[Felvtalk] FW: Section 1983

[dlgegg at windstream.net]

That is what we need, moe vets willing to cut the cost a bit so people can afford it.  Especially for those caring for feral colonies.  My vet only charges around $75.00 (I had 7 cats in this group and 6 in previous one) and some of the no kill shelters around here get a better price.  One vet in Warenton only charges $10.00 per animal.  They have one week every year that they do this.  
That said, it still boils down to don't et what you can not take care of.  Too many people only hear their children begging for a pet that mom and dad will have to take care of>  Then they begin to resent the animal and the money they have to spend on it.  Then they pitch them out and they show up at my door and I take them in or they take them to Pals (if they are lucky) or most of the time they are just turned out to fend for themselves, get hit by a car or shot by an irate homeowner because they cause him a problem.  Of course, many have children without first thinking about the expense and time it takes to raise them and they end up drifting thru life unless they are lucky to find someone who will give them guidance and love.

---- Natalie <atia2 at optonline.net> wrote: 
> Must cook, having people over - I haven’t had a chance to read what you sent, but will, thank you.
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> Could it be that spay/neuter is so expensive that people gave up their animals rather than being made to alter them? When I consider how much vets charge, it’s atrocious!  Some vets around here charge up to $500 to spay a cat!  Yet, my vet who participates in the FoA and SPAY/USA low-cost spay/neuter plans, tells me that he resents people who have their maids/housekeepers/chauffeurs drop of their pets to be spayed on a low-cost certificate, since he has to refuse/postpone some who truly need those certificates because he allots a certain part of his practice to it.
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> My vet believes that mandatory spay./neuter can work, but it would require for many more vets to participate in programs – right now, very few do because they’d rather charge a lot of money.  What vets who do not participate don’t realize is that they would gain more than half of those people as permanent clients.  
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> From: felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kathryn Hargreaves
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:53 PM
> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Section 1983
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> I wish mandatory s/n worked, but apparently it doesn't correlate with lower pound intakes.  They went up when my town passed mandatory s/n.  (Whereas they went down when we implemented low-cost s/n.)   From Ryan Clinton (and please send flames his way, not mine):
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> "Research has demonstrated that mandatory spay/neuter laws have never worked in any community to either increase spay/neuter rates or to decrease shelter intake: http://www.aspca.org/about-us/policy-positions/mandatory-spay-neuter-laws.aspx.
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> Not only that, but such laws have actually increased shelter intake and killing as pets are either surrendered or seized for failure to pay regressive fees: http://btoellner.typepad.com/kcdogblog/2011/01/los-angeles-msn-year-3-when-can-we-expect-it-to-start-working.html.
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> It is also believed that such laws may reduce veterinary-care rates and vaccination rates, including rabies vaccinations: http://www.theriogenology.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1 <http://www.theriogenology.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=59> &subarticlenbr=59
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> Thus, "anyone" and everyone who cares about animals should be against mandatory spay/neuter laws.
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> In fact, nearly every single national animal-welfare organization IS against mandatory spay/neuter laws, including Alley Cat Allies, Best Friends Animal Society, the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Humane, the Anti-Cruelty League, the No Kill Advocacy Center, and both the American College of Theriogenologists and the Society of Theriogenology (both specialist organizations of veterinarians who are experts in spay/neuter), among many others."
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