Cats in Manitoba need your help! Research shows that declawing (partial digital amputation) can result in chronic pain (regardless of surgical method or pain management) as well as have serious, long term negative behavioural consequences. Because of this, declawing is unlikely to prevent cats from being surrendered to shelters.

The Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association has the power to make this change by enacting a ban on declawing. Many veterinarians already don't declaw and others want to stop performing the procedure, but having the support of a ban would make it so.

Please sign and share our petition to add your voice to the growing chorus of concerned cat owners and veterinarians who want to see this inhumane procedure end. Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island veterinarians have already decided that declawing is no longer acceptable.

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