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New York Could Become First State To Ban Declawing Cats Statewide New York Could Become First State To Ban Declawing Cats Statewide
New York Could Become First State To Ban Declawing Cats Statewide Me-ouch! New York is getting closer to becoming the first state to ban the declawing of cats, passing legislation in the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday, June 4 that has been gaining steam for weeks. The Senate and Assembly voted to approve the legislation on Tuesday, June 3, following the similar passage of declawing laws in Denver and various towns in California. Tuesday’s vote came after debates between lawmakers and animal welfare advocates who spoke about concerns on both sides of the issue. "Declawing a cat is not like getting a mani/pedi, it's a brutal surgical procedure that invo…

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Ex-Cop Charged With Killing Four In Hudson Valley Assaulted In Prison Ex-Cop Charged With Killing Four In Hudson Valley Assaulted In Prison
Ex-Cop Charged With Killing Four In Hudson Valley Assaulted In Prison Nicholas Tartaglione, a former police officer in Westchester and Dutchess counties charged with killing four people, is receiving inhumane treatment, including being assaulted at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, according to a letter his attorney wrote. Tartaglione, of Otisville in Orange County, was hospitalized for more than two weeks for a fractured eye socket bone, after being assaulted Feb. 11 in the prison's general population unit, the letter to U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas from his attorney Bruce Barket said.  The 50-year-old Tartaglione is charged with killing…

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by Kathy Reakes