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Paw Project Activities, Declawing Issues and Animal Welfare Legislation

Eight California cities passed bans on declawing

2009 was a milestone year for legislative efforts to ban declawing in California. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Berkeley, Culver City, and Burbank approved declaw bans. West Hollywood passed the nation's first declaw ban in 2003.

December 8, 2009— Burbank -- Anti-declaw ordinance passed with a 4–1 vote.

Nomvember 30, 2009— Culver City -- Anti-declaw ordinance passed second reading (5-0) at City Council Meeting.

November 23, 2009— Culver City -- Anti-declaw ordinance passed first reading (5-0) at City Council Meeting.

November 18, 2009— Anti-declaw ordinance is signed by Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa.

Novmeber 17, 2009— Los Angeles -- Anti-declaw ordinance passes second reading unanimously 14-0.

November 17, 2009— Berkeley -- Anti-declaw ordinance passes second reading unanimously 9-0.

Novmeber 9, 2009— Malibu -- A resolution to condemn declawing cats was approved 5-0, but no ordinance was passed.

November 10, 2009— San Francisco voted on declawing ban (second reading). It passed 8-2.

November 10, 2009— Berkeley voted on declawing ban. It passed first reading 9-0.

November 10, 2009— Santa Monica City Council voted to pass the ban on declawing. It passed 5–1.

November 5, 2009— Beverly Hills unanimously approved a declaw ban. It passed 5–0.

October 27, 2009— Santa Monica City Council voted to pass the ban on declawing 6–1. All seven Councilmembers spoke out against declawing for owner convenience and against "packaging" declaw surgery with spaying and neutering. Three non-local CVMA vets and two other persons testified against the ban. About 40 people showed up to support the ban, including five or six local, CVMA-member vets and a representative of HSVMA. Over 20 people testified in favor of a ban.

April 8, 2009—Dr. Jennifer Conrad appears on "Talking Animals" radio show on WMNF 88.5 FM.

March 29, 2009—Extreme Makeover: Home Edition episode airs. Drs. Jennifer Conrad and Kirk Wendelburg repair the feet of Diablo.

February 3, 2009—Diablo, a six-year-old male tiger from Forever Wild gets paw repair surgery while his sanctuary, Forever Wild gets a facelift from ABC's hit television show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The show will air Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 7 PM on ABC.

January 15, 2009—Bobby, the bobcat from Nature Of Wildworks in Topanga, California, gets his paw repaired. His feet were causing him pain and the reason was obvious. He had hammer toes and his pads were cracked and bloody.

 

 

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Feline declawing affords no benefits to the health or well-being of the animal, but instead produces health or behavioral problems in many cases.

View cases studies in which declawing has proven to be harmful »

In recognition of this important animal welfare issue, former California Assembly member Paul Koretz (D-42nd District) introduced California State Assembly Bill AB 1857, which bans the practice of declawing of captive wild and exotic cats, such as tigers, lions, and cougar in the State of California.

AB 1857 was the first bill of its kind in the United States. It was passed by the California State Assembly on May 17, 2004, by the California Senate on August 24, 2004, and was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The passage of AB 1857 in California demonstrated that grassroots compaigns can be effective. You can make a difference in your community and your state! Start at the local level.

The Paw Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that exists to increase public awareness about animal welfare and animal cruelty issues related to the crippling effects of cat declawing, to rehabilitate declawed exotic and wild cats, and to end the practice of declaw surgery or onychectomy on domestic cats and feral felines.

 

 

  

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