HSUS has just introduced AB 2343 in California. If passed, it would allow (and in some cases require) shelters to give dogs and cats to for-profit companies to sell for any reason whatsoever. Moreover, it eliminates the right of people to reclaim their lost cats if the cat does not have identification. These cats can be adopted out or given to for-profit companies right away. AB 2343 loses sight of what, in fact, is one of the primary functions and mandates of a taxpayer funded, municipal animal shelter: to provide a safe haven for the lost animals of local people and a place where they can go to find them. Since their taxes pay for these services, families with cats deserve the same amount of time as families who share their homes with dogs to reclaim their companions. At the same time that the bill immediately divests a family of their cat, it allows shelters to immediately give these cats to others who could then sell them for a profit and sell them for any reason whatsoever, not just for purposes of companionship. This will put animals in harm’s way. How does it do this? Sec. 31752(b)(1)(B) of the proposed bill says that stray cats without identification can be adopted or transferred to a “rescue group” immediately. Subsection (g) then changes the definition of a “rescue group” to be for-profit or nonprofit. It can be a 501(c)(3) or an “entity” or a collaboration of
Posted on: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:09:43 +0000
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