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Thursday, June 28, 2007

California's New Mandatory Spay/Neuter Law

Here is an article on California's new mandatory spay/neuter law that is making it's way through the legislature. Opinion is decidedly mixed.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

there certainly is a pet problem, but that doesn't mean that this is the solution. And to the shelters are being hypocrites. I tried to adopt from a shelter years ago, but they would not consider me because I was 19 and living in an apartment, they didn't tell me that until after I filled out my 3rd application and called them- for a 5 Ib dog. They would not even meet with me. I adopted a dog from a breeder instead, and have given him a wonderful home. With shelters in such a bind for homes, maybe they should stop being so lazy and selective in the adoption process. They are turning down people who would provide a wonderful home. Also, many of the animals at shelters are not good with other pets, kids or have health issues. We could not find a single dog there that did not have some sort of aggression towards other animals or small children last year. My point being, a lot of the animals at shelters are not suitable for many people, and many of the animals in those statistics are feral cats, which generally are NOT adoptable. Maybe we should focus our effort more on the catch/spay/release programs to reduce these populations. Also, this is not going to reduce the amount of badly breed and unwanted pets. It is going to reduce the amount of well-breed pets by responsible people, and these pets are not the issue. This legislation is a Band-Aid that does nothing for the real problem. I have worked in many shelters and with shelter animals for a long time, and it is true it is very sad. We should try to fix it. But if I suggested eliminating all snack products to eliminate obesity, although it is a "solution" it is certainly not a good one. There are better ways to go around this. This bill is equally lazy and sloppy and is written without an understanding of the breeding world or of animals in general (since it is much better for the animal to wait until 6 months to fix it). We can do better!!! http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2007/05/29/petscol.DTL

July 10, 2007 at 9:43 AM
Chip said...

I volunteer with a animal rescue group, and no, we would not normally adopt out an animal to a 19 year-old. And this is not specified in our adoption application, simply because people would lie about their age. Placing an orphan animal in a home is not enough; the home must be one that will likely be stable and forever. (Not many 19 year olds are in a position to commit to maintaining an animal for another 15-20 years. )

And yes...spay/neuter laws are absolutely the humane way to go. While breeders are producing more and more animals, shelters are having more and more trouble placing the over population and the public is required to fund euthanization because there are not enough homes for animals bred in this country.

July 10, 2007 at 6:44 PM

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