http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison5jul05,1,3815296.column?ctrack=1&cset=true
Patt Morrison talks about her issues with humans. She believes that a human can mess their own life up but they should not treat their pets in this way. In California there are thousands of homeless and sick dogs running a muck on the streets due to careless owners and people who just don't care about their community. She tells us about the bill that is being proposed by Lloyd Levine that requires California dogs and cats that are 6 months or older to be spayed or neutered. The fine for a unfixed animal is $500 that will be returned after it has been fixed. Many fine the bill ridiculous because of breeders and other individuals that don't harm the community. The bill, however is more focuses on individuals who take part in over breeding and underground animal markets. The main point Morrison tells us is that she can't bear to see another dog born without legs due to over breeding a lack of medical care.
I feel this bill has a good idea and a understandable origin. Truthfully, there are so many dogs and cats running the streets in California that carry diseases and other harmful things. Dogs and cats should be cared for by their owners and not just dumped on the streets or in a kennel. The bill has the right purpose but it can be rewritten so that not all dogs and cats have to be neutered or spayed. There should be more of a focus on the illegal breeding of pets that somehow get smuggled in with the pet trade. The sale of these animals only causes more problems for California. I chose this article because i have a dog and he is neutered. It is healthy to neuter them as I was told by my veterinarian, but i understand that some owners don't feel that is necessary even if they don't breed. I hope this issue can get resolved soon, so that there are less sick and homeless animals.
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I feel that your conclusion can be found resonable in some cases, but I feel that it is unecessary and somewhat uncaring of the animal itself to simply take care in neutering all dogs that fall under a ceratain quota. I mean humans have already taken the liberty of domesticating cats and dogs, the least we can do is let them have their natural abilities of reproducing. If there is an increase of the stray cats and dogs, we should just increase dogs shelters.
Neutering dogs just so their wont be an influx in homeless dogs is awful. That is not the right attitude. That could even lead to the endangerment of certain species of dogs alltogether. The animal shelter idea is much more sufficient.
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