Cats can wreak havoc on furniture and wound people. But declawing is extremely painful and, in many places, illegal.

Dr. Jennifer Conrad—veterinarian, founder of The Paw Project, tireless crusader against declawing cats for a quarter century—recalls the initial impetus for her anti-declaw advocacy: her work, as a ...

For years, declawing was presented as a simple solution for protecting furniture, carpets and curtains from cats' scratching. Today, we know much more, and this information has changed how ...