I wish mandatory s/n worked, but apparently it doesn't correlate with lower pound intakes. They went up when my town passed mandatory s/n. (Whereas they went down when we implemented low-cost s/n.) From Ryan Clinton (and please send flames his way, not mine):
"Research has demonstrated that mandatory spay/neuter laws have never worked in any community to either increase spay/neuter rates or to decrease shelter intake: http://www.aspca.org/about-us/policy-positions/mandatory-spay-neuter-laws.aspx . Not only that, but such laws have actually increased shelter intake and killing as pets are either surrendered or seized for failure to pay regressive fees: http://btoellner.typepad.com/kcdogblog/2011/01/los-angeles-msn-year-3-when-can-we-expect-it-to-start-working.html . It is also believed that such laws may reduce veterinary-care rates and vaccination rates, including rabies vaccinations: http://www.theriogenology.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=59 Thus, "anyone" and everyone who cares about animals should be against mandatory spay/neuter laws. In fact, nearly every single national animal-welfare organization IS against mandatory spay/neuter laws, including Alley Cat Allies, Best Friends Animal Society, the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Humane, the Anti-Cruelty League, the No Kill Advocacy Center, and both the American College of Theriogenologists and the Society of Theriogenology (both specialist organizations of veterinarians who are experts in spay/neuter), among many others." On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > Exposing the killing horrors to the public is the best way to call > attention to it; as the saying goes, if shelters had to kill animals in > glass houses in town squares, they would stop doing it – if it’s out of > sight, out of mind, and easily swept under the rug., it will continue! > People must become aware of it, mandatory spay/neuter laws must be passed, > and legislators must stop taking money and be continually influenced by > lobbyists who want nothing more than to stop it – breeders, many > veterinarians, and hunting groups (YES, would you believe?) and many more > you would never suspect, are against any spay/neuter legislation! But it’s > the ONLY answer! **** > > Natalie =^..^=**** > > ** ** > > P.S.**** > > Maybe all of the rescuers in this group who have ideas, should take this > offline….let’s put our heads together!**** > > It can be done!**** > > *From:* felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto: > felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf Of *Kat Parker > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:07 AM > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* [Felvtalk] Section 1983**** > > ** ** > > Hiya Kathryn and everyone. The federal statute you were referring to, > Kathryn, is Section 1983, and my step-brother, Sheldon Eisenberg, is the > one who wrote the "Section 1983 to the rescue", on Nathan's site you found, > and Sheldon used it in court representing Cathy Nguyen and Nathan against > Los Angeles County Dept of Animal Care and Control, which he won a > stipulated order from the judge in that lawsuit. (Not that it does any good > at all, now, but ... whatever. lol) > > I did not intend to correct any person in particular, just wanted to > mention the name of the law, which is really easy to forget, actually, but > really wonderful to be able to use for all being a FEDERAL STATUTE, and > there are a lot of rescuers in here. > > ~Kat~ > **** > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kathryn Hargreaves <khargrea...@gmail.com> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Cc: > Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 18:21:00 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Fwd: Cat shelters > What do you mean by ``rules''? Laws? If they are not in compliance > with laws, then turn them in. (Of course, if you're a rescuer pulling > from these pounds, then you have to protect yourself using the federal law > Section 1982: http://www.nathanwinograd.com/?p=728 > > As for the citizens, put ads in the papers, and maybe even send out > informative flyers (ask for the money to do so via a Chipin). > > You can also try to get social media attention via the various animal > blogs that push shelter reform, e.g., YesBiscuit!. > > Who holds the contract with the pound? > > Don't give up. It may take years, and we're seeing progress even in TX. > > Probably the moderator would like us to take this offline by now. . .**** > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com> wrote:* > *** > > The problem here is that I'm in Texas. Killing is the State Sport. > Unfortunately, most of the Animal Control Officers don't even know the new > rules, which include acceptance of TNR as a way to control outside cats. > They are still terrorizing people who have a small batch of backyard cats > who are spayed/neutered and have their rabies shots. They are counting > these cats in the 8 cat limit when the new code states specifically that > they are NOT included in the cat limit rule. They recently reduced the > number of cats/dogs allowed to 8 from 10. This makes no sense except when > you realize that they will now charge for an "excess animal permit". Then > it makes sense to reduce the legal limit so that a number of people are now > over the limit and have to purchase the permit. Nasty little tricks. > People who have received a citation in the past for having over the > permissible limit of cats/dogs are prohibited from purchasing the permit. > More nonsense. It would help if all the ACO's were required to read the > new codes and then be tested on whether or not they understand them. The > citizens of this city don't know the rules either. Cat haters are > terrorizing cat caring neighbors, threatening them with reporting them when > there's nothing to report because the cat caregivers are actually in > compliance. I think that ignorance is our worst enemy. Even when we get > good ordinances, they don't work because no one knows about them.**** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > -- ---------------------------- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their life. Contact your local pound for information. <http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm> If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to free up cage space. Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/<http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/> Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org
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