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New York bans declawing cats; Massachusetts next?

July 25, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

2015 “Favorite Vet” contest outcome tipped balance toward declaw bans across North America             ALBANY,  New York––Governor Andrew Cuomo on July 22, 2019 signed into law Assembly Bill A-1303,  making New York the first U.S. state to ban declawing cats. There are about 4.2 million cats in New York state,  about half of them in […]

Filed Under: Behavior & health, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Christy Layton, Gary Richter, Jennifer Conrad, Linda Rosenthal, Lori Shepler, Marcy Hammerle, Merritt Clifton, Mitsie Vargas, Tina Roggenbeck

Animal rescue amid wildfires at either end of California

November 15, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Record 2018 fire season isn’t over yet             PARADISE,  MALIBU,  California––Some good news for animals,  habitat,  and ultimately humans may yet emerge from the firestorms simultaneously razing the Sierra Nevada foothills city of Paradise and parts of the far distant coastal city of Malibu––if the already record-setting 2018 California wildfire season gives an anticipated boost […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Disasters, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: David K. Li, Evan Sernoffsky, Greg Woodcox, Jane Tyska, Jennifer Conrad, John Madigan DVM, Karen D'Souza, Marshall Tellem, Matt Rossell, Merritt Clifton, Susan Tellem

All cats want for Christmas are their two front paws (and hind paws too, intact)

December 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Nova Scotia and Denver ban declawing             FREDERICTON,  Nova Scotia;  DENVER,  Colorado––Christmas came early in 2017 for cats in Nova Scotia province,  Canada,  and in Denver,  Colorado. Both jurisdictions recently banned elective and non-therapeutic declawing surgery,  but through starkly different legal approaches. Nova Scotia vets make declawing “unethical” The Nova Scotia declawing ban was adopted,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Canada, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs & Cats, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Laws & politics, Shelters, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Aubrey Lavizzo, Hugh Chisholm, Jennifer Conrad, Jon Murray, Kevin Bissett, Kirsten Butler, Merritt Clifton, Troy Singleton

Did AVMF bag “America’s Favorite Vet” contest to keep anti-declaw vet from winning?

August 27, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Sore toes & veterinary tradition SCHAUMBURG,  Illinois––Did the American Veterinary Medical Foundation “take their Frisbee and go home,”  as Paw Project founder Jennifer Conrad,  DVM,  suggested to ANIMALS 24-7,  because Gary Richter,  DVM,  an outspoken opponent of declawing cats,  was about to be elected “America’s Favorite Veterinarian”? Blaming opponents of cat declawing,  the American Veterinary […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: AVMA, AVMF, Cathy Liss, Gary Richter, Holly Cheever, Jennifer Conrad, John Brooks

Against declawing: The Paw Project video

September 13, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

The Paw Project Inc. (POB 445, Santa Monica, CA 90406), 2012. 60 minutes. Available in multiple formats. $10.00 donation requested. Available c/o: http://www.pawprojectmovie.com/ Reviewed by Debra J. White The Paw Project video opens with mobile veterinarian Jennifer Conrad treating de-clawed captive wild cats such as pumas and tigers in southern California sanctuaries. The big cats’ […]

Filed Under: Behavior & health, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats Tagged With: Debra J. White, Declawing, Jennifer Conrad

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