Declawing of cats to be mutilation, unethical, unnecessary and inhumane.

To educate the public about the painful and crippling effects of feline declawing, to promote animal welfare through the abolition of the practice of declaw surgery, and to rehabilitate cats that have been declawed.

Many people, including animal lovers, do not realize that declawing is a surgical procedure in which the animal’s toes are amputated at the last joint. A portion of the bone, not just the nail, is removed. Declawing may result in permanent lameness, arthritis, and other long-term complications

Declawing is the non-therapeutic amputation of all or part of the last phalanx in cats’ toes in order to remove the claw to prevent cats’ natural scratching behavior. Declawing is a surgical procedure designed to change a behavior. Behavior issues should be addressed with behavioral and environmental modification as well as education

Declawing cats does not protect human health. Scientific studies have found that declawed cats bite more often and harder than their clawed counterparts. A bite wound is unquestionably more dangerous to immunocompromised people, children, or the elderly than a cat scratch. Major health authorities including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), the US Public Health Services, the Canadian Medical Association, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America all agree that declawing cats to protect humans is “not advised.”

No matter how the surgery is performed, declawing is an unnecessary and cruel, permanent procedure