Coming to a town near you soon. Stormy In a message dated 4/18/06 8:07:08 PM, cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Subject: SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA PASSES MANDATORY SPAY NEUTER > > > http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060418/APN/604180724 > > News briefs from California's Central Coast > > By The Associated Press > By The Associated Press > > > All cats and dogs in Santa Cruz County must now be spayed or neutered in an > effort to reduce the number of unwanted pets. > > More than 10 years after the county passed one of California's first > spay-and-neuter laws, cities throughout Santa Cruz County have followed > suit. Last week, with little fanfare, Capitola became the last city to adopt > such an ordinance. > > "We are a trendsetter in this," county animal services coordinator Tricia > Geisreiter said. > > She disputed opponents who argued that regulating pets is a violation of > their property rights. Others have said the law doesn't achieve its intended > purpose of controlling the pet population and reducing euthanasia. > > Geisreiter said the spay-neuter ordinance has helped reduce the number of > animals euthanized in Santa Cruz County from 15,000 to 5,000. > Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return UPDATED 2/11/06....CHECK IT OUT!!!! www.FairhopeGSD.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================