[ SHOWGSD-L ] California<>NAIA on SB250

From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>
To: showgsd-list showgsd-list <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 16:36:53 -0700
> SB 250 Amended, But Still Mandatory Spay/Neuter   
> Take Action!
>
> Write your Senator before the floor vote!
>
> May 29, 2009
>
> Owners of intact dogs and cats in California will soon be singled  
> out as criminals if we don?t speak out now. The latest version of SB  
> 250, this year?s mandatory spay/neuter legislation, has passed out  
> of the Senate Appropriations Committee and is moving quickly to the  
> Senate floor. It could be eligible for a vote as early as Monday, so  
> your letters and calls are urgently needed.
>
> SB 250, like its failed predecessor, AB 1634, has gone through  
> several contortions in an effort to gain support. The bill appeared  
> to be bogged permanently in the Senate Appropriations Committee due  
> to the heavy costs it would impose on localities, and ultimately the  
> state. But in the eleventh hour, sponsor Senator Dean Florez offered  
> amendments that give the false impression of loosening some of the  
> mandates on local agencies, but the bill will still be costly to  
> agencies and every bit as punitive for animal owners. SB 250 is very  
> similar to the 12th version of AB 1634, which was decisively  
> defeated in the California Senate last year after a grueling 18- 
> month battle.
>
> Californians can defeat SB 250 just as they defeated AB 1634, if  
> they act!
>
> Make no mistake. No matter how the proponents package this bill, and  
> no matter how many claims to the contrary, SB 250 is mandatory spay/ 
> neuter. The amendments they have just passed do not address the  
> fiscal impact to government in any meaningful way. The problem  
> legislators are trying to solve is pet homelessness, but this bill  
> will have the opposite effect of driving licensing and rabies  
> compliance down and shelter numbers up.
>
> Click here to read SB 250 as amended on May 28th, 2009.
>
> Click here to read NAIA's letter to the Senate Appropriations  
> Committee in which we share facts and statistics demonstrating how  
> mandatory spay neuter would carry negative consequences for pets,  
> pet owners, shelters and the state of California.
>
> Please use the talking points below to send a friendly, informative  
> email to your State Senator, warning them of the unintended  
> consequences of this bill. During a time of budget crisis and the  
> need to focus on more immediate priorities, urge them not to waste  
> precious time -- and taxpayer money -- on misguided legislation that  
> has been rejected in past sessions.
>
> If you can not see the talking points below yet, please CLICK HERE  
> TO TAKE ACTION on behalf of California pets and pet owners!
>
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