Legislation

HELP CALIFORNIA FIGHT AB1634

If California succumbs to this Legislation............Your State will be next!

 For more information:  www.noab1634.com  OR  www.saova.com OR  http://petpac.net

 PETPAC is hard at work fighting for our rights to own dogs and cats.

Make the decision whether to spay or neuter with advice from your veterinarian. 
Not because it is mandated by a state law

Dear California SAOVA Supporters:

AB1634, the Levine mandatory pet spay-neuter bill, has been amended again and is set for hearing before the Senate Local Government Committee on June 11, 2007. This is our best opportunity to defeat this bill. There are only five (5) committee members and they are more moderate and levelheaded than the Assembly legislators that passed this measure.

The latest set of Levine amendments is largely cosmetic gamesmanship. The bill remains unacceptable. This is still a mandatory sterilization bill. Required sterilization is changed to six (6) months, rather than four (4), with veterinarian requested extensions possible to twelve (12) months. The exemption requirements have been reworded slightly and mixed breeds added. Animals not qualifying for the previously described exemptions now may be bred once, if the male and female are both owned by the same party, the litter given away without charge and the parents then sterilized. The names of new puppy or kitten owners must be reported to authorities.

 

* There are no exemptions for the vast majority of hunting and stock dogs. They must be castrated or spayed. *

This ill-conceived bill can be defeated, but only with your concerted efforts. No AKC officer or director has yet committed to testify. Please telephone and fax your opposition statements ASAP to the following the Local Government Committee members:

Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-32, Chair) http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_32/_home

Senator Dave Cox (R-1, Vice Chair) http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_01/_home

Senator Tom Harman (R-35) http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_35/_home

Senator Christine Kehoe (D-39) http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_39/_home

Senator Michael Machado (D-5) http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_05/_home

Last Name, First Party Office Fax
Area Counties / Cities in District

KEHOE, CHRISTINE D 916-651-403, 916-327-2188 (FAX)
SanDiego San Diego (p) San Diego, Del Mar, Lemon Grove

MACHADO, MIKE D 916-651-4005, 916-323-2304 (FAX)
Linden Sacramento (p), San Joaquin (p), Solano (p), Yolo
Davis, Fairfield, Manteca, Stockton, Tracy, Vacaville, West Sacramento

NEGRETE MCLEOD, GLORIA D 916-651-4032, 916-445-0128 (FAX)
Chino Los Angeles (p), San Bernardino (p) Colton, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rialto, San Bernardino

HARMAN, TOM R 916-651-4035, 916-445-9263 (FAX)
Orange Orange(p) Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Westminister

COX DAVE R 916-651-4001, 916-324-2680 (FAX)
Fair Oaks Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada(p),
Placer(p), Plumas, Sacramento(p), Sierra, Auburn, Elk Grove, Fair Oaks, Folsom, Galt, Mammoth Lakes, Orangevale, Placerville, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, Shingle Springs, South Lake Tahoe, Susanville, Truckee, Valley Springs

Also send your opposition letters to your Senator, whether they are on this committee or not. If you do not know who your Senator is, please go to: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html

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California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)

 

Despite the deep concerns and prolonged efforts of some California veterinarians to reverse the CVMA's position cosponsoring AB1634, on June 14, 2007 its House of Delegates voted 20-9 to continue to support this ill-conceived bill. Moreover, the current president and president-elect waged unrelenting war on those thoughtful and supportive professionals. This isn't a disagreement over a diagnosis; the association's leadership has permanently lost its way.

 

Half of the California's veterinarians don't belong to the CVMA. For the protection of your pets and sport, see if your DVM is a member at http://www.cvma.net/findavet.asp Teal colored font indicate dues paying members. If necessary, request that your DVM drop his or her membership. If they refuse, use that same search function to find another veterinarian who is more sensitive to your concerns and cares about your animals, rather than one promoting every animal rightist, anti-owner whim.

 

Sincerely,

Bob Kane
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance - http://saova.org
Issue lobbying and working to identify and elect supportive legislators
For timely and accurate national animal rights information, join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EachVoteCounts/ or see http://saova.org/alerts.html
http://www.thedogpress.com/ClubNews/06_SAOVA_Bob_Kane_Prt1-08.asp