{"id":6903,"date":"2019-12-24T08:47:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T16:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2022-06-15T17:45:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:45:11","slug":"avma-might-toughen-cat-declawing-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/avma-might-toughen-cat-declawing-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"AVMA might toughen cat declaw policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The declawing of cats would be discouraged as an elective procedure but not outright opposed under a policy revision scheduled for consideration by the American Veterinary Medical Association\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/revised-avma-policy-urges-pet-insurance-education\/\">House of Delegates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avma.org\/policies\/declawing-domestic-cats\">AVMA policy<\/a> now \u201cstrongly encourages\u201d veterinarians to educate clients about the potential risks of an onychectomy and why scratching is a normal feline behavior. The decision to proceed with declaw surgery is left to pet owners \u201cin consultation with their veterinarian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The updated policy, according to wording submitted by the AVMA board of directors, \u201cdiscourages the declawing of cats as an elective procedure and supports non-surgical alternatives to the procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If approved at the governing body\u2019s Jan. 11 meeting, the policy would stop short of opposing onychectomies, a position already taken by the American Animal Hospital Association and the American Association of Feline Practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>The American Animal Hospital Association \u201cstrongly opposes the declawing of domestic cats and supports veterinarians\u2019 efforts to educate cat owners and provide them with effective alternatives,\u201d according to its policy.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the American Association of Feline Practitioners \u201cstrongly opposes declawing as an elective procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the obligation of veterinarians to provide cat owners with alternatives to declawing,\u201d the AAFP policy continues. \u201cIf owners are considering declawing, they must be provided with complete education about feline declawing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The declawing of cats is controversial. The procedure is banned in numerous U.S. cities and <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/new-york-is-first-state-to-ban-cat-declawing\/\">New York State<\/a> and across much of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>AVMA policies are reviewed every five years. The declaw policy was reevaluated by the Animal Welfare Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed revision simplifies AVMA\u2019s position on onychectomy,\u201d according to a statement appended to the resolution. \u201cGreat care was taken to balance the fact that elective onychectomy does not directly benefit the cat and the reality that there are rare circumstances where declawing may be a valid option after alternative interventions have failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [Animal Welfare Committee] concluded that AVMA could discourage the routine use of declawing to manage undesirable scratching while protecting the professional judgment of veterinarians.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Did you know a subscription to Today\u2019s Veterinary Business is free to qualified veterinary professionals? All you have to do is <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/subscribe\/\">sign up here<\/a> (and renew each year). You also can sign up to receive the Today\u2019s Veterinary Business weekly e-newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elective declaw procedures on cats would be discouraged in favor of non-surgical alternatives and a veterinarian\u2019s professional judgment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":6904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online","column-news","clinical_topics-news"],"acf":{"hide_sidebar":false,"hide_sidebar_ad":false,"hide_all_ads":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AVMA might toughen cat declaw policy | Today&#039;s Veterinary Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The declawing of cats would be discouraged but not outright opposed under a policy revision scheduled for consideration by the AVMA House of Delegates.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AVMA might toughen cat declaw policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The declawing of cats would be discouraged but not outright opposed under a policy revision scheduled for consideration by the AVMA House of Delegates.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/avma-might-toughen-cat-declawing-policy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Today&#039;s Veterinary Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/todaysveterinarybusiness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-24T16:47:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-15T17:45:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Cat-Claw-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Louise S. 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