Pets & Animals in Distress Action Alert!
Your organizations help to be a voice for the animals is greatly appreciated.
February 22, 2007 -- Fort Lauderdale, FL.
I doubt any stronger case can be made for mandatory spay/neuter than what you are about to read.
Last week a Las Vegas Animal Shelter was forced to destroy 1000 animals because of overcrowded conditions that allowed the spread of highly contagious diseases.
Shelters across the country are often forced to deal with the same or similar situations because the numbers of animals brought in exceed the number of homes available. Everyday, shelters are forced to deal with the heartbreaking choices of what animals to destroy and what animals they think people may be interested in adopting. But they are choices no one should have to make and no one would have to make if people would spay and neuter their pets.
Anyone interested in alleviating the pet overpopulation crisis must stop and ask how do we stop the killing of thousands of animals weekly which results in millions of companion animals annually? The answer is obvious: if there are too many unwanted cats and dogs, it's certainly rational to prevent the breeding of any more to prevent the population from growing, and to leave it to attrition to actually reduce that population, then mandatory spay/neuter legislation must be enacted.
An effort to enact mandatory spay/neuter legislation is currently underway in the state of New Mexico, where the state's shelters handle 90,000 cats and dogs each year. If adopted HB 1106 would require the spaying and neutering of all dogs and cats six months of age or older.
Needless to say, there is substantial opposition to this legislation from organized breeders and associations, such as the American Kennel Club, which have a huge financial stake in the breeding of cats and dogs.
It is my sincere hope that all of you will join Pets & Animals in Distress Spay and Neuter No-Kill Petition in our war against dog and cat overpopulation by supporting initiatives that will help us as a nation to end the killing once and for all.
Please use the links below to contact the members of New Mexico's House Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations and Finance who will consider HB 1106 and let him or her know that you support mandatory spay/neuter.
Judiciary Committee
http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/committeedisplay.asp?CommCode=HJC
Appropriations and Finance Committee
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/committeedisplay.asp?CommCode=HAFC
Positive change begins with each of us, and together we can create positive change for unwanted animals. Your voice for the animals is very important to help us make changes with our spay and neuter laws in every state. This is a start that can help save many animals from needlessly being killed every day. We hope that we can count on your continuing support that enables us to keep fighting for the animals.
Sign the Pets & Animals Spay & Neuter No-Kill Petition
http://www.petsandanimals.org/
Please pass this Pets & Animals Spay and Neuter Action Alert and Petition on to other fellow animal lovers and advocates to do the same. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Brenda Beck - President
Pets & Animals in Distress
http://www.petsandanimals.org/
1511 east Commercial Blvd
PMB #129
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33334
United States