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On Wednesday the Senate Local Government Committee voted 3-2 to pass legislation that would require pet owners to spay or neuter their dogs or cats if they run into too much trouble with the animal patrol–that is, if they have to respond to a complaint–three times for a dog, two times for a cat. Some examples might be excessive barking or biting for a dog. For a cat? Could it meow too loud?

This bill, AB1634 by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine is a revised version of an earlier one that required statewide neutering and spaying of all dogs and cats with some exceptions.

Supporters say it would help reduce unwanted and abandoned dogs and cats in California. Critics say it could increase cases of euthanasia. I’m not sure I understand how unless it’s people putting down pets that they can’t breed, in which case they shouldn’t have an animal anyway. I need to read up on this more. I just read a short brief on this on News 10.net.

I’ve always been an advocate of spaying or neutering your pet. I think it’s easier on them, and I know it’s easier on their owner. Yet, I’m a rebel. I also don’t like being told what to do. Like so many issues in our society, I think taking social issues and making them legal ones is often a mistake. The answer to these sorts of problems should be something the community deals with.

There are still many pets in this state who are meeting untimely ends because they have no one to care for them. Something needs to be done, but is that something to pass a law? I don’t know.

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