Comments on: ‘Mandatory spay-neuter doesn’t work!’ Or…does it?

By: Bob Holt

Bob Holt — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:21:22 +0000

Kevin, don’t forget the illegal aliens that the state is supporting. They have been neglected far to long.

When you see healthy animals in a shelter, you wonder why people get dogs & cats and not take the responsibility for them.

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:54 +0000

As long as Santa Cruz also spays and neuters the pot heads, bums, and liberal hippies too!

By: Patti

Patti — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:59:37 +0000

I agree I got a dog in 2005 from South Central LA animal shelter 3 month old puppy picked up running the streets in a bad area a stray. A cute medium sized mixed breed puppy probably the result of unaltered dogs running loose 3 months down the road the puppies got dumped on the street to fend for themselves. Picked up and scheduled to be euthanized. Mine was lucky he found a good home the others not so lucky. He is a better dog than I could have ever got from a breeder but he should have never been born and gone through the trauma that still lingers. The only way to get irresponsible people to spay/neuter is to enfore stiffer laws. The spay/neuter laws are not made for the breeders I agree. They are to cut down on the problem of unwanted puppies like my dog ending up running the streets and being picked up and sent to a high kill shelter with little chance of a better life. I am for spay/neuter laws 100%. I really don’t care about the breeders, my mixed breed dog is friendlier, prettier, smater, healther, can retrieve and swim, and a all around better dog than a purebred.

By: Pam Holt

Pam Holt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:13 +0000

Awesome! I agree with Kate (1st commenter). Anyone opposed to spay/neuter should look into the eyes of the souls imprisoned in the shelters, living their last days on Earth because of human irresponsibility. Most will be killed way before their time on a cold cement floor or table and thrown onto a pile in the freezer of their former cellmates just because no one loved them enough to take them home. They love life just as much as we do, and we take it from them. They deserve so much better! Thank you for this enlightening article. I am so grateful when people get it and want to do better. The fanciers seem to love animals for selfish reasons without giving a thought to those already on this Earth. It’s wrong to kill innocent, healthy animals. Spay/Neuter saves lives!

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:21:13 +0000

Great news! I think ALL breeders, in addition to the breeding license fee (for one litter/year) should be obliged to volunteer at the back room of a local animal shelter. Maybe it would open their eyes to see the suffering they create…