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WIN ›  California Declawing Bans


DECLAWING IS BANNED IN LOS ANGELES, SANTA MONICA, SAN FRANCISCO, BEVERLY HILLS

To declaw a cat, her last paw bone, with tendons and ligaments, is amputated. Now, ordinances to ban the controversial procedure have passed in 4 California cities. "Unanimous 11-0 victory for cats in Los Angeles! So far, Santa Monica, San Francisco, Beverly Hills and Los Angeles have passed bans on declawing," writes Armaiti May DVM, kind_dvm@yahoo.com, a Kinship Circle advisory board member and Los Angeles veterinarian whom we worked with to oppose this convenience surgery and enact bans that instate a precedent for communities worldwide. "Amputating the toes of cats is not okay. Period. To learn more about efforts to ban declawing and stay informed of updates, please bookmark www.pawproject.org"

6/23/07, WEST HOLLYWOOD BEGAN THE TREND IN DECLAWING BANS — from Susan Woodhouse, woodhousecat@aol.com, in sfgate.com/cgi- bin/article.cgi? 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

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Dear City Officials of California,

I thank City Council members for their consideration of a ban on the declawing of cats. Your leadership in reexamining this inhumane practice is highly commendable. I urge officials in both cities to enact the proposed bans and thereby establish a precedent for communities worldwide.

Declawing is illegal or restricted in over 20 countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada. Cities such as San Francisco, West Hollywood, and Norfolk, VA ban declawing. Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Berkeley, Malibu and Santa Monica are evaluating similar legislation. The Humane Society of the U.S. and ASPCA oppose declawing. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons rejects the operation, describing it as mutilation.

Overwhelming evidence shows declawing causes severe behavioral problems that often lead guardians to abandon their animals in overcrowded shelters. Undesirable behavior in 33 percent of declawed cats begins post-procedure, according to a 2001 study in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association, JAVMA. National shelter surveys reveal that 70-80 percent of cats surrendered for offensive behavior are declawed.

San Francisco Care and Control, East Bay SPCA, Palo Alto Humane Society, and other shelters oppose declawing. Los Angeles SPCA portrays the act of declawing cats as cruel, unnecessary, and inhumane.

Cats with intact claws are relinquished for reasons such as moving or new baby, whereas declawed felines enter shelters with behavioral issues like biting or not using the litter box, claims shelter director William Lombardi of Gloucester County, New Jersey. For the estimated 70 percent of declawed cats who are euthanized, the surgery is a death sentence.

Moreover, declawing generates suffering and permanent disability. The invasive procedure amputates not only the claw, but also the entire last knuckle of a cat’s toes. Veterinary experts recognize laser or scalpel declawing as among the most painful surgeries routinely performed.

When declaw bans reach the floor for a vote, I encourage you to endorse this model legislation.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS
Beverly Hills City Hall
455 N. Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
ph: 310-285-1000, cityclerkoffice@beverlyhills.org

Mayor Nancy Krasne: nkrasne@beverlyhills.org
Vice Mayor Jimmy Delshad: jdelshad@beverlyhills.org
Councilmember Barry Brucker: bbrucker@beverlyhills.org
Councilmember William Brien, MD: wbrien@beverlyhills.org
Councilmember John A. Mirisch: jmirisch@beverlyhills.org

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: mayor@lacity.org
ph: 213-978-0600, fax: 213-978-0750

Ed Reyes: councilmember.reyes@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7001, fax: 213-485-8907

Dennis P. Zine: councilmember.zine@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7003

Tom LaBonge: councilmember.labonge@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7004; fax: 213-624-7810

Paul Koretz: paul.koretz@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7005, fax: 213-978-2250

Richard Alarcon: ph: 213-473-7007, fax: 213-847-0707
web contact form: www.lacity.org/council/cd7/conta ct.htm

Bernard Parks: councilmember.parks@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7008, fax: 213-485-7683

Jan Perry: jan.perry@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7009, fax: 213-473-5946

Herb J. Wesson, Jr.: councilmember.wesson@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7010, fax: 213-485-9829

Bill Rosendahl: councilmember.rosendahl@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7011, fax: 213-473-6926

Greig Smith: councilmember.smith@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7012, fax: 213-473-6925

Eric Garcetti: councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7013, fax: 213-613-0819

Jose Huizar: councilmember.huizar@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7014, fax: 213-847-0680

Janice Hahn: councilmember.hahn@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7015, fax 213-626-5431 		SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
1685 Main Street, Room 209
Santa Monica, CA 90401
ph: 310-458-8201, fax: 310-458-1621

Mayor Ken Genser: city@genser.org
Mayor Pro Tempore Pam O'Connor: pam.oconnor@smgov.net
Councilmember Richard Bloom: richard.bloom@smgov.net
Councilmember Gleam Davis: gleam.davis@smgov.net
Councilmember Bobby Shriver: bobby.shriver@smgov.net

Councilmember Robert Holbrook
760 Ermont Place
Santa Monica, CA 90402
ph: 310-394-1094, fax: 310-393-7948, 310-393-7948
email: robert.holbrook@smgov.net

Councilmember Kevin McKeown
848-E 16th Street
Santa Monica, 90403
hm: 310-393-3639, wk: 310-458-1621, fax 310-393-3609
email: kevin@mckeown.net
SOURCE: smgov.net/departments/council/content.aspx?id=2365

City Manager P. Lamont Ewell: 310-458-8301, manager@smgov.net
Assistant City Manager Jennifer Phillips: manager@smgov.net
SOURCE: www.smgov.net/departments/cmo

Richard Alarcon: ph: 213-473-7007, fax: 213-847-0707
web contact form: www.lacity.org/council/cd7/conta ct.htm

Bernard Parks: councilmember.parks@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7008, fax: 213-485-7683

Jan Perry: jan.perry@lacity.org
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Bill Rosendahl: councilmember.rosendahl@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7011, fax: 213-473-6926

Greig Smith: councilmember.smith@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7012, fax: 213-473-6925

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ph: 213-473-7013, fax: 213-613-0819

Jose Huizar: councilmember.huizar@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7014, fax: 213-847-0680

Janice Hahn: councilmember.hahn@lacity.org
ph: 213-473-7015; fax 213-626-5431

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