CALNRA: NRA Opposes Mandatory Pet Spay/Nueter (AB 1634)

NRA Members' Councils of California

CALNRA: NRA Opposes Mandatory Pet Spay/Nueter
8:30 PM, 05/01/2007

Issue: MANDATORY PET SPAY/NUETER (Levine)

Description: This bill would prohibit any person from owning or possessing any cat or dog over the age of 4 months that has not been spayed or neutered, unless that person possesses an intact permit, as defined.

The bill would establish an intact permit fee in an amount to be determined by a local jurisdiction, and would require the revenue from these fees to be used for the administration of the local jurisdiction's permit program.

The bill would become operative on April 1, 2008.

Latest Info: 05/01/2007 - NRA opposes AB 1634 as amended by the Business and Professions Committee on April 24th. AB 1634 will next appear before the Assembly Appropriations Committee, date unknown at this time. Please contact the Assembly Appropriations Committee members and urge a NO vote on AB 1634.

Bill author Assemblymember Levine is also the author of AB 334, MANDATORY LOSS/THEFT REPORTING.

In its current form, AB 1634 proposes to seriously restrict the property rights of responsible hunting dog breeders and owners while imposing untold and unjust punitive costs upon their activities. If adopted, the provisions of AB 1634 would have a profound negative economic impact on both the state and local economies in California.

AB1634 is poorly conceived and, as written, this legislation presents a "ONE-SIZE FITS ALL" early-age sterilization approach with little thought regarding the health and behavior considerations of early spay/neuter. More information is available at the American Kennel Club (AKC) and ab1634.com.

Action needed: Send a ONE-CLICK Email to the ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE against MANDATORY PET SPAY/NUETER (AB 1634)

You may track this issue at:
http://calnra.com/legs.shtml?year=2007&summary=ab1634

Mike

Message received over the NRA CA Members' Councils internal state-wide network:
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To all;

My wife and I are volunteer puppy raisers for Guide Dogs of America and this bill has severe implications not only for sportsmen, but also because it makes no provision to protect existing breeding stock of charitable organizations such as Guide Dogs of America.

Guide Dogs of America and other organizations like them provide Service Dogs to the blind and other disabled people. AB 1634 would destroy these outstanding, carefully managed breeding programs with onerous Annual Fees, and would do a terrible dis-service to the community at large by denying blind and other disabled people some of the freedoms that we take for granted.

GDA is completely dependent on donations, and the tens of thousands of dollars for Intact Fees would kill the breeding program, AND every puppy in training can't be evaluated as breeding stock until 6 mos, so EVERY dog would be subject to the fee, eve though 90% will be spayed/neutered anyway.

Whether you own a dog or not, if this bill can be defeated, it will be a win/win for all responsible dog owners, for the charities that work so hard to breed outstanding animals, and for the thousands of disabled people who are waitng for a dog to change their life.

Please take the time to visit calnra.com and oppose this bill.

Joe
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Mike

I'm opposed to government permits for anything. For that reason, I support the NRA's stance on this bill.

That said.. it is grossly irresponsible to keep non-sterilized pets. Just visit your local humane society and try to pick out which animals are next in line for euthanasia.

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No question. And it's heartbreaking to actually see an anaimal put down.

However, that said, this should be improved via education and outreach. If the state of CA can spend money on something as silly as second-hand smoke commercials, why not something real like this issue?

Compassion and common sense cannot be legislated.

Mike Haas
http://patriotboxers.com/