Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Berkeley Bans Cat Declawing
Law Enforcement & Crime / Politics Robert Gammon — Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:25 AM
The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously last night to illegalize cat declawing, the Oakland Tribune reports. San Francisco enacted a similar law last week. Berkeley's ordinance makes cat declawing a crime, punishable by a $1,000 fine or six months in jail. Councilman Jesse Arreguin sponsored the new law, labeling the practice of declawing cats to protect property or to avoid minor injuries to humans as being "horrific."
The California Veterinary Medical Association opposed the ban, saying the decision of whether to declaw a cat should be left up to the animal's owner in consultation with his or her vet. But a vet who backed the new ban said a Southern California study revealed that "95 percent of vets are declawing cats to protect furniture."
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I'll bet they're declawing to protect their CASH COW as well, eh?
It doesn't take an intelligent person to fully understand the cruelty of this procedure, and how easy it is to train these intelligent creatures, but it obviously takes many intelligent people to prove the point to the pointless, to the lazy, what a shame- but HOORAY and many kuddos to those eho have worked so diligently on this, you have my utmost respect!!!!!!!
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