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09 Sep 2009 09:55

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Offbeat: Do you hear that? That’s rage over cat declawing.

  • San Francisco is trying to ban cat declawing. The SPCA isn’t happy. A fight for feline rights is turning into a bit of a brawl between Bay Area politicians and animal cruelty experts. San Francisco wants to ban declawing, saying it’s a simple animal cruelty issue. (It’s kinda like a concealed weapons law, really.) The local SPCA, while against declawing in general, says that it shouldn’t be regulated politically. If only cats had their own Harvey Milk to fight for them … source