Microchip bill heads to governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill requiring that cats and dogs released from California animal shelters be implanted with microchips to identify their owners is on its way to the governor.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill requiring that cats and dogs released from California animal shelters be implanted with microchips to identify their owners is on its way to the governor.
Cats that spray are most likely communicating distress rather than misbehaving, so piling on more anxiety through punishment is counterproductive, veterinarians said.
A Sonoma councilwoman said she wants the city to reconsider regulating pit bulls and other dog breeds after a pregnant Pacifica woman was mauled to death last week by her family pet.
PACIFICA, Calif.—A pit bull killed a 32-year-old Pacifica woman in her home, authorities said Thursday
“Please make sure that all threatened species, especially ground-nesting birds, are protected in the final version of the plan–and don’t listen to selfish dog-owners who have forgotten that they and their pets need to share the parks with a lot of other species. Thank you.”
If you are in for some light reading, the comments from the public about proposed changes to the dog management program for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) have been compiled into one tidy document.
California lawmakers will vote later this summer on a bill requiring microchips in every dog or cat adopted or claimed from a shelter. If passed, the measure, introduced by state Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, would be the first of its kind enacted in the U.S.
