This article starts off with the question, "Why do people give up their pets?".This was asked by Scott Sorrentino, who is a president of the Rescue & Humane Alliance-Los Angeles. Some of the answers he got were people moving or animal's behavior problems, but the first reason was the animals would be too sick or too old. Then he gives a story about his encounter with a woman. She had to give up her elderly cat because she did not have the money for veterinary care. He feels that there is a need of having some kind of a fund that helps people who can't afford vet care to get no-cost or low-cost vet care.It's also stated that at the shelter, they are killing 18,000 animals that speaks to the importance of AB 1634, of the California Healthy Pets Act, which is before the Legislature now. The law would require neutering and spaying of all pets. The Healthy Pets Act has made it through the Assembly and waiting for Senate to give its approval.
In my opinion, I feel that it is cruel to neuter and spay these poor animals. Yes, it is difficult to find homes for them and more and more animals are pouring into these shelters. Yes, the animals may be in horrible conditions. But still, there should be no need of animals being slaughtered because it is not a reasonable solution.They should not pass this law, and pet rescuers and L.A. city officials should continue to discuss ways toward a 'no-kill' policy. Yes, it won't be easy but think about all the animals we can save today!
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I think the Healthy Pets Act would help with the pet population. Requiring neutering and spaying of all pets would keep down the pet population causing less animals to be abandoned. If vet care was at low cost or no cost to people who could not afford it veternarians would not be making much money. Pets are not a neccessity, so if people cannot afford them they should not have them.
I disagree with this law. This is definitely unfair for the animals to be slaughtered when it is not their fault for having no shelter. I think that if we really tried and figured out what we should do with these animals, there are other more non crucial ways to resolve these problems.
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