Update

Of the three bills posted on the website, the spay and neuter bill has already been stopped in the Senate Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Committee and in the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. The Chairman of those respective committees Senator Brian Hatfield and Representative Brian Blake have both stopped the bills from being passed out of their committee. The reasoning given by Brian Blake was that he didn't like the provision of for providing spay and neuter to feral and free-roaming cats due to their impact on birds. He would like them euthanized. However, by doing nothing, the feral population will keep growing and their will be an ever larger impact on birds. Senator Hatfield, on the other hand sited the poor economy. But of course there is already a significant cost to running shelters and euthanizing animals and the worse the economy the less people will have to spay and neuter their pets, hence the cost of the current system goes up. Makes no sense to me.

On a brighter note the other two bills are still in play. The anti-tethering bill is close to my heart and I would dearly like to see this pass. Tethering your dog for life is such an abusive practice. Its like solitary confinement for your entire life. These dogs are usually abused and neglected. Please take the time to call or e-mail your legislators about this bill. Just go to the www.lohvwastate.org for a link to Washington State Legislators.