L.A. council and Mayor Villaraigosa are the heros in spay-neuter ordinance

[peacebuzzard]

L.A. City Council Approves Historic Spay-Neuter Measure

Mayor Villaraigosa to sign ordinance into law on Feb. 26th

In our February 6th eNews, we reported that the Los Angeles City Council had voted overwhelmingly in favor of a historic spay-neuter measure, but that a second reading was required for the ordinance to become law. We are pleased to report that, as expected, the City Council passed the proposal by a margin of 14-1, making Los Angeles the largest city in the nation to ratify such a comprehensive companion animal sterilization law.

The ordinance sponsored by District 7 Councilman Richard Alarcón will officially become law when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signs it, which he is scheduled to do at a press conference on Tuesday, February 26th. The signing is being timed to coincide with the 14th annual Spay Day USA, when communities across the nation promote spaying and neutering of animal companions, and offer free and low-cost sterilization services. Los Angeles will hold its Spay Day L.A. on February 24th, and provide free spay-neuter services for dozens of cats and dogs from a mobile veterinary unit at City Hall, and is already one of the nation's leaders in offering free and low-cost spay-neuter services for qualified residents in the majority of its jurisdictions.

The new law, which requires sterilization of most cats and dogs over four months of age, will bolster these efforts, and drastically reduce the number of animals relinquished to Los Angeles shelters. Last year, the city's shelters took in more than 45,000 homeless cats and dogs, and killed more than one-third of them. The new spay-neuter law will not only help Los Angeles reduce overcrowding in shelters, but also curtail dog-fighting and animal hoarding while saving taxpayers millions of dollars.

Don't you just love California?

http://ga0.org/indefenseofanimals/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=12841010

[flvegan]

1. Didn't even Ah-nold come out in support of this?

Regardless, good step forward LA.

[peacebuzzard]

4. I hope they make it this time.

[LeftyMom]

2. The statewide s/n proposal failed last year on objections from breeders

There was a clause to exempt them, but they had to pay a small fee, and my personal suspicion is that a lot of them didn't want to go above-the-radar because they aren't registered with the feds and paying taxes.

[peacebuzzard]

3. I remember that. I am glad it has come up again.

And I saw the post you made in the GD about "labradoodles" .... being just a mutt! (back 6 months ago!)LOL

I want to spar over this in the GD! Although you did a great job back then!

[flvegan]

5. As for sparring...it IS Friday night...

[LeftyMom]

7. And I might be PUI.

:eyes:

Actually, I'm stone sober at the moment, but I found an organic vegan sangiovese at Whole Paycheck (please don't ask me what it cost, suffice it to say it's not going to be a regular indulgence, even at the sale price,) so if I find my freakin' corkscrew and get dinner made I could probably be persuaded to be a bit more stubborn than normal. :P

[LeftyMom]

6. Mutts are awesome.

My grandmother had a thing for little white poodle mixes. She had, I don't know, three or four in a row (I'm not sure about the number because they all had the same name, which happened to be the name of my eldest aunt- Grandma was a bit odd sometimes.) All great dogs, smart, well behaved, healthy, and all adopted for almost nothing at the shelter, with altering and shots included. Actually, I think she paid nothing at all for the last, as part of a program matching seniors and older dogs.

I think she'd have fallen over laughing if somebody told her somebody'd come up with a silly name for them and sell them for the better part of a thousand dollars.