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Public commenters urge nat'l-style declaw ban; Seminole County board asks legal staff to draft ordinance
Seminole County Animal Services Board · March 27, 2026
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Summary
Following a public plea from Humane World for Animals, the board voted to ask county legal to draft an ordinance prohibiting elective declawing of cats, with a veterinarian medical-exception, and to return draft language for board consideration.
A representative of Humane World for Animals told the Seminole County Animal Services Board she wants the county to prohibit elective declawing of cats.
Carla Wilson described declawing as an amputation that removes the last bone…
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