Wednesday, February 27, 2008

LA Pets Must Be Spayed or Neutered

A new law in LA requires all pets to be spayed or neutered before reachine four months of age.

The ordinance is aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating the thousands of euthanizations conducted in Los Angeles’ animal shelters every year.

The ordinance does exempt some animals, including those that have competed in shows or sporting competitions, guide dogs, animals used by police agencies and those belonging to professional breeders.

The average pet owner, however, must have their dog or cat spayed or neutered by the time it reaches 4 months of age (as late as 6 months with a letter from a veterinarian).

First-time offenders will receive information on subsidized sterilization services and be given an additional 60 days. If they still fail to comply they could be fined $100 and ordered to serve eight hours of community service. A subsequent offense could result in a $500 fine or 40 hours of community service.


--- My question: How does this get enforced? Is it up to the vets to enforce it? The stores? The groomers? The town when you try to register your dog? The police?

The full text of the article can be found here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23359355/

4 comments:

Jan said...

It can't be enforced. People who try to obey laws almost all voluntarily spay and neuter their dogs now. The people who don't care about obeying laws, oh, and the puppy mills, won't be affected.

Insanity.

Anonymous said...

Matt, I have the same questions. I think it's great that people are thinking about controlling the dog and cat populations to avoid having strays and unwanted animals, but I'm not sure that this law will work. Maybe they should think about some sort of incentive instead. I know most towns offer different prices to register dogs if they've already been spayed or neutered. I'm concerned to about the age requirement. Four months seems like it might be too young, it was recommended to me that it not be done before six months.

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