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Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
The Humane Society of Utah Strongly Supports House Bill 273
The Humane Society of Utah strongly supports House Bill 273, which has been introduced by Utah House Representative Jennifer M. Seelig.
H.B. 273 would amend Utah’s law requiring municipal or county animal control officers to hold any unidentified or unclaimed stray dog or stray cat for a minimum of five (5) working days. Current Utah code only stipulates a three (3) day holding period for lost or stray animals.
According to Humane Society of Utah Executive Director Gene Baierschmidt, “We believe Representative Seelig’s bill would save even more lives of the countless animals that become lost every day. The Humane Society of Utah fought long and hard back in the ‘90s for legislation requiring a holding period. Rep. Seelig’s bill will greatly improve the chances of re-uniting owners with their lost pets and reduce the euthanasia rates in our state. We encourage anyone with a dog or cat to support this legislation.”
The Humane Society of Utah also supports SB 057 sponsored by Senator Dennis E. Stowell. This bill would create standards for community feral cat management programs.
H.B. 273 would amend Utah’s law requiring municipal or county animal control officers to hold any unidentified or unclaimed stray dog or stray cat for a minimum of five (5) working days. Current Utah code only stipulates a three (3) day holding period for lost or stray animals.
According to Humane Society of Utah Executive Director Gene Baierschmidt, “We believe Representative Seelig’s bill would save even more lives of the countless animals that become lost every day. The Humane Society of Utah fought long and hard back in the ‘90s for legislation requiring a holding period. Rep. Seelig’s bill will greatly improve the chances of re-uniting owners with their lost pets and reduce the euthanasia rates in our state. We encourage anyone with a dog or cat to support this legislation.”
The Humane Society of Utah also supports SB 057 sponsored by Senator Dennis E. Stowell. This bill would create standards for community feral cat management programs.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Humane Society of Utah's Stance on the Killing of Feral Animals
The original article posted by Whittney Evans of KCPW, appeared online on January 20, 2011. If you have not heard about the Humane Society of Utah's involvement in this legislation, please read more and help support Utah's animals:
"A state lawmaker is sponsoring legislation that would make it legal for anyone to kill a feral animal. Currently, shooting them without a license is a misdemeanor. Republican Representative Curt Oda says his bill specifically targets rural areas, where people tend to abandon pets.
“If I took the animal to the shelter and they happened to be closed or something and I tell them I’m just going to leave the animal in a cage on the front step, you can take it in, in the morning they said, we’ll charge you with abandonment,” he said. “Or if you want to take it in and have it spayed, you’re required to pay for it.”
Oda says ranchers and most rural Utahns know which animals belong in the area, and which are strays. But Gene Baierschmidt, Executive Director of the Humane Society of Utah, questions how an untrained member of the public would determine whether or not an animal is feral.
“Your cat can wonder up on someone’s lawn and someone could say it’s feral and then they could kill it and you wouldn’t have any recourse,” said Baierschmidt. “The other thing too is the problem with people who get wind of this new law who have guns, or anything, clubs could just go out and kill cats and just say, well, we thought they were feral.”
Baierschmidt says feral cats should be neutered and left to live out their lives without reproducing. But Representative Oda says the capture, neuter and release program is ineffective, especially in rural areas."
"A state lawmaker is sponsoring legislation that would make it legal for anyone to kill a feral animal. Currently, shooting them without a license is a misdemeanor. Republican Representative Curt Oda says his bill specifically targets rural areas, where people tend to abandon pets.
“If I took the animal to the shelter and they happened to be closed or something and I tell them I’m just going to leave the animal in a cage on the front step, you can take it in, in the morning they said, we’ll charge you with abandonment,” he said. “Or if you want to take it in and have it spayed, you’re required to pay for it.”
Oda says ranchers and most rural Utahns know which animals belong in the area, and which are strays. But Gene Baierschmidt, Executive Director of the Humane Society of Utah, questions how an untrained member of the public would determine whether or not an animal is feral.
“Your cat can wonder up on someone’s lawn and someone could say it’s feral and then they could kill it and you wouldn’t have any recourse,” said Baierschmidt. “The other thing too is the problem with people who get wind of this new law who have guns, or anything, clubs could just go out and kill cats and just say, well, we thought they were feral.”
Baierschmidt says feral cats should be neutered and left to live out their lives without reproducing. But Representative Oda says the capture, neuter and release program is ineffective, especially in rural areas."
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