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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The city of San Francisco has banned the declawing of cats, calling it a barbaric procedure that leads to stress and chronic pain.
The city's Board of Supervisors voted 7-2 Tuesday to outlaw the procedure.
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, chief sponsor of the legislation, called declawing cruel, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
"It is well documented and well understood from a medical perspective that it is torture; it is a form of animal cruelty," Mirkarimi said.
The newspaper said the law prohibits both the removal of cats' claws and tendenectomies, in which a piece of tendon that allows cats to extend their claws is removed.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The United States is trying to get Israel to hold off on a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, a U.S. official said.
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MIAMI, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Ronnie Smith, former trumpet player for the disco/funk group K.C. and the Sunshine Band, has died in a Florida hospital, his family said.
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ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
A Nigerian militant group said a claim that it wasn't responsible for an attack on an oil pipeline is propaganda from state authorities.
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