It Is Now Crunch Time. SB 250 may be voted out of the Assembly Suspense File next Thursday, August 27th. If so, it goes directly to the Assembly floor and the following week may be voted on by the entire Assembly. Now is the time to send letters, faxes, emails and smoke signals to every Assembly member, including your own.

Assembly contact information:

http://tinyurl.com/26eqhr
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/clerk/MEMBERINFORMATION/memberdir_1.asp

It is also time to contact the Governor:

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-2841
Fax: 916-558-3160


Points of Opposition:

SB 250 outlaws unaltered dogs and cats.
SB 250 outlaws all unlicensed dogs and cats.
SB 250 requires mandatory surgical sterilization of dogs and cats at six months of age. The penalty can be a criminal violation.
While the author states AB 250 is not MSN, (mandatory spay and neuter) the bottom line is your dog or cat will face sterilization if you violate this law.

SB 250 IS MANDATORY SPAY AND NEUTER. If it looks, walks and quacks like a duck.....

THERE ARE NO EXCLUSIONS UNDER SB 250 other than temporary sickness.

SB 250 doesnt exclude police dogs, working dogs, cattle dogs, sheep dogs, hunting dogs, (hunting groups say amendments do not serve their purposes) service dogs, guide dogs, dogs for the hearing impaired, show dogs which must be left in their natural state, pedigree cats, exotic cats, and feral cats, which make up most of the animals in our shelters. The bill even affects owners of natural dogs brought into California on a visit or to exhibit at a dog show.

MSN DOES NOT WORK.

Studies show MSN will tragically affect the poor; the elderly; the unemployed on fixed incomes and non-English speaking citizens the most. These are people least likely to afford surgical sterilization and elevated intact license fees.
*Los Angeles Spay/Neuter Commission 2008 Report.

In every instance MSN has resulted in more owners disavowing ownership of their dogs and cats. More pets are remanded to shelters and ultimately more killing. More killing of dogs and cats. This is not conjecture, this is fact!
*The L.A. kill rate went up 24%.

In every instance MSN has resulted in reducing pet license compliance. nbsp;
*Los Angeles dog licensing is down to 5%.

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MSN results in pet owners afraid to visit veterinarians out of fear of being turned in. This increases the chances of disease and rabies.
*Fort Worth TX, repealed its MSN ordnance when rabies rates went up.

SB 250 VIOLATES CITIZENS RIGHTS TO PRIVACY, RIGHTS OF FREE CHOICE

SB 250 violates privacy rights; freedom of choice and our rights to be free from government interference. These are issues protected under the Constitution of the United States. These are laws our lawmakers have sworn to protect and defend. MSN is a subject that is best decided between the animal owner and veterinarian, not by government edict.

SB 250 IS POORLY WRITTEN

An intact dog owner can purchase an unaltered dog license---Only if cities and counties offer it. If it is not offered, the only option is forced sterilization. This is a Catch 22 Situation.

SB 250 sets up a number of traps that allow local cities to deny, or revoke this special=2 0license.

SB 250 sets up new fees and taxes, ON TOP OF FEES AND TAXES. Owners of natural dogs and cats;
must pay a fee and tax to apply for a special license,
pay a fee and tax if the license is denied,
pay a fee and tax if the license is revoked.
Must pay the license fee and tax itself----which the city can set as high as it wishes.

SB 250 ESTABLISHES AN ENTRAPMENT PROVISION.

SB 250 is entrapment for anyone who feeds an un-owned feral cat by calling them *custodians
*(1) "Custodian" means any person who undertakes the personal care and control of a cat, or any person who intentionally provides care, security, or sustenance for a cat on the person's property for an y period exceeding 30 days.

Over 75% of our dogs and 90% of cats have already been spayed or neutered.

SB 250 OPPOSITION IS GROWING

Mandatory Spay and Neuter is opposed by:
California Federation of Dog Clubs
PetPAC
The California Chamb er of Commerce
The California Department of Finance
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The American Veterinary Medical Association
The California Veterinary Medical Association
1,900 dog and cat clubs
23,000 individual pet owners
Note: The Humane Society of the United States, HSUS no longer supports mandatory spay and neuter.

The real tragedy of SB 250, is it will make criminals of hundreds of thousands of dog owners.
* Statewide licensing is less than 20%. If SB 250 passes licensing will drop like a rock.


SB 250 is supported by animal rights extremists, supported by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA. The PETA run animal shelter in Virginia kills over 95% of its animals.
*Virginia Dept of Public Health, Veterinary Medical Report

Last year, Assembly Members were misled in voting for AB 1634. Now they are being misled in voting for SB 250. As one member said. This is the euthanasia bill that just doesnt die.

Contact your assembly member and the Governor now!

***A message from the California Federation of Dog Clubs***

***PLEASE CROSSPOST***