[ SHOWGSD-L ] IMPORTANT - ILLINOIS<>Mandatory Spay/Neuter Ordinance Hearing March 12 - Chicago
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From: Margo Milde <mrm1206@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: March 5, 2009 7:46:48 PM PST
To: Margo Milde <mrm1206@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Mandatory Spay/Neuter Ordinance Hearing March 12 - Chicago
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Hearing on proposed Chicago Mandatory Spay/Neuter (MSN) Ordinance --
March 12 2009 - 10:00 am (arrive by 9:00 am)
City Hall, 121 N La Salle, Chicago IL
I apologize for those who have seen this already (or seen it 2 or 3 or more
times) but I can't take the chance on people NOT seeing it - so here it is
again.
We need Chicago residents to do the following:
Call, fax, email, write your Alderman beforeMarch 12 to state your opposition
to the proposed Chicago Mandatory Spay/Neuter ordinance.
You can obtain contact information for your Alderman at the City of Chicago
website:
http://www.chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/alderman/find.html
We need everyone to do the following:
Show up at City Hall on March 12! (details below.) The other side will no doubt
intend to fill their half of the gallery with pro-MSN forces, so we must
counter by packing even more people who areanti-MSN on our side!
If at all possible - if you are planning to come down, and you are a Chicago
resident - please let us know in advance:
AllianceofChgolandPetOwners@xxxxxxxxx
As always, please dress, act, and speak respectfully as meets the decorum of a
governing hall such as this.
Please remember - should MSN manage to pass in Chicago, it will quickly spread
to neighboring communities, and in time the State of Illinois. Better we fight
it and kill the idea right here in Chicago then fighting it in myriad other
surrounding locales!
If you are a Chicago resident you might have an opportunity to speak on this
issue. To make sure you have your chance at this, get there early (by 9:00 am)
and sign up immediately as the sign-up sheet is passed around. (It is possible
that non-residents may also speak - we honestly don't know yet if that will be
possible.) If you are a Chicago resident, plan to speak to oppose Chicago MSN,
and don't know what to say, contact us beforehand and we'll give you talking
points according to your interests:
AllianceofChgolandPetOwners@xxxxxxxxx
This will be a important day for the future of dog ownership in Illinois!
Please be there!
Margo Milde
AKC Legislative Liaison & Legislative Committee Chair, Rand Park Dog Training
Club Inc.
AKC Legislative Liaison & Legislative Committee Chair, Agility Ability Club of
Illinois Inc.
AKC Legislative Liaison & Legislative Committee Chair, Field Spaniel Society of
America Inc.
Founding Member - Alliance of Chicagoland Pet Owners
Health Education Chair - Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of America
Help Us Defeat the Proposed ChicagoMandatory Spay/Neuter Ordinance!
The Chicago City Council is considering an ordinance that will force
all Chicago pet owners to spay or neuter their dogs or cats by the age of six
months! A hearing concerning this proposed ordinance before the City of Chicago
City Councilcommittees is scheduled for March 12, 2009, 10 am. City Hall 121 N
La Salle, Chicago, Illinois. (Arrive by at least 9 am). The Alliance of
Chicagoland Pet Owners, an advocacy group seeking to protect the rights of
responsible pet owners and breeders in the greater Chicago area, needs your
help to defeat this proposed ordinance. This ordinance will affect all
Chicagoans, not just pet owners! Based upon the latest draft of this proposed
ordinance made available to us (dated December 2008), this ordinance if passed:
Takes away your right to make important medical decisions about your own pet,
or to make those decisions jointly with your veterinarian;
Mandates the spaying and neutering of all cats and dogs by the age of six
months, unless you would be allowed a difficult-to-obtain exemption for your
pet under one of the handful of exemption clauses;
Exposes you to heavy fines of up to $100 for every month you are in violation
should you choose not to spay or neuter your pet, even if you are a responsible
pet owner who takes good care of your dog or cat;
Requires you to pay a $100 tax if you ever decide to have a litter of puppies
or kittens, and also requires you and everyone in your family to submit to a
criminal background check and home inspections simply for this ?privilege?;
Will prevent people from finding locally raised dogs or cats from conscientious
and caring local cat and dog breeders;
Targets people who are on fixed incomes, poor people and working people. Many
people simply can?t afford to comply with this ordinance. This will cause many
pets to be abandoned, especially in today?s difficult economy when people can?t
afford to heat their homes or put gas in their cars. This will mean more cats
and dogs in the animal shelters, and more cats and dogs being euthanized in
shelters, as has happened in every community where these laws have previously
been passed;
Results in higher taxes. The City?s Animal Control department is currently
underfunded, as are other city departments. Should this ordinance pass, it will
mean that animal control officers will have even less time to take care of
actual problems concerning domestic animals than they did before;
Exposes your dog to serious medical problems. Recent research has linked
spaying and neutering to greatly increased incidence of many serious and often
fatal diseases, including several forms of cancer such as osteosarcoma and
hemangiosarcoma, disabling orthopedic disorders such as cruciate ligament knee
injuries, and spay incontinence in females when it is done at an early age such
as is required by the ordinance;
Does nothing to solve the problem of roaming dogs, which either have no owner
or the owner cannot be located. Existing leash laws, dangerous dog laws, and
pet abandonment laws can help to solve this problem, but they are not being
enforced;
Does nothing to solve the problem of feral cats, which by definition have no
owner. Enforcement of current pet abandonment laws, establishment of feral cat
colonies, and low-cost spay/neuter clinics for feral cats in managed colonies
have been proven successful in other areas to reduce the feral cat population;
Exposes people and their pets to a greater risk of rabies. The evidence shows
that these kinds of laws reduce compliance with rabies prevention measures. To
attempt to shield their dogs from forced sterilization, many dog owners will
choose not to have their pet vaccinated for rabies and licensed;
Goes against the beliefs of the majority of Chicagoans. A Chicago Tribune poll
conducted in summer 2008 showed two-to-one opposition to the ordinance;
And, supports the political goals of radical animal rights groups that want to
eliminate companion animals from our lives. The Animal Rights activists who are
trying to pass this ordinance want to take away yourright to own a dog or cat ?
and they will be one giant step closer to that goal with the passage of this
ordinance!
Your help is needed now to stop the passage of this ordinance! Here?s what you
can do:
If you live in the City of Chicago?
· Please write, fax, email, and call your aldermen if you live in the
City of Chicago! Your contact with your alderman is essential to defeat of this
ordinance ? no one else can do this for you! To find contact information for
your alderman, refer to the City
of Chicago website:http://www.chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/alderman/find.html
· Please attend all city council hearing on this matter. You may get
this information from the City of Chicago website, or contact us for updated
information:
AllianceofChgolandPetOwners@xxxxxxxxx
If you live outside of the City of Chicago?
· Please contact all your friends, family, and fellow pet owners who
live in the City of Chicagoto tell them about this proposed ordinance and ask
their help in opposing it. Even non-pet owners will be adversely affected by
this ordinance through increased tax burden for animal control, reduced animal
control services for homeless pets, and increased risk of diseases such as
rabies which will occur with reduced pet veterinary visits should this
ordinance pass!
· Please attend all city council hearing on this matter to show your
concern as a non-resident. You may get this information from the City
ofChicago website, or contact us for updated
information: AllianceofChgolandPetOwners@xxxxxxxxx
Please contact the Alliance of Chicagoland Pet Owners for additional
information and for currentChicago legislative
updates: AllianceofChgolandPetOwners@xxxxxxxxx
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Stormy Hope
www,carpoc.org
AKC Legislative Liaison, GSDCA
GSDs, and more, clubs
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