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Paw Project Activities, Declawing Issues and Animal Welfare Legislation

April 8, 2009—Dr. Jennifer Conrad appears on "Talking Animals" radio show on WMNF 88.5 FM.

March 29, 2009—The Paw Project's Dr. Jennifer Conrad appears on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7/8C on ABC). Drs. Jennifer Conrad and Kirk Wendelburg repaired the feet of Diablo, while his home at Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary gets a facelift courtesy the hit television show.

February 3, 2009—Diablo, a six-year-old male tiger from Forever Wild gets paw repair surgery.

January 15, 2009—Bobby, the bobcat from Nature Of Wildworks in Topanga, California, gets his paw repaired. His feet were causing him pain and the reason was obvious. He had hammer toes and his pads were cracked and bloody.

November 20, 2008—Tuffy the bobcat gets his feet examined and they appear to be much better than before.

October 2, 2008—Zena, a female tiger, has her back feet repaired. All four of her feet have been repaired now.

August 14, 2008—Phoenix, a young male serval at Forever Wild, was found walking around in the street on painful feet. It was surmised that he was dumped after a botched declaw. His front right paw was repaired and he is recovering nicely.

May 29, 2008—Oscar, a 3-year-old spotted leopard who was a prop in a Las Vegas magic act, was declawed as a baby. When his feet were hurting too much for him to participate in the act anymore, his owner decided to have him killed. but Forever Wild rescued him and brought him in for paw repair surgery.

May 1, 2008—Zorro gets his back feet repaired. His front feet look great and he has gained weight and Forever Wild reports that he is much better and happier.

March 20, 2008— Jade, an eight year old female tiger has her front left paw repaired. She will require repair surgery to treat her other feet.

February 28, 2008—Tuffy, a thirteen year old bobcat at STAR Eco Station in Culver City, California, was declawed as a baby to be someone's illegal pet. He has had difficulty walking ever since. His paws were retreated after earlier paw repair surgery.

January 17, 2008—Brian, a black leopard from Forever Wild has his front paws repaired. Brain was brought to California after being saved from being a trophy in a canned hunt in Texas. Brian is much happier now.

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Together We Have Made A Difference!

Feline declawing affords no benefits to the health or well-being of the animal, but instead produces health or behavioral problems in many cases.

View cases studies in which declawing has proven to be harmful »

In recognition of this important animal welfare issue, former California Assembly member Paul Koretz (D-42nd District) introduced California State Assembly Bill AB 1857, which bans the practice of declawing of captive wild and exotic cats, such as tigers, lions, and cougar in the State of California.

AB 1857 was the first bill of its kind in the United States. It was passed by the California State Assembly on May 17, 2004, by the California Senate on August 24, 2004, and was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The passage of AB 1857 in California demonstrated that grassroots compaigns can be effective. You can make a difference in your community and your state! Start at the local level.

The Paw Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that exists to increase public awareness about animal welfare and animal cruelty issues related to the crippling effects of cat declawing, to rehabilitate declawed exotic and wild cats, and to end the practice of declaw surgery or onychectomy on domestic cats and feral felines.

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