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It is illegal in all of Australia, and also in: England Scotland Wales Italy Austria Switzerland Norway Sweden Ireland Denmark Finland Slovenia Brazil New Zealand Serbia Montenegro Macedonia Slovenia France Germany Bosnia Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Portugal Belgium Israel

According to this webpage: https://www.declawing.com/countries-that-outlaw-declawing

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More generally, every EU country that subscribed the Convention of Strasbourg of 13/11/1987 and converted it in national Law.

[PDF]: https://rm.coe.int/168007a67d

Article 10 – Surgical operations

1 Surgical operations for the purpose of modifying the appearance of a pet animal or for other non-curative purposes shall be prohibited and, in particular:

a the docking of tails;

b the cropping of ears;

c devocalisation;

d declawing and defanging;

2 Exceptions to these prohibitions shall be permitted only:

a if a veterinarian considers non-curative procedures necessary either for veterinary medical reasons or for the benefit of any particular animal;

b to prevent reproduction.

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