Declawing of domestic and big cats is a horrendous thing to do. There are many reasons not to do it, but just to name a few…
1. Declawing is cruel.
2. Declawed cats are more likely to lose their homes than clawed cats and so tax payers are burdened. One reason being that many declawed cats refuse to use the litter box.
3. Declawed cats are more likely to bite so they are a threat to children, etc.
There is some important upcoming legislation in California that will actually PROHIBIT cities to BAN declawing cats.
The state legislation will allow cities that pass a Declaw Ban NOW to be exempt from the new laws. To help push this local legislation through, we need LETTERS to be written to the City Coucil members in Santa Monica, Los Angeles and San Francisco – THIS WEEK!!
So if you can spare the time, paper and stamp to write letters to these council members, it will be a huge help in getting them to ban declawing.
Please visit www.PawProject.org for more information including city council members in LA and San Francisco. Santa Monica council members are listed below.
And remember, you don’t need to live in a city to write a letter…they all help.
Santa Monica City Council Members
Mayor Ken Genser
1685 Main Street, Room 209, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Office (310) 458-8201 city@genser.org
Fax (310)458-1621 Home (310) 395-0223
Mayor Pro Tempore Pam O’Connor
1685 Main Street, Room 209, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Message (310)458-8201
Fax (310)458-1621 pam.oconnor@smgov.net
Richard Bloom
1685 Main Street, Room 209, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Message (310)458-8201
Fax (310)458-1621 richard.bloom@smgov.net
Gleam Davis
1685 Main Street, Room 209, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Message (310)458-8201
Fax (310)458-1621 gleam.davis@smgov.net
Dr. Robert Holbrook
760 Ermont Place, Santa Monica, CA 90402
Home (310)394-1094 Fax (310)393-7948 home
Fax (310)393-7948 robert.holbrook@smgov.net
Kevin McKeown
848-E 16th Street, Santa Monica, 90403
Home (310) 393-3639 Fax (310) 393-3609 home
Fax (310) 458-1621 office kevin@mckeown.net
Bobby Shriver
1685 Main Street, Room 209, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Message (310)458-8201
Fax (310)458-1621 bobby.shriver@smgov.net