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If you feed a colony of cats behind your apartment complex, manage a TNR program at a rural property, or simply want to know whether your neighbor can legally trap and remove the feral cats living in your yard, you have probably discovered that the answers are not easy to find.
New Mexico has a significant feral and community cat population, particularly in urban areas like Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Cat declawing sits at the center of a fast-moving legal debate across the United States, and Vermont cat owners often want a clear answer about where their state stands.
Kansas does not have a single statewide law that governs outdoor cats.
If you let your cat roam outside in Idaho, you may be surprised to learn that the rules governing that decision depend almost entirely on where you live.
If you share your home with a cat in Colorado, you may have wondered whether declawing is still a legal option — or whether the state has moved to restrict it.
Hawaii is unlike any other U.S.
If you feed or manage feral cats in Louisiana, you are operating in a legal environment that is more nuanced than a simple yes-or-no answer.
If you share your home with a cat in Kansas and have been wondering whether declawing is still permitted, the short answer is yes — as of June 2026, no Kansas state law prohibits the procedure.
If you feed a feral cat colony in your backyard, manage a TNR program, or simply want to know whether a neighbor can legally remove cats from your property, Mississippi’s legal framework can feel frustratingly vague.
If you own a cat in North Dakota and you are weighing whether to declaw, the first thing you need to know is where the state stands legally.
If you let your cat roam outside in South Carolina, you may be surprised to learn that state law treats cats very differently from dogs.
Delaware does not have a single, sweeping statewide law that tells you whether your cat can go outside.
Alaska enforces some of the strictest feral cat regulations in the United States, and if you feed, manage, or simply live near a feral cat colony, those rules directly affect you.
If you own a cat in Maine and you’re wondering whether declawing is permitted, the short answer is yes — state law does not ban the procedure.
Oregon has long been recognized as one of the strongest states in the country for animal protection — the state has claimed the top rank in animal protection laws for three consecutive years, according to the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s annual rankings report.
Massachusetts is one of the states where feral cats exist in a notable legal gap.
If you own a cat in Connecticut and you are wondering whether declawing is still legal, the short answer is yes — but the legal landscape has been shifting, and that answer deserves a closer look.
Utah does not have a single, uniform statewide law that governs outdoor cats the way many people assume.
If you feed, trap, or manage feral cats in Nebraska, you are navigating a legal landscape that is almost entirely shaped by your city or county — not by the state.
