Sterilize the Mixed Breeds

These mandatory spay/neuter (MSN) and Breed-Specific Legislation (BSL) laws always seem benign and sensible at first blush.

However, like the proverbial camel with his nose under the tent flap, once we get used to it, the rest of the camel isn't far behind.

It's sort of like the boiling frog story; frog sitting in a pan of water is very comfortable. Turn the heat up slooowwwwwwly, and the frog will sit there until it's too late to save himself and he boils.

This gradual loss of rights and personal freedoms has happened before; the whole world has seen it.

Are we going to sleep through it again?

Of course nobody likes crowded shelters and homeless pets, but MSN and BSL are not the answer to the problem, most of which is the mortgage meltdown coupled with the utter refusal of landlords to rent to pet owners here.

If you CAN find a place to rent with your pet, it may only be ONE pet and that pet must be under 15 pounds...as if ankle biters don't soil the rugs, bark or bite people....

We need to examine the housing issue; it is absolutely the main root of the homeless pet problem.

Claiming that MSN is about stopping the breeding of mixed breed dogs is not credible. What MSN is about is catering to peta, h$u$, and other assorted animal rights zealots, fanatics and terrorists who will stop at nothing to see their agenda promoted.

That agenda, by the way, is the elimination of ALL human/animal contact. Do your homework; the information is all out there. H$uS (Humane Society of the United States) does not run a single shelter. Not one. They are a fundraising entity channeling millions of dollars into the animal rights army's coffers.

Go find out how much money they actually gave to Katrina victims. That's out there too. The truth IS out there.

These people will stop at NOTHING to gain legitimacy, ground and power to be able to come take YOUR pets away from you.

They are already pushing for MSN; note that the main local push behind MSN is a local veterinarian...who stands to gain a small fortune in easy income from people forced to spay and neuter their pets.

Fox....henhouse. Can you say "conflict of interest?"

Animal control is already going door to door during the workday to seek out "evidence of the presence of dogs" by peeking in curtains, ringing doorbells to make dogs inside the house bark, and trespassing into people's yards to look for bowls and toys.

This is so they will know where you live, so they can come back for easy enforcement of future MSN and BSL laws.

We aren't stupid. We know what is going on. And we vote.

I own two dogs and three cats. The cats are indoor neutered mixed breeds. The dogs are two intact show dogs, one retired senior.

And (to paraphrase Charleton Heston)the militant "rescuers" and animal control will get my pets when they can pry them from my cold, dead hands.

First, the original letter is so off base and steeped in bias that it hurts my eyes to read it.

Second, Holly, you couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

Though, quoting Heston speaks volumes about your paranoid misunderstandings about this movement.