[Lictimind]

How long do the numbers generally stay high? This law was put in place January 1st, 2011. So it's been almost four months. So just wondering about that.

What makes me angry the most is how this shelter refused to try alternatives. Only one counsel member saw the flaw in their logic and voted against this law. He did his own research and concluded that in the long run, places with mandated S/N saw no significant decline in numbers at their shelters; in fact, over all, they saw an increase.

They also pulled in things like it will stop dogfighting and dog attacks. Uh, what? Because I see people who make hundreds off of fighting their dogs running to surrender their prize "pit" fighting dog because of this law... because people who illegally fight dogs are just upstanding citizens! *rolls eyes* Also, reduce dog attacks? Blah.

There's also speculation that this was put into place because some company (a food company, Iams or something, I don't remember?) is giving this particular shelter a grant to spay pit bulls for free.

In theory I can see how it makes sense. But in reality, people don't stop breeding their dogs because a law says so. If that were true, then, in theory, no body should be doing drugs or murdering people or committing any crimes because the law says not too.