AB 1634 will be reintroduced in

Pet Sterilization Bill Will Be Put On Hold
Levine Says Legislation Lacks Needed Support
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POSTED: 5:59 am PDT July 11, 2007
UPDATED: 7:36 am PDT July 11, 2007

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A controversial bill that would require mandatory
spaying and neutering of most California cats and dogs will be shelved, the
author told KCRA 3 in an exclusive interview Wednesday morning.

Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, said he planned to pull AB 1634
following a scheduled hearing before the state Senate Local Government
Committee.

"It pains me to have to tell everybody this, but I've been reading the
handwriting on the wall and it doesn't look like we have the votes," Levine
said.

Levine said the legislation is needed to curb the number of unwanted pets
that end up being euthanized. But the bill is opposed by a number of dog
breeder organizations.

Levine said he was disappointed and saddened that he had to drop the bill
for now.

"Not only, as you know, do we have ... hundreds of thousands of dogs and
cats suffering in animal shelters, but we're spending hundreds of millions
of dollars in taxpayer money on that, and unfortunately the tactics of my
opponents have just made it such that we can't move on," Levine said.

Levine added that it was too early to tell when and if the legislation will
be reintroduced.

"We need some time to regroup," he said.

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