Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: A cat playing in the snow. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Patrick Pleul/image alliance by means of Getty Images)
LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) – The Michigan House of Representatives is thinking about a house expense that will make it prohibited to declaw cats.
House Bill 4674 would change the state’s Public Health Code to manage particular surgeries carried out on cats, particularly, the act of declawing them.
According to the expense, vets would be restricted from declawing cats. It would likewise prohibit a partial or total declawing treatment or any other surgery that hinders the typical performance of a cat’s claws, toes, or paws. The just exception to this restriction would be if the treatment is considered clinically needed.
The proposed expense looks for to avoid unneeded discomfort or disability triggered by these treatments and make sure that cats can keep their natural habits and working.
If entered law, Michigan would signed up with New York and Maryland as the only 3 states in the nation with such a restriction.