The California State Senate voted today on SB 250, a stupid and misguided mandatory spay/neuter law that I wrote about earlier today at Pet Connection. Laura Sanborn of Save Our Dogs is reporting that the bill did not pass... but it's not dead. Its author is doing some arm-twisting, and the bill is "on call" and can come up for a vote again later today, or another day.
She gave the following list of Senators who were not there or who abstained. One of them is my Senator, Leland Yee. I called him, and Laura is asking all these Senator's constituents to call them as well, and urge a "NO" vote if the bill comes back:
“Hello, my name is [your name]. I live in [your city’s name] California. I’m calling to ask the Senator to please vote NO on SB 250, mandatory spay/neuter for dogs and cats, when it comes to the senate floor for a vote.”
Moreno Ducheny (916) 651-4040
Leno (916) 651-4003
Pavley (916) 651-4023
Wolk Phone: (916) 651-4005
Wright (916) 651-4025
Yee Phone: (916) 651-4008
Negrete-McLeod (916) 651-4032
Liu (916) 651-4021
Desaulnier (916) 651-4007
Corbet (916) 651-4010
Simitian (916) 651-4011
I did it, and it was extremely easy. Your turn now! And if you're not sure why you should care, here's my earlier post from Pet Connection.
I read where it passed !!!!!!!
Posted by: just4sc | 03 June 2009 at 06:22 AM
It did pass the Senate! Oppose it in the Assembly. The cut dog's balls off crowd must be stopped! Go to the dog park and listen to uninformed people claim that neutering a male dog doesn't harm him,. They get fat, they don't live as long or as well. They claim it prevents testicular cancer but vetrs say that's a 1.9% chance. They say we can get an unaltered dog license--great! We can pay more when we obey the law and eventually they will take this right away.
Posted by: Lee Kaplan | 22 June 2009 at 02:23 AM