AB 1634 is DEAD in California

I'm sure all the hoods in "Chi town" ran right down to the nearest s/n clinic. Yeah, right.

I totally agree with what you said about how it "only hurts those who are already law abiding." Thanks for posting this.

Thanks for the post. Agree that legislation is not the answer, when it certainly hasn't made a difference so far, pet responsibility is a moral obligation and it shouldn't have to be enforced. xoxo D

I was thinking about this the other day and really how do you enforce a spaid female? There may be a spay scar but it's not always easy to find..... Just pondering

That's also one of the problems opposition groups mention. Enforcement will probably be more expensive than the problem of unaltered dogs. Who wants their dog to have surgery just to find out it was already spayed in the past?

One of my relatives is a judge and said he just can't even imagine what kind of enforcement issues something like this would bring about.

I think we have too many laws as it is. What we don't have enough of is low-cost spay/neuter clinics. If they took the money they were going to waste trying to enforce this law and opened a low-cost clinic, they would see people spaying/neutering their pets. There are some people who act like making a law solves the problem. Making a law really doesn't do anything. The key to change is education and changing people's attitudes. Along with that, you have to make things affordable and available to everyone.

Affirmative on that Stacy!