Israel Passes Declaw Ban!

November 28, 2011 — The Knesset (Israel's parliament) banned declawing performed to protect possessions and furnishing. Penalties are stiff: jail time of up to a year or a fine of 75,000 shekels (about $20,000). This humane action will spare cats untold suffering, including lifelong, chronic pain. The legislation was backed by a wide coalition of political parties and was sponsored by Knesset members Eitan Cabel, Yoel Hasson, Dov Khenin and Nitzan Horowitz.

Take Action! Tell Congress that it is high time the United States ban declawing. The Paw Project believes that declawing should be prohibited, except in those very rare cases where it is necessary to treat the cats for a disease, deformity, or injury. Find your elected officials at: whoismyrepresentative.com/home.

Tell your vet how you feel: Humane, responsible people do not subject their animals to painful, risky surgeries they don't need and are helpless to refuse—declawing, devocalization, cropping and docking. Enlightened veterinarians do not perform these mutilating procedures.

 

PAW PROJECT Anti-Declaw Public Service Announcement

July 10, 2011 — Ovation Network, the arts, music and culture cable channel, will air a Paw Project Public Service Announcement (PSA) through the end of September. The PSA, which was produced by the prestigious internationational ad agency, McCann Erickson, can be viewed by clicking here or going to the YouTube Paw Project channel.  Read the press release »

 

FACTS ABOUT FELINE DECLAWING

Declawing is amputation; it is not merely the removal of the claws. To declaw a cat, the veterinarian cuts off the last knuckles of a cat's paw – cutting through bone, tendons, skin and nerves. In a person, it is equivalent to amputating each finger or toe at the last joint.

Declaw surgery can be an extremely painful procedure with associated health risks and complications such as infection.

Declaw surgery can produce permanent lameness, pain or arthritis.

Declawing is the same mutilating procedure for house cats or big cats.

More about feline declawing and humane alternatives to declaw surgery»

THE PAW PROJECT's MISSION is to educate the public about the painful and crippling effects of cat declawing, to promote animal welfare through the abolition of the practice of declaw surgery, and to rehabilitate big cats that have been declawed. The short video below shows the dramatic contrast between Kona, a cougar who suffered painful and crippling health problems after declawing, and the natural, pain-free range of movement in a healthy undeclawed cougar.