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The bill would require pet owners to spay and neuter their dogs and cats, or face a $500 fine for each animal.
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At least 500,000 animals each year are killed in the most populous U.S. state, imposing an unacceptable "humanitarian" cost on California
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Those dogs and cats also impose a big expense to the state as keeping and killing them costs $300 million a year
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has not taken a position on the bill and will not disclose whether his two dogs have been spayed or neutered, said spokesman Aaron McLear: "He doesn't want to get into the personal lives of Sarge and Spunky."
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I think this is great, and I wish we would do the same here in Alberta/Canada. I've been to the Humane Society twice so far this week and it is a very sad place.
There was a cat on the classifieds here at work that was found stray and was about to be put down and I managed to call minutes before he was going to be euthanized. He's not even a year old and he was going to die after spending 10 days at the Humane Society. I find the thought this happens several times every day very sad, and something needs to be done because people aren't smart enough to take care of the problem themselves.
California Pushes For Mandatory Neuter/Spaying
