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Board advances ordinance banning cat declawing after state law shortened local window to act
Summary
The board passed on first reading an ordinance to ban surgical declawing of cats, citing animal-welfare findings and a state law that limited the time local jurisdictions had to adopt such bans.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted in first reading on Nov. 3 to ban surgical declawing of cats, an action proponents called necessary to prevent what they described as an unnecessary and cruel medical practice.
Supervisor Mercarimi, the measure's author, told colleagues the city's earlier decisions and local animal-welfare commission findings supported a ban and said a state law (referred to in the meeting as Senate Bill 762) narrowed the timeframe for…
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