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Is Declawing Cats banned in your country?
The 2026 map of where Declawing Cats is banned or restricted, aired Oct 17, 2026.
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Banned in 29 countries
Pet treaty in force since 1992: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 1994: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 2004: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 2011: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 2005: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 2005: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 1999: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 1992: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 1994: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 1993: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 1992: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 1992: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 1992: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 2023: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 1992: no declawing without medical need.
Pet treaty in force since 2011: no declawing without medical need.
Since 2012, surgery not done for the animal's health is banned.
State law lists removing cats' claws as a banned act.
Law names removing cats' claws among banned amputations.
Law lists claw removal among banned amputations since 2009.
Animal law names claw removal as a banned procedure.
Animal ordinance bans declawing cats; treaty since 1994.
2023 law bans any mutilation of pets; treaty since 2018.
Declawing a pet cat is a crime unless it is medical treatment.
Declawing has been banned since 2004 except for medical need.
Amputating body parts of pets is banned; declawing counts.
Since 2011: up to 1 year in prison for non-medical declawing.
Law bans removing pets' claws unless a vet finds medical need.
2024 law bans declawing cats just to change looks or behavior.
Everywhere not listed here, Declawing Cats is allowed.
Restricted in 12 countries
Joined the European pet treaty in 2023; no national statute found.
Treaty in force since Sep 2025; its new pet law starts in 2027.
Ratified the European pet treaty in 2007; no national statute found.
Vet surgery limited to health reasons; no law names declawing.
Cosmetic surgery on animals is an offence; declawing is not named.
Top court struck the cosmetic exception from the animal law in 2024.
The vet council bans cosmetic declawing; no statute found.
Each state sets its own rules; there is no single national law.
The federal vet council bans declawing; no federal law does.
Vet regulators ban it in 9 of 10 provinces; Ontario is the gap.
Treaty since 2014; an explicit ban passed first reading in Jan 2026.
6 of 50 states ban it, New York first in 2019; no federal law.
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