SB 250 will be voted This Tuesday!
6/26/2009
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What is SB 250?
-This copy taken from SCIL (Social Compassion in Legistration)
Each year, over $250 million dollars is spent housing and euthanizing homeless dogs and cats in California. Approximately 1 million dogs and cats enter California’s shelters each year, and over half of them are euthanized (killed) simply because there are not enough homes.
Right now in California our shelters are seeing an explosion of animals coming into the shelters due to the bad economy, meanwhile the shelters are faced with budget cuts and laying off staff.
This enormous number of homeless pets is a moral and ethical crisis, and an expensive drain on our state's finances. SB 250 provides a reasonable, fiscally responsible step towards reducing pet overpopulation in California in two ways: by fostering responsible pet ownership through increased animal licensing, and by offering incentives for owners to spay and neuter their pets.
Please note that SB 250 does not affect feral cat caregivers. The bill applies only to pets that live on your property.
Before this economic downturn we needed SB 250, but now we cannot afford another year without it. Just this past week our state passed an expensive milestone... since January 1, 2009, California has now spent over $100,000,000 tax dollars just to house and euthanize the unwanted pets in our state. Please help prevent the needless suffering of dogs and cats in our shelters, support the overburdened shelter staff that cares for them and the rescue organizations who try to save them.
To learn more about SB 250, including several interviews and video segments, please click here.