A year after becoming one of the first cities to declare pet owners \”pet guardians,\” West Hollywood, California, will soon take up a proposed ban on cat declawing.

Although cat declawing is banned in 13 European nations, West Hollywood would become the first city in America to ban the practice in which part of the toes of cats are cut off to permanently remove the claws.

An Associated Press report on the proposal cited an unnamed People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals source as saying that it intended to lobby other cities for similar bans.

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West Hollywood may adopt nation\’s first ban on cat declawing. Laura Wides, Associated Press, January 17, 2003.