New York Times: Cat Declawing Ban Is Passed by N.Y. Lawmakers

Backers of the ban, however, said that the procedure causes intense, lasting pain for the animal, and likened it to mutilation.

“It’s the equivalent of severing a finger at the first knuckle,” said State Senator Michael N. Gianaris, the Queens Democrat who serves as the chamber’s deputy leader. “It’s said that a society can be judged by the way it treats its animals, and by allowing this practice to continue, we have not been setting a good example. Today we can move that in the right direction.”

And for once, Mr. Gianaris’s Republican counterpart agreed.

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