My city is passing a Spay/Neuter Ordinance

[mruffruff]

In South Carolina, all animals that are adopted from a shelter of any kind must be spayed or neutered. If your dog is found and turned in to a rescue group, it won't be returned to you without being spayed or neutered.

There doesn't seem to be a way to enforce a law that requires all pets to be fixed. Who wants to be the watchdog and report the people who don't spay/neuter? Neighbors? Vets? We certainly don't want an enforcer coming to our front door asking if we have pets and wanting to see proof of sterlization.

[Casper]

Hey, maybe -- just maybe -- someone will hear about the ordinance and get their pet altered for fear of getting fined? I bet the ordinance will get at least a hand-full of dogs altered.

You never know. And just one dog getting altered is a great step towards less homeless pets.

Gosh, I am feeling optimistic today. :-D



Either way I realize, like everyone has said, it will be hard to enforce. There was an ordinance passed in my town that everyone is supposed to get insurance for their dogs (and cats, too, I believe). No one registers their animals with the city, though, so no real way to enforce it....

[Lori Jordan]

It would be nice if my town and the bigger cities around me would pass this.

We don't really have any laws in my neck of the woods,The Dog Tag lady comes around every July for you to purchase the dog tags,They ask if your animals are spayed/neut.But never have i been asked for documentation to prove my answer,Which i dont mind at all i keep all the animals documents incase they ever wanted to see them.

My Neighbor now has his daughters dog it looks to be a German Shepherd Husky mix.I know she is not fixed i have seen dogs in there yard and mine that i have never seen before.Im sure Ozzy is in heat,and when there in heat they attract all the boys in town,And by saying that im sure there not fixed either.

It frustrates me so much there is a place in Ottawa who does only spay/neut.and its fairly cheap for those who cannot afford alot.Actually i found out about this place because that is where the owners had my Trinity spayed(My New Himalyan)It was 95 dollars,I payed 200.00 on the dot for all my cats.Males are a little cheaper,but i dont have any male cats.

I use to have all kinds of stray cats around the house,I use to feed them at the back of the property so they were not spraying all over my house and deck,I dont know where they have gone i tried catching them,But they were far to wild.Im hoping someone caught them and gave them a home.Every summer i cannot tell you how many batches of kittens i take into the spca,Its very sad these cats have been left to fend for themselves.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Our city has always required you to also get pets fixed after they're adopted, too. When we adopted Roxy back in 2002 (wow, so long ago ) we had to get her spayed. If you adopt a kitten or something though, they will remind you about getting them spayed, but they don't go all gunghoe on making sure they're spayed/neutered if they're adopted. They'll remind you a couple of times and then they don't bother to care...

And I agree, there really is no way to enforce the rule, although I totally wish there was.

I appreciate all your input, I'll let everyone know how things go if they officially pass the ordinance. Maybe they'll think about it a little harder and do some serious enforcing.