L.A. City Council committee asks for ordinance banning cat declawing

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The Los Angeles City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend that City Atty. Carmen Trutanich draft an ordinance banning cat declawing within city limits.

The proposal was put forth by Councilmen Bill Rosendahl and Paul Koretz, who said the procedure caused ‘unnecessary pain, anguish and permanent disability’ to cats, according to the report from the L.A. Times’ David Zahniser.

The California Veterinary Medical Assn. is opposed to local cat declawing bans and says they could lead to increases in owners relinquishing, abandoning and euthanizing their cats.

Read Zahniser’s post on the L.A. Now blog, and check back at L.A. Unleashed for more updates on the issue.

-- Anne Colby