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Yahoo!It would be a sad day for Santa Barbara County dogs and cats if the mandatory spay/neuter ordinance proposal before the Board of Supervisors on November 3 and 10 were passed.
Mandatory spay/neuter ordinances cause more shelter killing, not less. The City of Lompoc passed a mandatory spay/neuter ordinance in 2006. From 2006 to 2009, killing of dogs in the Lompoc shelter is up 44 percent. The same is true in other areas that have tried it. In Los Angeles, shelter killing went up 30 percent in one year after mandatory spay/neuter was enacted. No city or county has ever seen less shelter killing than its neighboring cities or counties after passing mandatory spay/neuter. Voluntary spay/neuter education and assistance to low-income pet owners works. Mandatory spay/neuter, especially in difficult economic times like the present, forces poor families to choose between rent, food, and other basic necessities of life, and paying for expensive veterinary surgery. This always leads to more shelter surrenders, which always leads to more shelter killing.
Please urge your county supervisor to oppose this mandatory spay/neuter bill for the sake of the animals. — Janet Vining Mitchell
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Your supposed facts run counter to the opinion of the American Veterinary Medical Association, who said in May of this year:
::: "There are conflicting reports regarding euthanasia rates and animal control costs achieved in communities that have enacted mandatory spay/neuter."
Interestingly, they oppose mandatory spay/neuter programs for these other reasons:
:::: "Mandating spay/neuter can increase canine, feline, and zoonotic disease risks because some people will attempt to avoid detection of their unaltered pets by failing to seek veterinary care."
::: "Although spay/neuter is an important part of effective population control programs, and may benefit individual dogs and cats if performed at the appropriate time, whether and when to spay/neuter specific animals requires the application of science and professional judgment to ensure the best outcome for veterinary patients and their owners."
Complete report:
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/may09/...
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binky (anonymous profile)
November 5, 2009 at 3:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Education works but not laws like this:
http://saveourdogs.net/category/successe...
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doglover (anonymous profile)
November 11, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The ASPCA has come out with a statement that says, "the ASPCA is not aware of any credible evidence demonstrating a statistically significant enhancement in the reduction of shelter intake or euthanasia as a result of the implementation of a mandatory spay/neuter law."
http://www.aspca.org/about-us/policy-pos...
They also question any statements regarding the purported success of mandatory spay and neuter (MSN) laws due to the complications of statistical analysis.
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doglover (anonymous profile)
November 11, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
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