Davidson County, NC to Consider Mandatory Spay/Neuter

Davidson County, NC to Consider Mandatory Spay/Neuter



[Wednesday, January 17, 2007]



The Davidson County Board of Commissioners will meet February 13th to discuss a proposal to require all dogs over the age of six months to be spayed or neutered unless their owner purchases a $100 intact animal permit. Concerned fanciers and dog owners are asked to attend the February 13th meeting or write a letter to their representative on the Board of Commissioners.

The $100 permit would be valid for the life of the animal. The county has made separate provisions for those with multiple animals, allowing a $100 permit to be purchased for the first five animals and $50 for additional intact animals.

Exemptions are provided for service dogs, law enforcement dogs, non-residents who are in the county less than thirty days, animals in a veterinary clinic or boarding facility and those certified by a veterinarian as medically unfit to undergo surgery.

Citations would only be issued if the animal was in violation of another part of the animal control code. For example, if animal control were contacted due to a nuisance complaint and they found that the animal was intact and the owner did not have the appropriate permit they could then be cited for the lack of a permit. Animal control would not be able to actively pursue owners of intact animals and cite them solely based on the lack of an intact animal permit.

No permit is required for sterilized animals, although all animals are required to be vaccinated for rabies and wear a rabies tag. All animals are required to display identification which lists the owner’s name, address and phone number.

Points to Consider:

• Mandatory spay/neuter is an ineffective solution to animal control problems because it fails to address the heart of the issue - irresponsible ownership. Mandatory spay/neuter laws are extremely difficult to enforce and can be evaded by irresponsible animal owners by not licensing their pets. More regulations increase the workload of already financially strained animal control offices, making it even more difficult for them to perform their duties.
• Spay/neuter requirements target all owners regardless of their actions and would restrict the many responsible breeders who raise and breed purebred dogs for their enjoyment of the sport. These breeders make a serious commitment to their animals with the intention of promoting the sport of purebred dogs and improving the individual breeds.
• Strongly enforced animal control laws (such as leash laws), and increased public education efforts are better ways to address the issue of irresponsible dog ownership. A public education campaign would help teach community residents about how to properly care for their pets, as well as the need to be a responsible pet owner.

What You Can Do:

• Attend the Board of Commissioners meeting February 13th at 7pm
  Davidson County Governmental Center
  913 Greensboro Street
  Lexington, North Carolina
  4th Floor Commissioners' meeting room.
• Contact the County Board of Commissioners to express your opposition.
  Mailing Address:
  913 Greensboro Street
  Lexington, NC 27295-1977
  
  Commissioner Fred D. McClure, Chairman
  (336) 243-1641
  fred.mcclure@co.davidson.nc.us
  
  Commissioner Don Truell, Vice-Chairman
  (336) 475-3107
  dtruell@co.davidson.nc.us
  
  Commissioner Larry Allen
  (336) 787-3001
  oceana@peoplepc.com
  
  Commissioner Billy Joe Kepley
  (336) 731-4471
  billyjoe.kepley@co.davidson.nc.us
  
  Commissioner Larry W. Potts
  (336) 787-5500
  lpotts@co.davidson.nc.us
  
  Commissioner Dr. Max Walser
  (336) 731-8094
  mwalser@co.davidson.nc.us
  
  Commissioner Samuel L. Watford
  (336) 476-1567
  swatford@co.davidson.nc.us

 

i have a lil more to add to this... may look the same but there are other details to it ..i know some of you done go with ADBA but this isnt about ADBA this is about BSL !! and our dogs... please help even if you dont live in this county or the state ...support it anyway


PLEASE CROSSPOST !!

The BSL ALERT that was sent out for the State of North Carolina was incorrect. The alert was just to go to Davidson County, NC. The ADBA apologizes for any undue alarm, and we appreciate the response we received back. Here is the alert that was sent out to Davidson County NC.

ANIMAL LAW ALERT: DAVIDSON COUNTY, NC

Re: Mandatory Spay/Neuter, Breeder Permits Pet Guardian Provision

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME AND MAKE THE CALL!

This proposed ordinance covers:

Mandatory Spay/Neuter

Mandatory Micro chipping.

License fee of $250.00

Legal change from ownership to guardianship.

Points to Consider:

Mandatory spay/neuter is an ineffective solution to animal control problems because it fails to address the heart of the issue—irresponsible ownership. Mandatory spay/neuter laws are extremely difficult to enforce and can be evaded by irresponsible animal owners by not licensing their pets. More regulations increase the workload of already financially strained animal control offices, making it even more difficult for them to perform their duties.
Spay/neuter requirements target all owners regardless of their actions and would restrict the many responsible breeders who raise and breed purebred dogs for their enjoyment of the sport. These breeders make a serious commitment to their animals, not to make a profit, but instead with the intention of promoting the sport of purebred dogs and improving the individual breeds.

Strongly enforced animal control laws (such as leash laws), and increased public education efforts are better ways to address the issue of irresponsible dog ownership. A public education campaign would help teach community residents about how to properly care for their pets, as well as the need to be a responsible pet owner.

Contact the House of Representatives

DAVIDSON COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS

Chairman
Fred D. McClure

Vice-Chairman
Don W. Truell

Larry Allen

Larry W. Potts

Billy Joe Kepley

W. Max Walser

Sam Watford

VISIT THIS LINK BELOW FOR CONTACT INFORMATION:

http://www.co.davidson.nc.us/Commissioners/default.asp

Opposition to a Mandatory Spay/Neuter Ordinance:

* MS/N is unenforceable.

* MS/N doesn't address our animal problems in low income areas.

* MS/N targets responsible pet owners instead of irresponsible pet owners.

* MS/N is unenforceable without door-to-door enforcement which is costly.

* MS/N is not acceptable -- even with exemptions for any reason.

* MS/N means genocide with every dog (male and female) altered.

* MS/N is an Animal Rights Agenda to end all use, breeding and ownership of animals.

* MS/N is a "pet" issue, not a breeder issue.

DOG GUARDIANSHIP VS OWNERSHIP

This is the differences between guardianship and ownership. Ownership of property is protected by the Constitution. Guardianship is a legal position which can be modified or taken away by a judge without notice to you. The issue of changing owners to guardians is nothing short of a conspiracy to take the decision making about our dogs away from us. Every dog owner should know about the issue of guardianship and why it is so insidiously harmful to our rights as owners and potentially dangerous to the very existence of dogs.

This is how the courts work. The court may appoint a Guardian Ad Litem to contest the guardianship of your animal. It is the Guardian Ad Litem as related to guardianship that most people do not understand. No one talks about this aspect of guardianship. However, you can bet that the people
proposing the change from owner to guardian know about it and know
how it will fundamentally change the status of dogs as property and
our present Constitutional rights as owners.

What this means for dog guardians vs. owners is that a completely
animal ignorant lawyer (or dog hating lawyer, or animal rights
believing lawyer, or any stupid ignorant person) could be appointed by a court and supersede your legal claim as guardian of your dog. A court may give you rights as a guardian. But they can take those rights away WITHOUT consulting you.

THIS IS BIG!!!

The fact that our guardianship could be superseded by the courts is not
ever explained during the law making process. The important thing to remember in this is: “That which the court/laws gives, can be just as easily taken away."

Bottom line: We need to remain owners of dogs as our property.

If you choose to remain uninvolved, do not be amazed when you no longer any property rights! If they can do this to your dog is anything you have out of their reach? Your rights, taken away while you are so peacefully staying out of the "fray". Check history, it is full of nations/empires that disappeared when its citizens no longer held their core beliefs and values. One person CAN make a difference. One plus one plus one plus one plus one plus one.........

Please make the call’s and fax letters and be polite. We need to let them know how strongly we oppose this ordinance.

Please write POLITE letters asking them to reject the changes and encourage local governments to encourage responsible ownership of all dogs.

WE ALL NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS IN ORDER TO HEAD THIS OFF!

 

Isn,t this an all dog spay and neuter it wouldn,t be a BSL it would just be a Bull shit law.


"proposal to require all dogs over the age of six months to be spayed or neutered "

 

They're trying to pass this too as a statewide law in CA for all breeds......... :confused: :eek:
I'm surprised about NC though. Didn't think it's nothing like CA...hear people trying to get shit like this every day. course I only been in real rural parts of NC.

 

I got the original alert from the AKC late Wednesday night and immediately forwarded it to Kate. She and I have been working together on an issue here in South Carolina for several days now and getting that in my e-mail just floored me. It's everywhere you turn and it's not just a BSL issue anymore. AR NUTS and the likes thereof have realized in part that because some states have laws to prevent BSL and the costly legal battles that they incur, that it is much easier and cost effective (saves them time, money and resources) for them to come up with and use a new tactic, ie: introducing MSN, Mandatory Spay Neuter Laws. MSN just doesn't affect APBT'S. It effect's all dogs regardless of their breed. Now maybe non APBT owners will believe what we’ve been telling them repeatedly, over and over for years now...... YOU’RE NEXT!