Arnold Schwarzenegger trying to shorten mandatory hold periods on dogs in CA shelters
From Bestfriends.org:
Governor Targets California Shelter Animals Again
June 6, 2009 : 2:40 PM
Help Fight the Proposed Shortened Shelter Holding Period
To California Residents:
Governor Schwarzenegger is endangering homeless pets by resurrecting an inhumane and unpopular budget proposal in an attempt to recover an estimated 0.1 percent of the state's $24 billion deficit. The Governor is once again threatening to suspend the Hayden Bill, known as the “Animal Adoption Mandate”, which protects stray pets by imposing a minimum four-to-six day holding period in government-run animal shelters to stave off euthansia. In an attempt to curb the budget crisis, Schwarzenegger wants to shorten the holding period in shelters to three days, which dramatically shortens a homeless cat or dog's chance at adoption prior to euthanasia.
The Governor's proposal has other implications as well. Reducing the holding period to three days also decreases a lost family pet's chance at being reunited with his/her family. With the suspension of the Hayden Bill, the foreclosure crisis would present an even more dire choice for struggling families who must surrender their beloved pets to shelters. Schwarzenegger's budget proposal decreases a surrendered or abandoned animal's chance for survival by fifty percent when the odds are already stacked against these innocent victims.
Don't let Schwarzenegger classify our state's animals as fiscal waste. Your opposition to this heartless budget proposal can increase a homeless pet's survival odds.
Email the Governor to oppose: http://gov.ca.gov/interact#email
