The president of the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association hopes Manitoba veterinarians will vote to ban the practice of declawing cats, more accurately known as partial digital amputation. Dr ...

Declawing involves amputating part of a cat's toe bones, usually the front paws but sometimes the back paws as well. (Kiichiro Sato/Associated Press) ...

The only way for a medical professional to declaw a cat, after all, is to permanently maim the animal’s paws.

Not only can declawing cause medical issues for a cat, but behavioral problems can occur as well. When cats have their claws removed, using the litter box can be painful, which may lead to them using ...

READ MORE: Paws-itively great news for cats — Manitoba vets ban declawing The only exceptions are surgeries for “therapeutic purpose (s),” such as for treatment of an illness or disease.

The CVMA disagrees, noting that declawing involves amputating part of a cat's toe bones, usually the front paws but sometimes the back paws as well.