Paws Need Claws
By Carol Whaley, Director of Humane Programming Tuesday, Sept. 28 was a big day in Pittsburgh as the City Council unanimously voted to ban the surgery used to declaw cats for non-therapeutic reasons. Two days later, Mayor William Peduto’s office signed the City of Pittsburgh’s ordinance, crafted in a partnership between Animal Friends’ Humane Legislation Committee members and Councilman Bobby Wilson’s office. This legislation makes Pittsburgh City Council the commonwealth’s f