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The Monthly National Legislation Reporthttp://mnlreport.typepad.com/Page 292 of 3307/5/2010PETA Urges AKC to Take Action to Stop Tail-Docking, Ear-Cropping, Genetic DefectsFor Immediate Release:December 4, 2008Contact:Lindsay Rajt 757-622-7382Raleigh, N.C. - (12/4/08) - In the wake of the American Veterinary Medical Association's recent announcement that it condemns cropping the ears and docking the tails of dogs as breedstandards, PETA has sent an urgent letter to American Kennel Club (AKC) President and CEO Dennis Sprung urging him to ban these painful mutilations. PETA is also calling on the AKCto alter breed standards in order to discourage breeding dogs for traits that cause debilitating health problems (such as long ears which are prone to infection) and genetic defects that canresult in painful skin conditions, bone problems, and heart failure, among many other problems.In its letter, PETA points out that the AKC's British counterpart, The Kennel Club, is currently examining and revising standards for 209 breeds and has already changed the breed standardfor Pekingese dogs, whose flat faces often cause breathing problems and make the animals prone to overheating."Breed standards that encourage dogs' ears and tails to be chopped off have already caused enough suffering," says PETA Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch. "When breeders attemptto create exact replicas within breeds, they help perpetuate inherited diseases that doom dogs to a lifetime of suffering and their guardians to an avalanche of vet bills."For more information and to view the letter, please visit PETA's blog.Of course, we've saved you the time. You can click here to get to the blog and the letter to AKC.*L* & KenAnd now, on to our regularly scheduled monthly report ...Bar4STATES - IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERALABAMAEtowah County - Gadsden - (12/3/08) - The Humane Society of Etowah County has asked the Gadsden City Council to consider passing a law requiring mandatory spaying and neuteringof dogs and cats. The organization talked with the council about such a law in 2006 and the group's president, Mike Gagliardo, asked the council Tuesday during its work session prior to thecouncil meeting to consider an ordinance drafted by City Attorney Roger Kirby. Gagliardo said pet owners could be required to buy a one-time permit issued after a dog or cat had beenspayed or neutered and that a tag - similar to a rabies tag - then could be worn by the pet. Such an ordinance would generate revenue for the city, according to Gagliardo. He said like requiredrabies vaccination is enforced with a rabies tag, a spaying and neutering ordinance also would be enforced by a tag. He said the city would have to decide if it wanted to distinguish betweensomeone who wanted to have an animal bred on a one-time basis and someone who was in the breeding business. The proposed law as drafted would require all dogs or cats 4 months old orolder to be spayed or neutered. The ordinance exempts kennels licensed by the city's Revenue Department. People temporarily harboring an animal for 14 days or less would not be requiredto have the animal spayed or neutered. Gagliardo said there is a place for "responsible breeding" of dogs and cats. He said a breeder should acquire a business license like other businesses do.ALASKA
The Monthly National Legislation Reporthttp://mnlreport.typepad.com/Page 293 of 3307/5/2010No Report for AlaskaARIZONAAZ SB 1005Session: 2009 (1/12/09 thru 4/21/09 Prefiled)Sponsor: HarperSummary:Rabies vaccination certificate; county enforcement.History:** Status not available ** Listed 12/15/08Cottonwood - city is proposing to make spay and neutering of dogs and cats mandatory. A public meeting will discuss a proposed ordinance Thursday (12/09/08) at 5:30 p.m. in councilchambers. Under the plan, all dogs and cats must be neutered or spayed. Licenses for animals that are not "fixed" would cost more than if they are altered UPDATE: (12/13/08) -Proponents of a mandatory spay and neuter program came face-to face with a line of opposition Thursday evening. But by the time the meeting ended the room had reached someconsensus. The meeting was to comply with a promise to the Cottonwood City Council that United Animal Friends and the Friends of Feral Felines would present to a public meeting theinformation they shared with the council in October to support a spay and neuter law to reduce the number of excess animals killed in shelters Most who gathered for the meeting wereopposed to the word "mandatory" when connected with spay and neuter and did not want breeders to underwrite low-cost spay and neutering for irresponsible pet owners. The roomwas filled with dog breeders, who described themselves as "responsible" and "professional."South Tucson - (12/9/08) - South Tucson now has new rules regarding dogs in effect, but the resident most effected by the ordinance is trying to find a way around one aspect of the newlaw. The Tucson Dog Protection Act was approved by South Tucson voters last month. The initiative requires that dogs be in their crates no more than 18 hours a day, that their meat eithercooked or not from animals that were dead before slaughter, and that female dogs not be given steroids, which keeps them from going into heat and makes them easier to handle around maledogs. The Arizona Department of Racing said that its staff at the track will report violations of the ordinance and provide witness testimony if necessary. However, the department also saidthat is does not have the resources to investigate violations of a rule that is not its own.Yuma - (11/18/08) - The Yuma County Board of Supervisors has adopted a new animal control ordinance. However, it only consolidates two previous measures and does not add newregulations for pet owners, said Greg Ferguson, board chaiman. Ordinance No. 08-06, adopted unanimously by the board, amends Ordinances 86-25 and 96-01 that prohibited dogs fromrunning at large and regulated unrestrained barking by dogs. The new ordinance continues the Humane Society's mandate to pick up stray dogs and respond to endangered dogs. It also hasprovisions governing biting and vicious dogs, licensing and tags. Animal abuse will remain a criminal offense. Regulation of other animals such as horses comes under other statutes.ARKANSASLittle Rock - (11/22/08) - Arkansas and Alabama are the only states that still require annual rabies vaccinations for dogs and cats, but that could change in the 2009 session.” What YouCan Do to Help: Contact the Arkansas Legislature and ask them to pass the 3 year rabies legislation when it is introduced and request that a medical exemption clause for sick animals beincluded. Because of improvements to the vaccine over the years, and the growing number of pets that continue to go unvaccinated every year, especially in rural areas of the state, the stateDepartment of Health has included in its legislative package a recommendation that the time period between trips to the vets for the shot be extended to every three years.CALIFORNIAKern County - (12/13/08) - Kern County supervisors will be asked to launch two different animal control projects with two different price tags Tuesday afternoon. One is to build a newAnimal Control administration building, the other funding teams to tour county areas of Bakersfield enforcing licensing and other animal control laws. The building would come with a onetimecost of an estimated $897,700. One enforcement team — three people and some equipment — would cost $170,000 a year.The building would replace an old trailer home used asheadquarters. The enforcement team could bring in as much as $343,500 a year in new license revenue — if it works. Animal Control Chief Denise Haynes said both the enforcement teamsand building are needed. But supervisors — potentially facing tens of millions of dollars in staff and service cuts this year — might have trouble opening the bank for either project.Lake Forest - Orange County - (11/19/08) - City officials on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to a program aimed at stopping pet overpopulation and high euthanasia rates at the OrangeCounty shelter. The City Council voted unanimously to provide a subsidized spay-neuter voucher program as part of the city's Responsible Pet Ownership Program. The vouchers – deemedmost effective in by consulting veterinarians – would be available to residents with service made available through local veterinarians. The council's OK paves the way for city staff todetermine voucher guidelines as well as the anticipated cost of the program. The city also renewed their agreement with Orange County Animal Care with a fiscal year cost of $244,690. Thevoucher program is one of 15 initiatives that came from a nine-month city study evaluating services provided by the county shelter which currently serves 19 cities. Another animal populationcontrol option being examined includes a trap/neuter/release program for feral cats. The county is currently exploring a pilot program to address this. If successful, city officials will considerthe program for Lake Forest.Riverside County - (12/10/08) - The Riverside County Board of Supervisors tentatively approved a new anti-nuisance ordinance today aimed at silencing noisy dogs by assessing fines ontheir owners that can range as high as $500. Under current county law, when a resident in an unincorporated area complains about a barking, howling or otherwise noisy dog, an AnimalServices officer investigates the matter, generally by visiting the location where the disturbance has been reported, according to Gutierrez. Under the proposed ordinance, a countyadministrative hearing officer -- sometimes a practicing attorney with specialization in arbitration -- will hear nuisance complaints and make a decision within days. If the board formallyapproves the measure after a public hearing next month, it will take effect in 30 days.South Lake Tahoe - (12/8/08) - The council will discuss three possible options for regulating the retail sale of puppies from mass-breeding facilities known as puppy mills. The options —laid out in a report to the city by Los Angeles-based lawyers Laurence Wiener and Serita Holness — include a complete ban on the retail sales of puppies in the city, the collection of a licensingfee from pet stores to pay for independent inspections of a puppy’s breeding facility, and requiring independent veterinarian exams of puppies upon arrival at a pet store. Local interest inpuppy mills increased after the opening of Broc’s Puppies on Lake Tahoe Boulevard in May. Some South Shore animal advocates claim the store is selling puppy-mill dogs, but operators ofBroc’s have denied the allegations.Tehama County - (11/25/08) - The Board of Supervisors took a small step toward a solution last week by creating an ad hoc committee to evaluate the feral cat population andimpoundments at the Animal Care Center. The solution requires a collaborative effort and that is why Agricultural Commissioner Rick Gurrola is asking anyone who would like to join thediscussion of how to address the feral cat population to call him at 527-4504. He plans to have at least one open-forum public meeting for residents to voice their ideas and concerns.Supervisor George Russell volunteered and was appointed to the committee Tuesday, along with Supervisor Ron Warner. Their first meeting will be Wednesday, and they hope to presenttheir suggestion for the best course of action within a year.Bulldog andflagCOLORADONo report for Colorado
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