Cat News
Sourced, journalistic coverage of cat welfare, behavior research, and legislation — updated as new developments happen.
Washington and Pennsylvania Advance New Cat Declawing Ban Legislation
Following California's newly effective ban, lawmakers in Washington and Pennsylvania are moving forward with their own statewide declawing prohibitions.
Read more →Behaviorists Point to Window-Visible Outdoor Cats as a Leading Redirected Aggression Trigger
Veterinary behavior sources continue to flag outdoor cat sightings through windows as one of the most common and least recognized triggers of sudden household cat aggression.
Read more →Facial Expression Scoring Tools Are Helping Vets Catch Hidden Pain in Cats
Feline grimace scales, originally built for clinical pain scoring, are gaining wider recognition as a way to catch pain cats are otherwise skilled at hiding.
Read more →Vets Flag Long-Term Complications in Previously Declawed Cats as Bans Expand
As more states restrict elective declawing, veterinarians are highlighting delayed complications in cats declawed years earlier, including retained bone fragments and chronic pain.
Read more →Shelters Renew Push on the 'N+1' Litter Box Rule as Multi-Cat Adoptions Rise
With cat adoption rates holding above 60 percent in 2025, shelters are re-emphasizing litter box resource guidance to prevent return surrenders in multi-cat homes.
Read more →The 'Feline Five': How a Peer-Reviewed Personality Model Is Reshaping Cat Behavior Research
A personality framework published in PLOS ONE continues to influence how researchers think about individual variation in feline stress and welfare.
Read more →Cat Dementia Research Is Helping Scientists Understand Human Alzheimer's
New research on feline cognitive dysfunction syndrome shows brain changes strikingly similar to early-stage Alzheimer's, positioning cats as a naturally occurring research model.
Read more →2025 Shelter Data: Behavior Problems Remain the Leading Cause of Cat Surrenders
Aggregated shelter statistics for 2025 show behavior and personality mismatches accounting for nearly 28 percent of animal surrenders nationwide.
Read more →Vets Say a Standardized Behavior Assessment for Cats Still Doesn't Exist
Veterinary publications continue to note that, unlike dogs, cats lack a widely adopted, standardized behavior assessment tool for clinical or shelter use.
Read more →California's Cat Declawing Ban Takes Effect, Joining Seven Other States
As of January 1, 2026, California prohibits elective cat declawing, following New York, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
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