Not exact matches
And why isn't anyone talking about who is actually taking the paradigm and being progressive in working it to its potential in this community, why aren't we talking about what is currently being achieved and by whom: Humane Society
of Greater Kansas City; HELP Humane Society; Kansas City Kansas Animal Control; Leavenworth Animal Welfare Society; Madison Animal Control; Spay /
Neuter Kansas City; The Pet Connection; Purrfect Pets, Viner Rescue, many
breed specific rescue groups that rescue 30 - 300 animals per year (ie Aussie Rescue; Missouri German Shepherd Rescue; Beagles and More; just to name a few... these groups and their efforts are belittled because someone 5 miles down the road won't get off their rear and do the same thing for the animals in their care.
One can be a pit bull lover, as I most definitely am, and be in favor
of breed specific spay /
neuter legislation, as I am.
While there have now been a few
breed specific studies, the effects
of early and late
neutering also may vary from
breed to
breed, and warrants further study.
Are the effects
of neutering on behavior
breed -
specific?
A number
of municipalities have enacted
breed -
specific legislation (BSL), in some cases banning «pitbull - type» dogs (and / or Rottweilers and other large
breeds), and in others requiring that they be spayed or
neutered, or imposing special restrictions on their housing.
If you plan to
breed your dog and you're resistant to spaying or
neutering, you can follow many
of the suggestions that follow for dogs who appear to urine mark in response to
specific social or environmental triggers.
We are further dedicated to educating the public in the proper care
of specific purebred
breeds and in the importance
of spaying and
neutering pets to control the animal population.
Breed -
specific legislation sometimes stops short
of outright bans, but regulates how certain dogs may be kept, including mandatory spay /
neuter regulations and requirements to muzzle dogs in public.
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Each chocolate product is named after a rescue issue, such as the importance
of spaying and
neutering dogs and cats, the lifesaving work
of foster moms and dads for these animals, and the misguided
breed -
specific legislation aimed against my sweet pit bull and others like her.
More
breed -
specific studies are needed for a full understanding
of the disease conditions affected by spaying and
neutering.
However, in other
breeds with a propensity for joint disorders and types
of cancer different than those prevalent in Goldens, spaying and
neutering may increase the risk for those
breed -
specific disease tendencies.
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A full understanding
of the disease conditions affected by
neutering across an array
of different
breeds will require several more
breed -
specific studies.
An important point to make is that the results
of this study, being
breed -
specific, with regard to the effects
of early and late
neutering can not be extrapolated to other
breeds, or dogs in general.
Because
of breed -
specific vulnerabilities, certain diseases being affected by
neutering in Golden Retrievers may not occur in other
breeds.
The effects
of spaying /
neutering were often
specific to certain
breeds, and not always equivalent between sexes.
It allows for the regulation
of specific breeds via spay,
neuter status, but prohibits
specific breeds to be declared «potentially dangerous» or «vicious.»
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On May 20, the city
of Little Rock began enforcing its
breed specific legislation that requires all owners
of «pit bull» type dogs to license (at a $ 150 fee), microchip, vaccinate, spay /
neuter their dogs, and keep them confined by a fence or in a structure.
Even though California law prohibits
breed bans, it allows local agencies to enact
breed -
specific programs for spaying and
neutering to control over-population
of a certain
breed.