Mandatory Spay Neuter Laws are not particularly the concern, in as much as "breeding" is!
We believe that mandatory laws should be secondary and offered as a one time solution to those who breed without a license or breed out of control.
Spaying and Neutering should be endorsed by City/Town/County Governments, with s-n programs in place through their Animal Control Departments. They should be publishing a booklet that visually and verbally expresses the birthing trees of cats and dogs - a booklet of such should be understandable by all age brackets, ethnic backgrounds, as well as educational brackets.
Awareness and promoting full public awareness, not only educates those who do not pursue full interests into the goings on of animal rescue, it also lets private breeders, puppy mills and hoarders know that their ventures are not particularly acceptable... making it harder for them to function, with fear of non-acceptance.
Through education, awareness, non-acceptance, facts and statistics, can we then bring into effect new laws that by right, will be more publicly acceptable.
By implementing Laws that define Breeding and Breeders of any sort, we can broaden the perspectives of law enforcement. If someone is known to be breeding out of control - it permits bylaw and animal control officers to shut down the breeder.The positive solution that they can then offer is, spaying and or neutering options.
Should we enforce Mandatory Spay and Neuter Laws, we could in fact hinder generations of companion animals, leaving gaps of age brackets or even leaving some of them extinct.
This is not a solution.
PETA launched a campaign for a "No Birthing Nation" - such a campaign would wipe out companion animals further on down the road.
We feel that the solution is to implement strong laws for breeders, whether they be private or public. A back-up, secondary law needs to be put in place that offers breeders one solution - spaying and neutering.
Those who breed from their home for a few extra dollars, should be required by law to obtain a License to do so. Those who are found without a license, should be fined a hefty fine. ALL offspring should be required by law, to be registered.
By doing so, we can keep track of "who" is breeding and how many. Should these laws not be complied to, then spaying or neutering is their next option.
Breeders of any sort, should not be permitted to breed more than ONE animal, annually. The animal that they breed, should not be permitted to breed more than once a year, after the age of 2 yrs old and no later than the age of 5 yrs old.
Otherwords only 3 litters within the female's lifetime. After such time, the breeding female should be required by law, to be spayed.
We want to discourage breeding, not encourage it....
There are too many breeders as it is. Many of them, know full well, just how many breed specific rescues are out there - with animals in dire need of homes - so why breed more???
We care less for breeders rights, we care about the numbers of animals born - homeless!
If breeders continue to close a blind eye to the problem of homeless pets and scream about their rights - revoke their license, they obviously won't comply to governing laws that benefit the health of bred females and the health of their offspring.
If they are worried about their rights, let them pay for a license and comply to the regulations.
If they feel that this is unjust and carry on as they please - fine them and bring them to court.
Revoke their "rights" and endorse the rights for healthy animals.
We realize that by seeking such laws, we won't be popular with Breeders, we aren't already, so it makes no difference to us what they think. Breeding creates products of our companion animals and they are not disposable products, they are living, breathing beings.
We feel that by presenting the facts, the statistics and visual imagery, will assist in convincing those who breed, to see the larger problem that they are contributing to.
Some truly are unaware of the goings on within their own state/province or country because, awareness has not been brought to the forefront.
If we truly want to become No Kill - then we have to become an active part of the solution.
Do we think that Spaying and Neutering should be law? - YES, but only as a secondary law that is offered as a positive solution
where those who breed are concerned.....
We believe that mandatory laws should be secondary and offered as a one time solution to those who breed without a license or breed out of control.
Spaying and Neutering should be endorsed by City/Town/County Governments, with s-n programs in place through their Animal Control Departments. They should be publishing a booklet that visually and verbally expresses the birthing trees of cats and dogs - a booklet of such should be understandable by all age brackets, ethnic backgrounds, as well as educational brackets.
Awareness and promoting full public awareness, not only educates those who do not pursue full interests into the goings on of animal rescue, it also lets private breeders, puppy mills and hoarders know that their ventures are not particularly acceptable... making it harder for them to function, with fear of non-acceptance.
Through education, awareness, non-acceptance, facts and statistics, can we then bring into effect new laws that by right, will be more publicly acceptable.
By implementing Laws that define Breeding and Breeders of any sort, we can broaden the perspectives of law enforcement. If someone is known to be breeding out of control - it permits bylaw and animal control officers to shut down the breeder.The positive solution that they can then offer is, spaying and or neutering options.
Should we enforce Mandatory Spay and Neuter Laws, we could in fact hinder generations of companion animals, leaving gaps of age brackets or even leaving some of them extinct.
This is not a solution.
PETA launched a campaign for a "No Birthing Nation" - such a campaign would wipe out companion animals further on down the road.
We feel that the solution is to implement strong laws for breeders, whether they be private or public. A back-up, secondary law needs to be put in place that offers breeders one solution - spaying and neutering.
Those who breed from their home for a few extra dollars, should be required by law to obtain a License to do so. Those who are found without a license, should be fined a hefty fine. ALL offspring should be required by law, to be registered.
By doing so, we can keep track of "who" is breeding and how many. Should these laws not be complied to, then spaying or neutering is their next option.
Breeders of any sort, should not be permitted to breed more than ONE animal, annually. The animal that they breed, should not be permitted to breed more than once a year, after the age of 2 yrs old and no later than the age of 5 yrs old.
Otherwords only 3 litters within the female's lifetime. After such time, the breeding female should be required by law, to be spayed.
We want to discourage breeding, not encourage it....
There are too many breeders as it is. Many of them, know full well, just how many breed specific rescues are out there - with animals in dire need of homes - so why breed more???
We care less for breeders rights, we care about the numbers of animals born - homeless!
If breeders continue to close a blind eye to the problem of homeless pets and scream about their rights - revoke their license, they obviously won't comply to governing laws that benefit the health of bred females and the health of their offspring.
If they are worried about their rights, let them pay for a license and comply to the regulations.
If they feel that this is unjust and carry on as they please - fine them and bring them to court.
Revoke their "rights" and endorse the rights for healthy animals.
We realize that by seeking such laws, we won't be popular with Breeders, we aren't already, so it makes no difference to us what they think. Breeding creates products of our companion animals and they are not disposable products, they are living, breathing beings.
We feel that by presenting the facts, the statistics and visual imagery, will assist in convincing those who breed, to see the larger problem that they are contributing to.
Some truly are unaware of the goings on within their own state/province or country because, awareness has not been brought to the forefront.
If we truly want to become No Kill - then we have to become an active part of the solution.
Do we think that Spaying and Neutering should be law? - YES, but only as a secondary law that is offered as a positive solution
where those who breed are concerned.....
Meet Molly
This sweet ten year old, tuxedo female was a family pet...
Her left side paw is covering the remaining upper part of her injury caused by all of her eight teats rotting!! In the middle area, you can see the remains of one of her teats.
This is called Mastitis -
She had been permitted to breed from the time of her first heat and every heat thereafter, in her ten long years.
She had interbred kittens that tested Leukemia Positive and were taken to live out the rest of their days, behind glass panes, in quarantine of a caring No Kill Shelter.
Her tiny body, never had time enough between litters, to heal properly, nor could her body eject old milk, before producing new milk, henceforth, the rotting of her teats.
We treated this girl and saved her life, with the commitment of her guardians that she would be spayed asap. She 'WAS on death row, deathly sick from the infection created within all of her teats. We really weren't sure she was going to pull through.....
We managed to save her two lower teats, however, she was pregnant before they completely healed, her kittens died needlessly and to our knowledge, her guardians never had her spayed... laws are needed to protect animals from the hardships of breeding!
This sweet ten year old, tuxedo female was a family pet...
Her left side paw is covering the remaining upper part of her injury caused by all of her eight teats rotting!! In the middle area, you can see the remains of one of her teats.
This is called Mastitis -
She had been permitted to breed from the time of her first heat and every heat thereafter, in her ten long years.
She had interbred kittens that tested Leukemia Positive and were taken to live out the rest of their days, behind glass panes, in quarantine of a caring No Kill Shelter.
Her tiny body, never had time enough between litters, to heal properly, nor could her body eject old milk, before producing new milk, henceforth, the rotting of her teats.
We treated this girl and saved her life, with the commitment of her guardians that she would be spayed asap. She 'WAS on death row, deathly sick from the infection created within all of her teats. We really weren't sure she was going to pull through.....
We managed to save her two lower teats, however, she was pregnant before they completely healed, her kittens died needlessly and to our knowledge, her guardians never had her spayed... laws are needed to protect animals from the hardships of breeding!