Tag: declawing

Pittsburgh City Council votes to ban cat declawing

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday tabled a plan to ban cat declawing in the city. The council voted in favor of the plan to ban declawing unless it is medically necessary, fined $ 500. Experts speaking before the city council said the procedure requires a veterinarian to amputate bones in a cat’s paws. It can cause pain as well as …

Bill to prohibit declawing cats introduced by Pittsburgh City Councilor Bobby Wilson | News | Pittsburgh

click to enlarge CP Photo: Kimberly Rooney Gao Xiaorong Toaster gets its claws clipped every few weeks. Read moreVeterinary Medical Feed Additives Market SWOT Analysis including key players Zoetis animal healthcare, Merck, Merial, – Queen Anne and Mangolia News Anyone who cuddles with a cat knows how moody it can be. One moment harmless bean beans, the next claws. While …

Pittsburgh council advances law banning cat declawing surgery

In Pittsburgh, cat declawing could soon be banned. Under the laws tabled by the city council on Wednesday, the operation, which many veterinarians say causes behavior problems and long-term pain in the animals, would be banned. “I think vets know better and want this to stop,” said Jennifer Conrad, a California veterinarian who directs The Paw Project, a national nonprofit …

5 things to know today: Employee mandate, Walz visit, Governors frustrated, Rebuffed request, Cat declawing

1. With a view to the COVID-19 delta variant, Sanford Health is only going with the vaccination mandate for employees All Sanford Health employees, including the Good Samaritan Society of the health system sites, must report their vaccinations by November 1st, all new employees from September 1st must be vaccinated, and all employees who have been vaccinated in the past …

2 F-M vet clinics put permanent pause on cat declawing

The Animal Health Clinic, 1441 S. University Drive, was the first to publicly announce that they would be on a permanent pause. In a May 24 post on Facebook, the veterinary clinic said “We’re giving cats a voice” by deciding to end the amputations. Valley Veterinary Hospital, 3210 Main Ave., followed a few weeks later with a July 9th Facebook …

Metropolis of Austin Bans Cat Declawing

SorinVidis / Getty Austin-based cat owners can no longer scratch their cats – unless it is for a “therapeutic purpose” – under an ordinance passed by the city council last week. Joining a growing list of cities and states that have banned the operation, the Texan capital says what many veterinarians and pet lawyers do: stealing is a painful operation …