JoAnne Graham Fletcher, you  say this should be between the owner and the vet, and why should there be a law. I would ask you who do you think covers the cost for the declawed cat when that owner surrenders him to your taxpayer funded shelter? Who do you think covers the cost  to euthanize that cat in that shelter, when that cat is deemed unadoptable because he now has behavioral issues? That's the reason why there should be a law, that and the fact that this is a cruel,  inhumane, and totally unnecessary procedure. People who plan to cut their cat's toes off really need to make sure they buy their cat in the toy store.