August 20, 2008 2 a.m. EDT
Catfight Breaks Out in State Legislature
Things are getting catty in California's Legislature. Really. Passing laws to make the declawing of cats illegal is itself not legal, according to a bill approved Tuesday. The legislation is aimed at cities and counties that have tried to regulate professions licensed by the state. In this case the city of West Hollywood wanted to bar veterinarians from declawing cats, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Judge Delays Sentencing of Cat Slayer
To his lawyer, Luigi Epifania is a “nice young man” who was overwhelmed by a heroin addiction when he told Boston police that he stomped a cat to death and then used the burning corpse to set an East Boston apartment on fire in 2007, The Boston Globe reports.
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Lap Leopards
A Pueblo West couple embraces a wild hobby: raising Bengal cats, The Pueblo Chieftain (Colorado) reports.
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