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California
Press Release: Best Friends Supports Move to Improve California
Spay/Neuter Bill
July 13, 2007 : 5:32 PM
Best Friends Supports Move to Improve California Spay-Neuter Bill,
Pledges to Work with Groups to Create Statewide Subsidy Program Yeah!!!
Contact for more information:
John Polis 435-644-2001 ext. 4858 (office) or 435-689-0265 (cell),
_johnp@bestfriends. org_
(http://us.f550.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=johnp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Julie Castle (435) 644-2001 ext. 4578, _julie@bestfriends. org_
(http://us.f550.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
For Release: July 16, 2007
Best Friends Animal Society today praised the efforts of Assemblyman
Lloyd Levine in bringing the subject of mandatory spay/neuter for dogs
and cats to the forefront of California state government, after Levine
decided to withdraw the bill earlier this week.
"We applaud Assemblyman Levine for having the vision to introduce such
groundbreaking legislation, as well as his leadership in withdrawing
the bill once he realized it had been rendered useless by intense
lobbying from commercial breeders," said Paul Berry, executive
director of Best Friends Animal Society.
Berry criticized comments by the AKC President Dennis Sprung, who
described the bill's withdrawal as an affirmation of "the fundamental
rights and liberties" of breeders.
"The fact that the American Kennel Club is more concerned about the
welfare of commercial animal breeders than the welfare of dogs is
telling evidence of the true AKC agenda." Berry said.
The original bill mandated that all dogs and cats be spayed or
neutered â?? given a few exceptions. The problem, Berry explained, was
that the list of exceptions kept growing and growing as different
lobbies, especially the commercial breeders, got in on the act and saw
their profits being threatened.
"Best Friends' primary concern, though, was the fact that low-income
families in many areas of California don't have sufficient access to
affordable spay/neuter services," Berry added. "And there was no
clarity in the bill on what would happen to pets if families couldn't
afford the spay/neuter cost."
Several news sources have reported that Levine will work on a new
version of the bill and reintroduce it in January.
"Best Friends will continue to work with Assemblyman Levine and the
other bill sponsors to address the issue of affordable, accessible
spay/neuter for low-income family pets," said Berry. "And if we can
get the bill right on this key issue, we pledge to work with our
members in California, and with local humane groups across the state,
to create the first-ever, statewide spay/neuter subsidy program in
California. We feel such a subsidy program is critical if this bill is
to have any meaningful success for the animals it seeks to protect."
About Best Friends Animal Society
Located on 33,000 acres in Kanab, Utah, Best Friends Animal Society
operates the country's largest sanctuary for homeless animals and is
home, on any given day, to about 1,500 dogs, cats, horses, rabbits,
birds, and other animals. Best Friends works globally with animal
shelters and rescue groups to bring about a time when there will be no
more homeless pets. Best Friends advances initiatives nationwide that
promote community approaches to make the world a better place through
kindness to animals, including adoption, spay-neuter, and humane
education programs.
"Kindness to Animals Builds a Better World for All of Us"
Cathleen Bennett & Joe Guay
Rialto, Ca
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