Posted on 06/07/2007 7:45:09 AM PDT by SmithL
Sacramento -- The state Assembly narrowly approved legislation Wednesday night that would fine Californians who don't spay or neuter their pets, sending to the state Senate one of the most talked-about bills on one of the most emotional issues of the year.
AB1634, by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, is intended to reduce the state's large number of stray dogs and cats, and like virtually every legislative action centering around animals, it has stoked emotional debate. As lawmakers this year consider hot topics like health care reform and redistricting, one Republican assemblyman said Levine's bill had sparked more letters and phone calls from his constituents than any other issue.
The legislation would require pet owners to have their dogs and cats spayed or neutered or face a $500 fine for each animal. Owners of kittens and puppies would be required to get them spayed or neutered by the time they are 4 months old. Owners of guide dogs or animals registered as purebred could pay a fee to get an exemption, as could breeders.
It was approved on a 41-38 vote.
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First they neutered the Governor, now they’re going after the rest of the State.
Pets? Damn. I was hoping this was a story regarding homsexual men.
We already pay a fine for not spaying our pets. The annual registration fees dog owners must pay for non-spayed pets is three times the fee for spayed animals.
And they let the rapists go free . . .
Other breeds not recognized by the AKC will disappear completely. I have a Dutch Shepherd, a "type" that is deliberately not pure bred. Dutch Shepherds are highly prized for drug detection and police work. Service dogs in general will really take a hit because it is individual temperament that determines a successful breeding candidate, not blood lines.
This has NOTHING to do with protecting animals. The real reason for this bill is that we'll employ a whole new bureaucracy of worthless unionized Democrats who will travel the state confiscating dogs, one of our last lines of home defense. If anybody thinks that such isn't part of the agenda of PETA's donors, they'd best start thinking more deeply. One of the first things the Germans did to Belgium and Holland during WWII was to take the dogs. It nearly destroyed some of the finest working breeds in the world.
How are they going to find out? Send people door-to-door?
Great law. It should be national, not state by state.
A brand spanking new unionized bureaucracy to employ worthless Democrats.
>>First they neutered the Governor, now they’re going after the rest of the State.<<
I’m surprised the steroids didn’t neuter him.
No sarcasm tag?
Then you know absolutely nothing about dog breeding. I guess you want puppy mills breeding guide dogs. See Post 8.
And just in time for Bob Barker’s retirement. :)
Where will new pets come from?
You have to wonder when some of these legislative bodies will pass a law restricting high tides on the beaches as King Canute tried to do.
Right after they pass a law outlawing criticism of everything they do. Then they pass a law outlawing opposition to everything they do.
Wow I guess you better not even THINK about opening a business for breeding pets.
This sounds like a puppy-mill protection act. The only place you’d be able to get a new dog or cat is from these designated breeders.
‘See Post 8.’
I’ll disregard the snippy part of your post, and note I wrote Reply 8.
Or perhaps the State Assembly itself.
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