Rhode Island passes "spay it or pay it" law

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On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:32:47 -0500, MaryL
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"P No Gree G O" wrote in message
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AZ Nomad wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:15:45 -0500, MaryL
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Rhode Island has passed a law requiring cat owners to spay or neuter
their pets. Owners with pets over 6 months of age will be required to
pay a fee of $100 for a breeder's license and can be fined $75 per
month.
Subsidies are available for low-income pet owners, and farmers are
exempt.


Another public message in the form of an idiotic slogan.

How is paying your cat the equivelent of spaying your cat?



"Spay or pay" would have been better and catchier.


Yes, much better slogan. CatNipped also caught the reference to "it" (a
designation I also very much dislike, especially when someone refers to
his
or her own cat as "it").

Besides, kitty would only be an "it" after being neutered.

No, not even then. I've had a hysterectomy and would very much object to
being called "it" instead of "her" because of it.

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CatNipped

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MaryL wrote:

Yes, much better slogan. CatNipped also caught the reference to "it" (a
designation I also very much dislike, especially when someone refers to his
or her own cat as "it").

I think the law will help in reducing the population

although if it was my choice to pass the law or not, I don't think I
would have passed this sort of law entirely.

I think there are other ways to educate the public.

Overpopulation effects everyone; I believe it's a worthy enough cause
to allot state funds to it.

I think there should be state sponsored clinics where anyone can cat
their dog or cat neutered.

back to the law, I think I would have kept the part about breeders
paying a fee of some sort.. I also think that fee should be
outrageous...like... $5,000 per year. that money would go to pay for
the subsequent irresponsible acts of people who bought their wares.

MaryL wrote:
Rhode Island has passed a law requiring cat owners to spay or neuter their
pets. Owners with pets over 6 months of age will be required to pay a fee
of $100 for a breeder's license and can be fined $75 per month. Subsidies
are available for low-income pet owners, and farmers are exempt.

The full article is he
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/09/fix....ap/index.html

Excellent! Now maybe other states will follow...
-L.

CatNipped wrote:

Yeah, and I hate assholes who use "it" instead of him or her when referring
to a pet.

But if you don't know the sex of the cat what are you supposed to say?
"Him" for all sex-unknown animals, like we use in English for humans?
IMO, being called HIM is worse than being called IT! At least with
"it" you are being gender-neutral....

-L.

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CatNipped wrote:

Yeah, and I hate assholes who use "it" instead of him or her when
referring
to a pet.

But if you don't know the sex of the cat what are you supposed to say?
"Him" for all sex-unknown animals, like we use in English for humans?
IMO, being called HIM is worse than being called IT! At least with
"it" you are being gender-neutral....

-L.

I just try to say "the cat" whenever instead of using a pronoun I'm not sure
of. ;

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Hugs,

CatNipped

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"AZ Nomad" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:32:47 -0500, MaryL
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"P No Gree G O" wrote in message
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AZ Nomad wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:15:45 -0500, MaryL
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Rhode Island has passed a law requiring cat owners to spay or
neuter
their pets. Owners with pets over 6 months of age will be
required to
pay a fee of $100 for a breeder's license and can be fined $75
per month.
Subsidies are available for low-income pet owners, and farmers
are
exempt.


Another public message in the form of an idiotic slogan.

How is paying your cat the equivelent of spaying your cat?



"Spay or pay" would have been better and catchier.


Yes, much better slogan. CatNipped also caught the reference to
"it" (a
designation I also very much dislike, especially when someone
refers to his
or her own cat as "it").

Besides, kitty would only be an "it" after being neutered.

I have 2 male neuters but there's still a lot of "tomcat" intact in
the alpha's personality to where I'll always think of him as "he."

"~2¢Worth~" wrote


Besides, kitty would only be an "it" after being neutered.

I have 2 male neuters but there's still a lot of "tomcat" intact in
the alpha's personality to where I'll always think of him as "he."


Of course. It someone cut your balls off, would that "desex" you?




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