New California Spay/Neuter Bill Introduced
A new bill proposing statewide spaying and neutering in California has been introduced to reduce the pet overpopulation. California Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez has introduced SB 250, The Pet Responsibility Act. The bill simply that dogs be spayed or neutered in California unless their owner/guardian obtains an unaltered dog license when they license their animal. SB 250 also requires that roaming cats be spayed and neutered by their owner/guardian. The bill number SB 250 was chosen because over $250 million dollars is spent housing and euthanizing homeless dogs and cats in California.The Senator was joined by several animal-loving celebrities to draw attention to the proposed bill.
"From a moral and ethical perspective, I was shocked at how we can even think of tolerating the killing of half a million pets every year," said Matt Grant, first international bachelor from ABC's The Bachelor. "From my financial background, I was also amazed at how we can even afford it. $250 million is a hell of a lot of money."
"As a rescuer, I have looked into the eyes of dogs and cats knowing that they will never get to live with a human who loves them and knowing that their days are numbered," said Lacey Conner from VH1's hit show Rock of Love and Charm School, and founder of Heroes K9 Rescue. "To me it is obvious to pass a law that requires people to spay and neuter their pets."
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- visit www.yesonsb250.com
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posted by Paris and John @ 1:35 PM
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I am so happy to see that you have such authoritative people (TV personalities) testifying on a subject of which they are woefully ignorant.
SB 250 is not free, nor will it save money for the state, municipalities or anyone else.
Everywhere that mandatory spay and neuter laws have been enacted there has been a DECREASE in pet registration, and lower registration revenues. Thus the laws have either; a.) increased enforcement costs, or, b.) they have not been enforced. San Mateo failed, Santa Cruz failed, LA is failing. There is zero evidence that ANY municipality, county or state has had a positive result that can be directly attributed to MSN laws.
While shelters in many areas of California are IMPORTING DOGS to meet the demand for adoption, and while euthansia rates across the state have declined by nearly 70% in the past 15 years, Senator Dean Florez' home district has absolutely the WORST shelter kill rate in the entire state. They kill a lot of adoptable dogs in Kern County.
The pet health 'scare tactic' employed to convince people that a young animal (4 months old, in this case) is healthier due to castration or spaying is disputed by very qualified veterinarians, and can be borne out by a search of professional publications. Much has been published on this subject by Dr. Charles Hjerpe, DVM, and Professor Emeritus at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis - the foremost school of veterinary medicine in the US. That some vets support it is a comment on their ignorance of the facts and greed for additional (paying) business.
Pets, as much as we love them, are PROPERTY. It is a good thing that they are, because it has long protected them from such misguided ideas as this one. If they were granted 'animal rights' do you imagine that they would vote for mandatory castration or spaying? Unlikely.
This "Pet Responsibility Act" is simply the latest re-incarnation of AB1634, and will meet the ignominious fate as its predecessor.
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