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Committee advances bill to ban nontherapeutic cat declawing in California
Summary
AB 867, authored by Assemblymember Lee, would prohibit declawing (amputation of a cat’s distal phalanx) except for medically necessary procedures; the Senate committee voted to refer the bill to Appropriations after extended testimony from veterinarians, advocacy groups and veterinary associations.
The Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee on June 23 voted to send AB 867, Assemblymember Lee’s measure to prohibit nontherapeutic cat declawing statewide, to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Assemblymember Lee described declawing as a surgery equivalent to amputating the last phalanx of a human finger and said the bill would make that procedure unlawful unless it is performed for a medical purpose to protect the cat’s health. Veterinarians and animal-welfare groups testified in support, describing the procedure’s effects and urging the committee to pass the bill. Dr. Jennifer Conrad, a…
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