In Arkansas, a measure to charge an annual fee of $ 50 to pet owners of purebred dogs and cats that are not spayed or neutered —
an intact animal license — died in committee.
Not exact matches
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead said the state would ask a higher court to block the judge's order and allow the state to keep its wolf management policies
intact, including
licensed hunting of the
animals and rules permitting some to be shot on sight.
Encourage (but not mandate) residents to spay or neuter their pets, since
intact pets are more likely to bite, and maybe even charge higher
license fees for unaltered
animals
Licensing: Owners of an intact animal that does not have a permit may discontinue licensing their dogs to avoid being
Licensing: Owners of an
intact animal that does not have a permit may discontinue
licensing their dogs to avoid being
licensing their dogs to avoid being reported.
In spite of the easy refutation of the anti-purebred litanies, breeders are on the defensive, especially in those areas where active
animal rights proponents are working for laws that penalize owners of
intact dogs with large
license differentials, special breeding permits, advertising restrictions, litter limits, and even forced sterilization of dogs impounded for running at large.
The legislative backfire gallery — laws intended to achieve an admirable goal such as reducing neighborhood nuisances, stray cats or discarded dogs but which often achieve the opposite effect — include arbitrary pet limit laws, bans against specific breeds, penalties against feeding neighborhood cats, outlawing elective veterinary procedures like debarking and declawing or charging exorbitant
licensing fees for
intact animals.
Remember,
licensing fees for pets that have been spayed or neutered are substantially less than those for
intact animals.
There are increases in
license fees to help pay for these new laws; fees for
intact animals will be more than twice as much as for those that are spayed / neutered.