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DECLAWING IS BANNED IN LOS ANGELES, SANTA MONICA, SAN
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6/23/07, WEST HOLLYWOOD BEGAN THE TREND IN DECLAWING BANS — from Susan Woodhouse, woodhousecat@aol.com, in sfgate.com/cgi-
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f=/c/a/2007/06/23/DECLAW.TMP. Cities in
California can prohibit cat declawing without running afoul of state law, a state appeals
court ruled. The court reinstated an ordinance in West Hollywood.
San Francisco, where the Board of Supervisors passed a 2003 resolution condemning declawing, filed legal arguments in support of West Hollywood. Some veterinarians oppose declawing, but their trade group, California Veterinary Medical Association, has fought the ordinance in court and opposes statewide legislation. A bill that would have banned the practice was defeated in 2003, but lawmakers passed a measure in 2004 forbidding the declawing of captive lions and tigers. 9/12/06, FEDERAL ANIMAL WELFARE ACT BANS DECLAWING OF CAPTIVE WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMALS — Big cats, wolves and bears should not suffer loss of part of their paw bone when declawed, a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture policy asserts. USDA has declared declawing, amputation of an animal’s claw-forming bone, cannot be performed with intent to make animals easier to handle. Defanging, removal of canine teeth, is also banned in lions, tigers, wolves, bears and primates. "This policy change, the culmination of efforts by many animal advocates, will spare captive animals crippling pain and misery," stated Jennifer Conrad, director of Paw Project and an exotic animal veterinarian. Currently more than 100 big cat sanctuaries in 41 states care for thousands of declawed cats. Since 2000, vets working with Paw Project have done reparative surgery on over 50 lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, and jaguars. For more information, contact Paw Project director Dr. Jennifer Conrad at 310-795-6215 or info@pawproject.org THIS ALERT IS CLOSED. It is a live archive to use as a letter-writing example and for background research. |
