Maryland to consider banning cat declawing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Maryland is working to pass a law that would ban cat declawing in the state as a House bill supporting the move passed last week.

The bill says it would prohibit "veterinary practitioner from performing certain declawing procedures on a cat unless the procedure is necessary for a therapeutic purpose; authorizing the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to impose certain disciplinary actions on a veterinary practitioner for willful violations of the prohibition."

A person who violates the law would receive a $1,000 fine.

The bill passed the House on March 10 in a vote of 112 to 25 and it was referred to the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs committee.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maryland-to-consider-banning-cat-declawing/ar-AAVgFNw

[CountAllVotes]

1. It should be a $10K+ fine!

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$1,000 is not enough of a fine to shut them out!

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. I hope they do (with a bigger fine)

and I wish Virginia would! We get cats occasionally at the shelter who have been declawed. It's a CRUEL practice. Imagine if someone not only removed your fingernails but the first joint of your fingers! I got really mad at an online friend who allowed his husband to have their cats declawed "so they wouldn't mess with the drapes". He never spoke to me after that.

[Phoenix61]

3. I will never understand how a vet could perform

that procedure. There’s no way one would ever touch one of my pets. My current vet stated up front when I told them I had cats, we don’t declaw.