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New York City reports on their successful spay and neuter legislation

New York City instituted legislation similar to SB 250 in the year 2000. The law has been very successful at reducing euthanasia in the city.

The NYC legislation requires any animal impounded in a shelter to be spayed or neutered, while SB 250 allows impounded animals to remain intact in many situations. Nevertheless, the NYC law is a good example of just how successful these laws are.

The Mayor's Alliance for NYC Animals submitted this letter on July 23, 2009, outlining the success of their program. A Maddie's fund grant helps provide spay and neuter to the community.

Here are some excerpts from their letter (emphasis added):

Since 2000 in New York City, we have been fortunate enough to have legislation in place that requires the mandatory spay/neuter of all dogs and cats prior to their release from our city shelters. This legislation also requires the spaying or neutering of owned intact pets who end up in the city shelters. We enthusiastically support this type of legislation.

This spay/neuter law went into effect live years before we secured a Maddie’s Fund grant, which is funding our efforts to reduce euthanasia of healthy and treatable cats and dogs in New York City. We feel in large part we have experienced a steady decrease in the euthanasia rate over the past five years due to this legislation. Additionally, while intake at our city shelters has decreased slightly, we believe that without the mandatory spay/neuter requirement, intakes would have risen dramatically over this period of time.

Lake County CA reports on their successful spay and neuter legislation

Lake County CA implemented a spay and neuter law in 2006. Here’s what they have to say:

“Since enacting the ordinance our numbers have gone down steadily each year. Our spay & neuter ordinance works! We have no increased cost related to the ordinance, in fact it has saved us money.

The most telling sign for us about the legislation, in Clearlake which accounts for 30 percent of all strays in the County, animal intake is down 30 percent compared to the same time period one year ago.”

- Director of Lake County Animal Care & Control

 

Los Angeles reports on their spay and neuter legislation

In Los Angeles, a law similar to SB 250 was implemented in October 2008. Here’s what they have to say:

“We are on track with our expectations for this ordinance. We fully expect that this legislation will trigger a visible decline in pet overpopulation in the city within a two to five year window.”

- General Manager, City of Los Angeles Animal Services

 
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