It would be good to join forces with the dog hobbyists on this one. There's some wording in there about requiring all dogs to be licensed, and submitting proof of neutering for licensing. This means mandatory spay/neutering, and dog hobbyists - and some rescuers - are against that. Usually only the large breeding faciltities (including "puppy mills" are able to afford ordinances like this, which means the concerned at-home hobby breeder who can do temperment testing and genetic testing to improve the breed can't afford to breed dogs any longer. So, ordinances like this sound like a good idea, but usually just causes the opposite of what it is intended to accomplish.



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• Urgent question, anyone here? - SeraphsDaddy, Tue Mar 2 22:23:48 2004
• RE: Urgent question, anyone here? - brandon_c, Tue Mar 2 22:54:48 2004
• RE: Urgent question, anyone here? - SeraphsDaddy, Tue Mar 2 22:57:34 2004
• RE: Urgent question, anyone here? - Katrina, Tue Mar 2 23:10:34 2004
• RE: Letter sent to the county supervisors board. - SeraphsDaddy, Wed Mar 3 00:13:16 2004
• RE: Urgent question, anyone here? - EricWI, Wed Mar 3 15:48:22 2004
• Question for the commisioners - wildtropics, Wed Mar 3 16:32:23 2004
• Just found the proposed legislation, thought you might want to read it. - SeraphsDaddy, Wed Mar 3 19:39:37 2004
• RE: Just found the proposed legislation, thought you might want to read it. - Katrina, Thu Mar 4 09:59:35 2004
• Ignore the smiley face - Katrina, Thu Mar 4 10:01:03 2004
• RE: Ignore the smiley face - chris_mcmartin, Thu Mar 4 11:17:43 2004