[FEL-L] STATEWIDE SPAY NEUTER LEGISLATION!

[Jungletouch]

This is a little to scarey.

Gary
707-874-1146
Jungletouch at comcast.net
www.jungletouchexotics.com


Here you go folks - they've stopped
with cities and are now going for an
entire state  (And guess what -- it isn't
even California!)


"Ronald A. Gustafson" <ron.gustafson at ...> wrote:  To:
<VCNM_Animal_Control_Forum at yahoogroups.com>,
<pet-law at yahoogroups.com>
From: "Ronald A. Gustafson" <ron.gustafson at ...>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:42:18 -0700
Subject: [pet-law] NM ALERT - HEART-like Statewide Spay/Neuter

PERMISSION TO CROSS POST

At a press conference on Sunday (covered by KOAT-TV news) Albuquerque
Mayor Chavez "officially" announced what had been expected for some time.
During the 60-day New Mexico legislative session that starts on Tuesday (Jan
16), Mayor Chavez will seek legislation for mandatory statewide
spay/neuter of all pets.

The legislation will be modeled after the disastrous HEART ordinance
adopted in Albuquerque. Unfortunately, this continues Mayor Chavez's
politics
of supporting extreme aspects of the Animal Rights ideology.

Under the HEART ordinance, animal ownership is considered to be a
privilege granted through, and controlled by the government. Under HEART,
owners have lost their property rights. So, any legislation modeled after
HEART
raises serious property rights issues that should be of concern to all New
Mexico residents.

Furthermore, HEART is a disastrous law because it trivializes animal
cruelty, establishes poorly conceived government care requirements,
discriminates against those with low income, is acknowledged to be
unenforceable, establishes a government monopoly on companion
animals, and fails to provide effective measures to reduce the number of
animals
killed in Albuquerque's shelters. Simply put, HEART is a public policy
disaster.

Those at Sunday's press conference included Albuquerque Mayor Martin
Chavez, Denise Wilcox (the Albuquerque Animal Control Director), and Lisa
Jennings (the APV-APNM Executive Director). APV-APNM is the largest Animal
Rights organization in the state and has worked closely with Albuquerque.
During the mayoral elections, APV-APNM endorsed Mayor Chavez. At Sunday's
press conference it was also announced that former Minority Whip,
Republican Joe Thompson will be the lobbyist for the proposed legislation.

Now is the time to start contacting state legislators to express
concern about Mayor Chavez's proposed legislation. I will support any
meetings to clarify issues and discuss alternative measures. As reported in
recent news coverage, Albuquerque's handling of its own animal shelters
under the
Mayor Chavez administration has been a failure. Furthermore, mandatory
spay/neuter laws have been demonstrated to be ineffective. To achieve
a no-kill status for animal shelters, requires innovation and community
effort. The State Legislature could lend support to such initiatives,
but not with the Mayor Chavez plan.

Ronald A. Gustafson
Founder, New Mexico Animal Control Forum
"Rational Thinking on Animal Control Issues for the
State of New Mexico"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VCNM_Animal_Control_Forum/
505-864-3515



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