California Assembly Bill 1634 good or bad ???

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California Assembly Bill 1634, known as the California Healthy Pets Act, has been assigned to the Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee and the Senate Local Government Committee. The bill seeks to require the mandatory spaying or neutering of dogs or cats over four months of age, unless the owner acquires an intact animal permit.

I post this often to raise peoples awareess. This is the most important pet owners legislation to even be brought up. It could affect every American pet owner eventually!

First impression especially the way it's summarized you would think it's good. But the AKC is fighting it and with good reason . check out some of these well informed answers from previous post

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Answer 1

By bringing up the same question again and again all you do is rile up the bleeding heart humaniacs who would rather have every dog extinguished from existence then have a dog be able to breed. In their eyes all that matters is how many POS's are sitting at the pound. You will never change their minds, give it a rest, maybe theu will forget about it. My opinion is that even if this bill becomes a law, no one will ever be able to enforce it, so the whole point becomes kind of moot. Let's see what happens.

Answer 2

More anti-dog laws pushed by the animal rights movement and people who know nothing about animals!

1. the uncaring owners, idiots, and thugs will not bother to comply, and THEY are the problem. Pet breeders are not the problem, it is the owners who are too stupid or lazy to be responsible.

2. The S/N age is 4 months. For one thing too young to enter a pup in a show for exemption, for another S/N at 4 months is just plain stupid and unhealthy! MANY Vets are against early S/N!

3. The reason Cal. has such a huge problem with smuggled sick mexican pups is beacause it is very hard to breed a litter of pups there! Why is this such a complex thing to understand?

Yet the gullible readily believe this is a good thing and will end any overpopulation problems, just as they believe any other AR propaganda they are spoon fed. Wouldn't want to do any critical thinking, ya know!

A BIG step towards the AR agenda of no more pets!

Did you know the number of homeless dogs has been dropping since the 70's? Did you know how difficult it is to adopt a dog from many 'rescues'? I don't think the problem is nearly as bad as they would like us to believe.

K9 companion must not be much of an animal lover if he supports anti-dog legislation, maybe he is a PeTA or hSUS member as well!

edit - The bill says that you cannot sell a puppy, it has to be 'adopted' out with no fee charged (I am sure the 'rescues' will be above this though). Imagine spending all that money on health testing, stud fees, and litter care, and then have to give them away. Who will be able to afford to breed a litter of good pups?

Answer 3

Its amazing to me how short-sighted and poorly informed people are. This bill has nothing to do with healthy pets and a whole lot to do with the Animal Rights movement. It is not HEALTHY to alter a very young animal. In the case of large breeds it is actually unhealthy.

Please read http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html

The supposed goal is to decrease euthanization of healthy animals at shelters. This goal, while worthy, is not a likely outcome as people will turn in MORE animals because they are afraid of breaking the new law and do not have the $$ to pay for spay/neuter.

So, what is the real goal? The real goal is the elimination of pets as a part of our society. One generation.. and then they are gone.

On so may levels this bill fails to reach its mark. If passed it will encourage people to break the law and hide their dogs, thus decreasing vet visits and resulting in fewer animals vaccinated for rabies and other diseases. It nearly eliminates the hobby breeders who have been doing their best to decrease genetic issues in their breeding animals and pets. It encourages commercial breeding for financial gain, which is the next rung to go after for the Animal Rights movement. It will lead to a black market on pets.

The bill SOUNDS good.. until you realize that *IF* you want a pet in the future your only recourse will be a dog raised in a commercial environment rather than in a hobby breeder's diningroom with the kids.

Answer 4

About time! Although I am a conservative I support this bill. We need to limit the over production of dogs and cats that leads to hundreds getting euthanized every single day.

Answer 5

good news

My Bill would require owners who want to breed get a permit after a Vet Check and a "doing business as" paper filed with the city or county...

Answer 6

I think that is a good idea, and I hope they bring it to my state. It is so sad to see dogs at shelters looking all sad. So many people just let their dogs have puppies then throw them out to die, its heart breaking!! We get all of our dogs fixed!!

Answer 7

Bad. Because it will increase puppy mills.