You, who live in Vermont....start writing, phoning, faxing, attending!! STormy http://www.reformer.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/ print_article.jsp?articleId=6728934&siteId=510 Rockingham mulls state's first pet neutering ordinance By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN, Reformer Staff Brattleboro Reformer Monday, August 27 ROCKINGHAM -- The town is considering a new ordinance that would require pet owners to spay or neuter their cats and dogs. The Selectboard still has a lot of homework to do before adopting the new rule, but if it is signed, Rockingham would be the first town in Vermont to have a pet sterilization law on its books. At the Selectboard meeting Tuesday, the board authorized Municipal Manager John Schempf to investigate the plan. "I think it's a good idea," Bellows Falls Trustee Stefan Golec said after a group of area animal advocates made their pitch to the joint Rockingham-Bellows Falls board. Donna Allen, director of The Animal Rescue And Protection Society, or TARPS, said her volunteer organization is having a hard time keeping up with number of cats and dogs that are left to roam the greater Rockingham area. "There are too many feral colonies out there," Allen told the board before asking them to consider the spay-neuter ordinance. [MORE] ~~~~~~~~ Stormy Hope California Federation of Dog Clubs www.cfodconline.org ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================