Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Thursday to abolish cat declawing, making California one of few states to outlaw the practice.

Several California cities, including Los Angeles, Berkeley, and San Francisco, banned declawing until 2009 when former Gov.

Assembly Bill 867 from Assemblymember Alex Lee, a Democrat from San Jose, will prevent veterinarians from declawing cats, a ...

Assembly Bill 867 bans tendonectomy, onychectomy, or "any type of claw removal" procedures on cats. Declawing is "the cutting and amputating of the first joint (the toes) of a cat’s paw," and often ...