Wording of the Ordinance:
http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=305081PROHIBITION OF THE DECLAWING OF CATS.
1. NO PERSON SHALL
PERFORM
OR PROCURE
AN ONYCHECTOMY
(DECLAWING), PARTIAL OR COMPLETE PHLANGECTOMY OR
TENDONECTOMY
PROCEDURE BY ANY MEANS ON A CAT WITHIN
CITY OF AUSTIN
,
EXCEPT
WHEN NECESSARY FOR A THERAPEUTIC PURPOSE. THERAPEUTIC
PURPOSE
MEANS THE NECESSITY TO ADDRESS THE PHYSICAL MEDICAL CONDITION OF
THE CAT, SUCH AS AN EXISTING OR RECURRING ILLNESS, INF
ECTION,
DISEASE, INJURY OR ABNORMAL CONDITION IN THE CLAW THAT
COMPROMISES THE CAT'S
HEALTH. THERAPEUTIC PURPOSE DOES NOT
INCLUDE COSMETIC OR AESTHETIC
REASONS OR REASONS OF CONVENIENCE
IN KEEPING OR HANDLING THE CAT.
2. ANY PERSON WHO PERFORMS
OR PROC
URES
AN ONYCHECTOMY,
PARTIAL OR COMPLETE PHLANGECTOMY OR TENDONECTOMY PROCEDURE ON
ANY CAT WITHIN THE CITY
OF AUSTIN
SHALL BE GUILTY OF A VIOLATION
OF THIS SECTION WHICH SHALL BE
PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL PENALTY NOT
TO EXCEED
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