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Malibu rejects anti-declaw measure

July 1, 2003

Malibu, Calif.-In the wake of West Hollywood's recent ban on cat declawing, Malibu City Council rejected a copycat measure deeming the procedure a crime.

Malibu, Calif.-

In the wake of West Hollywood's recent ban on cat declawing, Malibu City Council rejected a copycat measure deeming the procedure a crime.

On May 27, council members voted 4 to 1 rejecting animal rights activistDr. Jennifer Conrad's proposed ordinance to outlaw declaws in the city.

The decision also follows a failed legislative attempt by AssemblymanPaul Koretz that, if passed, would have made California the nation's firststate to enact such a ban. As a result, the California Veterinary MedicalAssociation (CVMA) is exploring a repeal of the West Hollywood ordinanceon grounds that it unconstitutionally renders a legal surgical procedurea criminal offense, punishable by fine.

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For this reason, council members largely rejected the proposal, saysDr. Mark Nunez, who spoke to Malibu city leaders on behalf of CVMA.

"The thought that a ban would be mostly a symbolic move by citycouncil, not something they could enforce," says Nunez, a practitionerin Burbank. "They had too much respect for the law to pass somethingthat's just symbolic."


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