5 Days To Live - SB250 (california bill)

pawsitiveside

Did you know that when a pet is taken to a shelter, it's typically given only 5 business days to live? In other words, dogs and cats that are caught and impounded, or given to the shelter by their owner, have 5 days to be adopted, otherwise they're euthanized.

Each year $250,000,000.00 is spent on housing and euthanizing homeless dogs and cats in California. 1,000,000 dogs and cats make it to the shelters in California alone, and over half of them are killed.

SB250 (currently known as the "Pet Responsibility Act") is a bill that could help save the lives of pets, and help to decrease the pet overpopulation problem that we face right now. SB250 requires that dogs and cats be spayed and neutered upon licensing, and a non-altered license is required to keep a dog or cat from being spayed or neutered.

For more information regarding this law, and to learn what you can do to help get it passed, visit their website at http://www.yesonsb250.com/

Criosphynx

I saw this in my pijac letter. Not sure how I feel about this.

anyone wanting to see the "against" argument here it is

https://www.pijac.org/_documents/ca_..._neuter_ii.pdf

this will negatively effect many people. All dogs must be altered by six months old. It does not only affect impounded or shelter dogs like the link suggests.


Bottom line is, theres no way to enforce this. They can't even enforce licensing.

pawzaddict

I wish there was just a law against BYB lol that would be my wish

pawzaddict

wait a minute... isnt there already a different charge there for altered vs unaltered pets? Maybe I need to read the link cuz thats what I got from the post?

Criosphynx

Your licensing is higher if the pet is unaltered. So no one licenses their dogs....it doesn't solve anything.


But if this passes it will be ILLEGAL to have a 6 month old puppy that isn't fixed.

The fear is that if this passes people will stop licensing and stop getting their dogs vet care. Just like the ferret owners here are terrified to take their pets to the vet, just like pit bull people in BSL areas are terrified to take their dogs outside or to the vet.

There is a over pop problem. BUT the MAIN problem is owner RENTION. People don't KEEP the dogs they BUY. Most dogs go to shelters for behavior problems, not from opps litters, and you can't spay and neuter away the stupid.


like I said, not som'thing I'm solid on.

ScentHound

They already implemented something similar in Tarrant county, and Dallas County Texas. They enforce it through the Vets. The last I heard it was a 500 dollar fine unless you have a Breeders license.

fawkese1

but the only people penalized for this are the ones who actually take their dogs to the vets...

ScentHound

Yeppers...

fawkese1

lol, sweet then! that is total thinking!

ScentHound

Governmental controllers are morons; Either in federal, or state. They are full of "do-gooders" that think there way is the only proper way. Nuff said, we don't want the hound to go off on a tangent and screw up his night time calm.