[Suki]

The fur flies over spaying proposal

A bill that would require California dog and cat owners to get their pets 'fixed' rouses a heated response.

By Patrick McGreevy, Times Staff Writer
July 10, 2007

SACRAMENTO - A retired game show host is vying with a famous canine film star this week over a proposal to require Californians to spay or neuter their pets, a bill that has sparked emotional debate and created the largest volume of public response of any measure in the state Legislature this year.

According to its author, Assemblyman Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys), the California Healthy Pets Act has generated debate on a level that exceeds even what he saw earlier this year on his now-shelved "Death With Dignity" assisted suicide bill.

The proposal aims to reduce the number of unclaimed cats and dogs put to death each year in California — currently around 454,000 — by imposing a substantial fine on pet owners unless they get their animals spayed or neutered.

The Senate Local Government Committee, which takes up the proposal Wednesday, has received nearly 20,000 letters, faxes and other communications from animal control experts and thousands of pet owners, with slightly more of them supporting the bill, said Elvia Diaz, a staffer for the panel who said she had never seen so much response to a piece of legislation.

Opponents say the bill is an example of the state interfering with pet owners' rights, creating an unfunded mandate for cities and even discriminating against minority residents.

The bill faces a vote in the committee Wednesday. Supporters say passage is uncertain.

The entire article can be found at:
http://www.latimes.<WBR>com/news/<WBR>local/la-<WBR>me-spay10jul10,<WBR>0,3296301.<WBR>story?coll=<WBR>la-home-center

prompted me to wonder what your feelings are regarding a MANDATORY spay and neuter. any takers???

[PNWPBR]

We have a debate started about S/N here: http://www.pitbull-chat.com/showthread.php?t=954 (in case you wanted to see what members thought about it )



I for one, am for it, but we already know that.

[Suki]

Originally Posted by PNWPBR We have a debate started about S/N here: http://www.pitbull-chat.com/showthread.php?t=954 (in case you wanted to see what members thought about it ) I for one, am for it, but we already know that.

tx! sorry, i've not been on here much lately
appreciated!