It is either illegal or considered extremely inhumane to declaw cats in the following countries:
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Denmark
England
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Northern Ireland
Norway
Portugal
Scotland
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
Wales
Yugoslavia
The City of West Hollywood, California has outlawed declawing. Gov. Schwartzenegger has signed into law a bill to ban the declawing of wild and exotic cats in California that takes effect on January 1, 2005.
