Directory of Declawing Resources

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Declawing cats involves the surgical removal of the last joint of the toes. Whether or not this is a humane or even necessary practice is hotly debated.

Resources in This Category

• Amby's Declawing Cats: Issues & Alternatives

  http://amby.com/cat_site/declaw.html
  Medical, ethical, and behavioral issues, alternatives, and links.

• BBC NEWS: Hollywood Cats to Regain Clawing Rights

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2686125.stm
  Councillors in West Hollywood vote in favour of a ban on de-clawing cats, saying that the practice is painful and cruel.

• California Anti-Declawing Bill

  http://www.declaw.org/
  Legislation to ban declawing cats in California.

• Cat Scratching.com

  http://www.catscratching.com/
  Information from a veterinarian on how to solve scratching problems without declawing.

• CatsInfo: Facts Behind Declawing Your Cat

  http://www.catsinfo.com/declaw.html
  Facts about declawing and alternatives to declawing your cat.

• De-clawing

  http://www.de-clawing.com/
  Information about the effects of declawing and links to additional information.

• Declawing: Disclose and Wait

  http://cats.about.com/cs/declawing/a/disclose_wait.htm
  Information about the procedure and the consequences of declawing cats.

• Declawing: The Facts and Alternatives

  http://www.hdw-inc.com/declaw.htm
  Describes why claws are important, the declaw surgery procedure including tendonectomy surgery, behavioral and physical consequences and gives alternatives to declawing.

• Declawing: What You Need to Know

  http://www.declawing.com/
  Information to educate you in your decision to declaw your cat with a list of countries in which declawing cats is either illegal or considered extremely inhumane.

• Educate Don't Amputate

  http://declaw.lisaviolet.com/
  A collection of articles about declawing, photographs of the surgery, webring, message board, and mailing list.

• I Love Cats: Declawing

  http://www.i-love-cats.com/Health/declaw.htm
  An insight into declawing and why cats scratch. Also how to train a kitten towards acceptable scratching surfaces.

• Safe Pet Products: Soft Paws Nail Caps for Cats

  http://www.safepetproducts.com/soft-claws.html
  Soft nail caps that take care of problem scratching without having to declaw. Includes instructions and size chart.

• Soft Paws: Alternative to Declawing

  http://www.softpaws.com/
  Vinyl caps that glue to a cat's claws to protect against scratching.

• The Facts About Declawing

  http://maxshouse.com/facts_about_declawing.htm
  Explains onychectomy(declawing) in detail including physical, psychological and behavioral complications.

• The Paw Project

  http://www.pawproject.com/
  Based in California. Explains the effect of declawing on both domestic and on large cats, provides advice and information on alternate methods to prevent cats from scratching items, project donation information.

• Veterinarians Who Do Not Declaw

  http://www.declaw.com/
  List of veterinarians in the U.S. and Canada who refuse to declaw or who declaw only under extreme duress.

• What About Declawing?

  https://user.xmission.com/~emailbox/declaw.htm
  An opinion about declawing cats by Glenda Moore with related links.

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