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Celebrate ~^..^~ Claws!
Let's join together to make painful declaw amputation surgery obsolete in our country, like it is in most of the rest of the progressive world. There's many kind, easy, & effective solutions for peacefully coexisting with healthy claws & natural scratching. Our graceful felines should never have to be deprived of their whole, healthy paws & their essential, birth righted claws. Let's protect claws & celebrate them like cats do! Raise a paw to NO DECLAW! More>
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FOR THE LOVE OF HEALTHY, NATURAL SCRATCHING!

FOR THE LOVE OF HEALTHY, NATURAL SCRATCHING!

How to manage cat claws & scratching with easy solutions that work! What do you make or buy for your kitty cat? We'd love to know! Please post comment below!

ANTI-DECLAW LAWS THREATENED. WRITE GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER NOW!!!

California bill SB 762 is on the desk of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger NOW.

37 countries where declawing is banned, or considered grossly inhumane!

"I, for one, would like to see declawing or "claw modification" banned as an inhumane and unneccesary mutilation...

Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association Cat Declawing Position Statement

The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) is opposed to any surgical procedure performed on an animal that is done solely for the cosmetic preference or convenience of the caregiver. Examples of such procedures in companion animals include ear cropping, tail docking, and dewclaw removal in dogs; devocalization in dogs and cats; declawing or tendonectomy in cats; and bird pinioning.

Sophie's Story: Declawing Gone Wrong

Please read Sophie's story. She needs prayers, and donations as well.

Cats are DIGITIGRADE, they use all of their digits for walking!

"A digitigrade is an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes...".

CAT BE GOOD now online!

Annie Bruce, author and cat consultant, now has her outstanding CAT BE GOOD book available on the internet at

Help us to ban the barbaric declawing of cats in the USA , pls sign 2009 petition!


The Paw Project is now on Facebook! Become a fan to stay updated on their incredible work!


HSVMA Launches Campaign on Cosmetic and Convenience Surgeries

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Cat has both rear feet amputated from infection after declaw surgery. Read Stella's story.


URGENT HELP needed to STOP DECLAWING!

A bill before the California State Senate will stop local anti-declawing laws if passed.

Great Press Release for Extreme Makeover Home Edition!

Paw Project Founder, Veterinarian Jennifer Conrad, and Diablo, a 500 Pound Tiger Featured in a Special Two-Hour Presentation "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"

CAT DIES from complications after LASER declaw surgery. Read Tazzy's story.

"I have done the most horrible thing in my life and I am suffering everyday and everyday I will be haunted for what I have done.

Declawing exposed on Extreme Makeover Sunday March 29!

Please watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition this Sunday evening, March 29th at 8 PM (7 PM Central) on ABC.

The Paw Project Jan 2009 Newsletter


Donations needed for declaw repair surgery for Bobby the Bobcat!

Bobby cannot walk long distances and has trouble jumping after being declawed as a kitten. The Nature of Wildworks,

Advocacy needed in California!

Vet Lobby Fights to Overturn Ban on Cat Declawing

'Oh, goody, it's time to trim my nails'

Q: We took in a 4-year-old stray cat in December and the one problem we have is trimming his nails.

"When I adopted my newest kitten, Gracie, back in July of 2007, the adoption policies included a paragraph I hadn't seen before..."


Fighting for lost claws

The Connecticut General Assembly is taking up a debate over whether removing a cat's claws is cruel and inhumane.

Will Declawing Harm Your Cat?

By Ambuja Rosen From Animal Radio 7/2007

ACTION ALERT! Urgent! HB5655 to prohibit declawing of cats in CT

Immediate Action needed today! Please crosspost to everyone you know in CT!

Vets botch declaws with little reprimand

Vets Who Received Complaints Still Practicing

DECLAWING IS NOT COSMETIC

By Harriet E. Baker, Author of The Shocking Truth about Declawing Cats

"It's the amputation of the last bone in every one of a cat's toes. It's one of the most cruel things ever come up with in veterinary medicine," said veterinarian Dr. Jennifer Conrad


CVMA asks State Supreme Court to review W.Hollywood declaw ban, DENIED!

Judge allows California cities to ban cat declawing

Illegal Declawing

Ever wonder how the legislation reads in countries that prohibit, or actively discourage, declawing in order to protect their companion animals from this unnecessary amputation surgery?

An Interview with Gary Loewenthal

"Why Cats Need Claws", The Whole Cat Journal, is one the best articles written about claws, scratching, & the realities of declawing, so we had a chat with the author, Gary Loewenthal.

Straight talk on declawing

by Linda Daniel, The Catwoman, Juneau Empire - Alaska

Declawing: It Doesn't Save Lives

Supporters of declawing incorrectly use the argument that declawing saves lives.

PAWS THAT CLAW by Amy D. Shojai, Certified Animal Behavior Consultant


We salute Central Bird & Animal Hospital for their no-declaw policy!

Why We Don't Declaw Cats

Congress Takes Swipe at Pet Declawing. From Wayne Pacelle (HSUS): A Humane Nation


Little kitty’s need to scratch is natural

By Kathy Lay, Nanaimo News Bulletin - BC, Canada

NEW $5 "DECLAW BAD IDEA" POSTER for Vet Offices, Shelters, & Humane Education Backdrops from AVAR!


DECLAW BAN in W. HOLLYWOOD UPHELD by APPELLATE COURT

Court says city can ban declawing

"The time has come. No declaw is the new law!" Dr. Jennifer Conrad, DVM, The Paw Project

West Hollywood Press Conference Speech by Dr. Jennifer Conrad, DVM, The Paw Project, 6/26/2007

Attention Senior cat parents! In the absence of their useful claws, declawed cats may become biters.

Seniors should consider alternatives before declawing their cat

The Most Common Reasons Cats Are Relinquished From A Home

According to the below studies, litterbox problems are THE most common reason cats are relinquished from their homes (33-43%), and aggression/biting is close behind (14%). Interestingly, these happen to be the 2 behavioral problems most associated with declawed cats.

City of Norfolk, VA BANS=^..^=DECLAWING!

Norfolk is taking a stand for it's feline friends. If you want to de-claw your kitty, you're going to have to go another city.

RESOURCES for tenants when landlords require cat declawing.

If any of your clients or adopters are dealing with a landlord that requires cat declawing, please pass along the resources listed below that can inspire and empower them to challenge this requirement.

ACTION ALERT from AVAR: National Veterinary Clinic Chain Promotes Cat Declawing

TELL BANFIELD THAT CAT DECLAWING IS INAPPROPRIATE and INHUMANE

DECLAWING captive wild cats BANNED nationwide under Animal Welfare Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LETTER/ Declawing Hurts. Urge AVMA To Oppose It

4/26/06--Declawing Hurts. Urge AVMA To Oppose It
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