Congratulations to all the animal rights activists that worked so hard to see this happen. Its time we get to work on such a bill here in Indiana.

the following is from An Animal-Friendly Life:

AB 1634–the California Healthy Pets bill that would make it mandatory to spay or neuter your animal companion by the age of 4 months–has cleared a major hurdle in passing the Assembly Floor at 10:30pm Wednesday night!

According to Judie Mancuso, “An animal-friendly bill of this scope has never before passed the Assembly floor.”

Assemblymember Levine and his staff were relentless in their work to get this bill through and we commend them. You can hear the floor debate, and the final vote, on www.cahealthypets.com.

She goes on to address the animal-lovers that have worked so hard to see this through:

And, thanks to all of you for your tireless efforts, calling, faxing, writing and lobbying the Assembly. This could never have happened without every one of you, and that’s the truth. Some Assembly members who were leaning towards opposing the bill were forced to rethink their position when faced with the absolutely giant outpouring of public support for AB 1634.

Please take a deep breath, celebrate and enjoy the fruits of your labor. And in a few days, come back down to Earth, and get ready to do it all over again, because we’re moving to the Senate.

Congratulations!

Indeed. I’d like to join Judie in thanking everyone who turned up the volume to make sure the animals’ voices were heard over the breeders and other exploiters who would rather see animals suffer for their own gain than to see a reduction in the unnecessary euthanization of unwanted animals.

Now if we could only stop breeding altogether… Then we wouldn’t find ourselves in the predicament of messing with animals’ reproductive systems in the first place.