It’s illegal to try to give away puppies or kittens
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I suppose all dogs and cats must be fixed in this town.
6.12.020 Selling, giving away or auctioning animals.
It is a violation of this title to sell or give away unaltered dogs and cats in any public places or to auction off or raffle unaltered dogs and cats as prizes or gifts. No person in the city shall publish or advertise to city residents the availability of any unaltered cat or dog unless the publication or advertisement includes: the unaltered animal’s license number, provided, however that nothing in this ordinance shall prohibit licensed breeders from advertising in national publications for sale of a planned litter or litter(s).
(Ord. 99-114 � 1.00.215)
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:57 pm
this is realy crap i hate this what does the goverment want our animals to die it f*****
g stupid
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April 1st, 2008 at 6:36 pm
So my dog has a litter of puppies and i can give 1 to my next door neighbor crazy
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May 15th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
This is really a idiotic law existing in Sashta lake. It needs to be erased from the law book. who will bring this notice to the government
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May 21st, 2008 at 7:01 pm
it is like breeding and selling humans for money
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September 17th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Animal rights nuts are going to government bodies, mostly city councils, conning them into passing these laws. If it comes to your town, get a group of more sensible people to attend and speak out against the laws. This is how more idiotic animal rights laws get passed…they start small…then “own” you before you know it!
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October 5th, 2008 at 4:47 am
what the f*** this is so stupid…
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October 30th, 2008 at 8:42 am
The law isn’t to prevent you from giving away puppies or kittens. The key word here is ‘unaltered’. In other words, the animal must be fixed if you plan on giving it away.
The reason is, someone receiving an animal for free (instead of paying hundreds of dollars) has less incentive to pay to have them fixed and could more easily decide that they no longer want them, making them more likely to escape. (and if they do escape, the owner is less likely to search for them as diligently)
“Unaltered” animals can then breed in the wild, contributing to massive increase in population. That means many more animals than usual will have to be killed when they aren’t adopted from local animal shelters.
If you get the animal fixed before giving it away (even if the person you give it to agrees to pay for it) then the law doesn’t effect you. Sounds reasonable to me.
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November 19th, 2008 at 2:32 am
wow. im surprised you all were immediately mad about this. its exactly how Mike D says.. if youre going to “give away” an animal then it should have to be fixed. so many animals are dying EVERY DAY because no one adopts them when they are picked up by animal shelters or taken to the pound. its horrible! if people would fix their animals in the first place, freaking just pay like 60 dollars it would save a lot of animal lives and a lot of grief. you think the people in the shelters LIKE injecting the animals that cant get homes? just fix your animals people it takes like 24 hours if they have to stay the night, and like 60 dollars. plus its cheaper when theyre younger. so fix them!
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May 9th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Well, Im a lawbreaker, I got a kitty from the neighbor, and it aint fixed…………come arrest me you idiots.
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May 9th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Oh, it says public place, I guess my house isn’t public so its ok, just no giving kitties away at the supermarket!!!!
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July 2nd, 2009 at 2:06 pm
This is the stupidest law I have seen in along time. So I can not give kittens or puppies away in a public place (Wal-Mart parking lot.) So the alternative is just dropping them off on the side of the road. Sorry pet lovers it is your law.
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October 28th, 2009 at 12:06 am
This is so stupid. I took in a stray mother cat with kittens with the intention that when the kittens get old enough I would find homes for or give to the no kill shelter. The reason I went ahead and took on the mother cat was so she would not get pregnant again before I got her. Now I find out I can not go to Walmart or any other public place and I have no choice but to give them to a shelter. The one no kill shelter in my area said they could not take them, they did not give me a reason why. Now I will have to try and advitise more on the internet which the problem with that is the people who may want the kittens may not live in my area. Or I will have to try and find a no kill shelter outside my area and I will have to drive further if I can find one to take them. Or I can take them to the pound and worry that they could be killed. Thanks to this stupid law.
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December 17th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Did you people even read the paragraph… or the comments? Unaltered.
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