Staffordshire Terrier Club of America - Legislative Committee

Riverside California

The Board of Supervisors in Riverside, CA is proposing a mandatory spay/neuter and microchip ordinance. The plan is to sterilize any dogs who are picked up running at large, that are unlicensed, that bite, or otherwise violate a state or local law. All dogs and cats in the county would HAVE to be micro chipped.

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_spay16.387cb35.html

There was a hearing on Tuesday, 12/17 and the room was filled with animal rights groups who talked about why this would be good for animals. There were very few breeders in attendance and few spoke in opposition.

There will be another hearing on January 12, 2009 at 9:30 am at Board chambers, 4080 Lemon St., Riverside

A picture can say a thousand words…and help fight legislation at the same time!

The new and improved STCA Legislative Committee has found a new way to allow you to “showcase” your wonderful Staf with everyone in attendance at the banquet! The slide show will also be available on CD for purchase during the Club Banquet.

For a donation, your AST can be seen on the “Big Screen” during our National Club Banquet. Your donations will go to help build our club’s Legislative Defense Fund, with proceeds earmarked to help various clubs around the country defray the costs of battling crippling BSL and various other laws and lawsuits aimed at making owning our breed, or purebred dogs in general a thing of the past.

For the full specifics on this fundraiser please check out the page below.

2008 National Specialty Legislative Committee Fundraiser

Also make sure to check out the new region specific legislative pages by clicking your appropriate region on the map found on our STCA Legislative Zones page.

The Legislative Committee and the STCA thank you for your support!

As the struggle against AB 1634 continues, the American Kennel Club has posted a news article in response to rumors that were circulating, to remind everyone they they strongly oppose AB 1634 in California. The AKC cites the proposed bill as “ineffective and dangerous.”

Everyone that opposes this bill needs your help!

Please find the complete article below. The AKC has included sample letters addressing this issue for download.

http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3555

The California Department of Finance has come out opposing AB1634 based on their analysis of the numbers and cost to the State of Calif.

“Requiring the owners of dogs and cats to pay increased fines and to pay for spaying and neutering procedures, regardless of whether the animal was impounded or not, may result in more animals being abandoned or surrendered. Should this occur and the animals are held by an animal control agency, the result would be an increase in the General Fund costs of the existing Animal Adoption mandate, which currently costs more than $20 million annually to reimburse local agencies for euthanizing certain animals held for a
specified period of time.”

You can read all about it at the link posted below.

http://www.dof. ca.gov/Legislati ve_Analyses/ LIS_PDF/AB- 1634-20080725094 150AM-AB01634. pdf