>>Why do they want to terminate the dog species via sterilization? <<
Because they perpetuate their jobs by stating that there are “too many” wild dogs.
Ever watch “Animal Cops”. They take dogs who are aggressive, hurt and maimed, and spend thousands to “rehome” them.
If there were truly too many dogs, it would be much better to humanely euthanize the dog with a bad leg or food aggression problems. Instead they take tons of money to make them pretty and sell them off. They scream about backyard breeders yet sell pups to families who have no clue what they are getting into, and when the family can’t handle the dog, they return it and are stamped forever as returning a dog.
So what is the avenue that the people take, they drop intact animals in a field somewhere in farm country. Now there is a whole group of new feral pups and kits.
And also, seriously, breeders have to look at themselves. We were looking for a Papillon pup. The breeders wanted thousands for a pet quality puppy. We couldn’t afford that but wanted the breed. Breeders freak out at brokers and puppy mills, yet won’t sell pet quality pups at an affordable price. They drive people like me to go to a broker and get a pup for 1/4 of the price. We now have a fantastic pet quality Pap. She is spayed and happy. Breeders could sell their lesser pups at a reasonable price, pre-neutered and promote their breed.
And don’t get me started on “rescues”.
Please start.
In my eyes people that “rescue” unwanted cat/dogs have a VIP room in heaven.:)
Mix breeds make great family pets
We have several Paps ourselves :-)
And I agree on the "rescues". The ones we contacted had one foot in the loony bin. After three tries we went elsewhere.
In my opinion, the rescue cause is an admirable one. However, the number if idiots that participate are doing more harm to their cause than good. And I say this having a relative that does rescues. She is adamantly opposed to bills like this.