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SB 861 is the bill in California that will allow breed
discrimination! The Governor signed this bill on Friday,
October 7, 2005. We have filed a request for a
referendum title and summary with the State Attorney General. A referendum is a voter-sponsored REJECTION,
pursuant to the California State Constitution, of a law
enacted by the legislature. SB 861 does not mention any
single breed but allows counties to target any breed they
choose for mandatory spay and neuter with NO exceptions for
show dogs, service dogs, or dogs with health problems that
would have their lives jeopardized by surgery. Show dogs
cannot be spayed or neutered, so SB 861 could result in both
the elimination of show dogs of certain breeds within various
counties or the total extinction, over time, of targeted
breeds.
SB 861 also refers to dogs as "dangerous or vicious" and
could cause homeowners' insurance companies to cancel coverage
for any customer that owns a purebred or mixed dog that looks
like it might be one of the targeted breeds. These dogs
include Jack Russell Terriers, Lab mixes, Pit Bulls,
Rottweilers, American Bulldogs, Bull Terriers, Doberman
Pinschers, and many other breeds.
Please
CLICK HERE
for full information on SB 861.
San Francisco is
moving full steam ahead with its plan to discriminate against certain
breeds:
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[Mandating the spaying and
neutering of pit bulls and prohibiting non-permitted
breeding of pit bulls]
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CLICK HERE TO READ FULL TEXT and
DEFINITION OF PIT BULL |
Ordinance amending Article 1
of the San Francisco Health Code by: adding Section 43, to
define pit bull and to create a procedure for determining
breed; adding Section 43.1, to require every pit bull in
the City and County of San Francisco to be spayed or
neutered unless one of the enumerated exceptions apply;
adding Section 43.2, to establish fines of $100 to $1000
for failing to spay or neuter, to limit an owner from
redeeming an impounded unspayed or unneutered pit bull, to
provide a procedure for the Department of Animal Care and
Control to spay or neuter a pit bull upon a deposit of
$100 with an ultimate fee of the actual expenses incurred,
and to set a fee of $60 for Animal Care and Control to
transport a pit bull to a private veterinarian for spaying
or neutering; adding Section 43.3, to allocate fines to
the Department of Animal Care and Control; adding Section
43.4 to provide an operative date; adding Section 44, to
provide permit requirements for the breeding and/or
transferring ownership or possession of pit bull puppies
within the City and County of San Francisco; adding
Section 44.1, to create a permit procedure including
standards for granting or denying a permit and establish a
permit fee of $100; adding Section 44.2, to create a
procedure for revoking a permit; adding Section 44.3, to
require posting of permit numbers on any offer of sale,
trade or adoption and to require permit holders to inform
the Department of Animal Care and Control of the number of
puppies born and transfer of ownership or possession of
puppies; adding Section 44.4, to create fines of $100 to
$1000 for failure to comply with permit requirements;
adding Section 44.5, to allocate fines to the Department
of Animal Care and Control; adding Section 44.6, to define
exceptions to the breeding permit posting requirements;
adding Section 44.7 to provide an operative date; and
making environmental findings. Supervisor Dufty
presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to City Operations
and Neighborhood Services Committee. |
http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=34560
Supervisor Dufty advocates breed discrimination. Who
would've thought SAN FRANCISCO would make a law mandating
discrimination? |
