Comments on: Forced spay-neuter in California: More ingredients for the sausage

By: straybaby

straybaby — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:53:33 +0000

Am I reading this right? unlicensed or licensed intact cat can be fined?

Another problem with this is limit laws.

By: Janeen

Janeen — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:29:26 +0000

I don’t get it. Why do we need more laws? The USDA and local police / sherriff’s departments can’t even enforce the laws currently on the books. Our recent local (horrific) puppy mill story was pumped out by the AR/media as a reason MN needs more laws - but - the woman WAS breaking existing laws and she WAS arrested. IF they’d been doing their jobs, she’d have been arrested and put out of business YEARS ago.

What great huge load of poop.

By: Alex V

Alex V — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:21:20 +0000

Ugh, this just makes me sick. I just recently learned that there was a bill going to go through the NYS senate to attempt to change the meaning of “seller” to include reputable, ethical breeders, which would make them have to pay a fee. Thank god they aren’t going to worry about it for the remainder of this year because it appears that NYS needs to re-think it’s budget.

By: JenniferJ

JenniferJ — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:44:59 +0000

Caveat, it’s not fatigue getting to you, it’s all the AR newspeak, it rots brain cells! :-)

By: Caveat

Caveat — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:43:07 +0000

Sorry for the lousy comment-writing - I’m tired and shouldn’t be posting anything.

By: Caveat

Caveat — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:42:28 +0000

It looks to me as though the agenda is to track and sterilize people’s dogs. That’s just on a quick boo.

I’d send this whole piece of garbage to the round file, if I were in charge. It’s unnecessary, an invasion of privacy and of course, totally unnecessary.

The AR marketing of mandatory sterilization has been quite successful, I must say. And yes, it is all about marketing - from the cute puppy/kitten pics to the looping tapes of dog fights, mill busts and all the rest of it. It’s about the money, honey, which allows the campaign to continue.

What makes it especially hilarious is that according to some recent stats I saw (must find those again) the vast majority of pets today are already altered. This is not about stopping uncontrolled breeding. It’s about knowing where you live and what kind of dog you have when the big roundup happens. Hopefully, the plan can be thwarted.

As my friend says, “It isn’t paranoia when they really ARE out to get you”

By: JenniferJ

JenniferJ — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:09:37 +0000

Aside from the fact that this bill is inhumane in that it will guarantee more pets relinquished when the owners cannot pay these additional fines and fees, bet your life that the MSN opponents will use it’s bad results to push their agenda.

If impoundments increase because of AB1634, the people behind it WILL NOT blame their lousy legislation. They will scream that the impounds and consequent euthanasias are up because of the “greedy breeders” and “irresponsible public” and we need more regulation