the knuckle.
Totally agree. You can get sprays for your furniture that actually worked very well for my cats. Deterrent for the furniture and cat nip spray for the scratching pod posts.
Tapes available on Amazon work just as well.
Too late on EDT for links...
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> Declawing cats is very cruel in my opinion. <
Agreed. Declawing a cat is kinda like removing all of a dog’s teeth because you don’t want him to bite anyone.
If it’s such a big concern (cat or dog), better to not to get one. Get a goldfish instead.
I have also seen glue-on rubber tips for kitty’s claws. Good luck applying them, and I am sure they need to be replaced periodically. But it is a thing.
We have cheap furniture, and our current cats are fine with the outdoors and scratching posts. But even when we got one who wasn’t all that trainable, we just put up with a little damage.
Katie Porter, Nancy Pelosi and others are relieved they won’t be declawed.
True story: Katie Porter ——
“In a request for a restraining order from April 2013, Katie Porter’s ex-husband, Matthew Hoffman, alleged that when she became angry, she would “claw and scratch her arms and then say to me ‘Look what you made me do!’”.
LOL!
Our cats aren’t too bad about scratching the furniture, but one of them claws the molding around doorframes. We’d still never get them declawed, though they wouldn’t last long outdoors with or without claws. Too many coyotes around, and the cats have been indoor cats their entire lives.
Law or no law, cats should never be de-clawed. Ever.
Declawing really hurts, I’d ever do that to a cat.
Daisy is impossible to get into her crate with two adult humans trying to outwit, outsmart and outplay her So I have a vet who comes to the house every two months. $75. for a clawsicure. I get a great manicure for half that price.
“””””I get a great manicure for half that price.”””””
The manicurist drives to your house?
What about cropped tails on certain breeds of dog, such as the doberman pincher? Or ears on German Shepherds? Maybe that’s next. I have heard of a basset hound owner who was considering having his dog’s vocal cords worked on, so he would not bark and howl so much. I don’t know if he was just kidding or what.
Daisy cat has a big scatching post I buy at AMZ. Free-standing and very sturdy, lasts for years. She never scratches on furniture.
“SmartCat Ultimate Scratching Post. “
However, she’s a b@tchy ktty and might scratch me if I don’t do iwhat she wants when she wants it.
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