I think that not all breeders are bad. You all forget, the real problem is backyard breeders. The people buying either mix bred or pure bred animals and not spaying and neutering them....they think it will be soooo cute to breed and get kittens or puppies. Next thing you know those unwanted babies end up in shelters or running the street. It is NOT upstanding ethical BREEDERS of AKC or Cat orginizations like ACFA or CFA or TICA. MANY MANY, if not all breeders have contracts that require spay an neuter requirements on their offspring to be done withing 6 mnths of age of the animal. The real problem here is the people who buy the pets. I do agree there is a problem, but spaying and neutering every dog and cat will not only eliminate the shelter problems from irresponsible PET owners, it will also take away the good breeders of breeds of pets that people love and enjoy so much. Breeders are not all bad......they have contracts that stand behind their pets, what do you get from a shelter or newpaper pet....nothing, but greef or someone elses unwanted problems. I guess I am tired of hearing how all breeders are bad....they are NOT.

Instead of banning all pets to be spayed and neutered, I think there needs to be a clause that states breeders of a dog or cat that are registered with an upstanding orginization should be allowed to keep their pets intact. Maybe even something that requires all pets to be microchipped would be good....then when a PURE BRED cat or dog makes it to the shelter we would know where to send it back to.

It is really simple, breeders selling pets must supply each new owner with a health cert. which is required by law, right.......if that is required, why not require the pet microchip also?

If this law passes, the next town will pass it too, then the next, then the next. Next thing we know, it will be state wide and then the next state and so forth. Before we know it, there will be no pets at all anywhere. Is that really what everyone out there wants??????