HENDERSON, COUNTY, NC: PROPOSED ORDINANCE & CONTACTS
Posted by: "Pickles" pickles97355@comcast.net pickles97355
Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:51 am (PST)
PROPOSED ORDINANCE:

§ 66A-25 Spaying and neutering requirements. Unaltered
animals permit required. No person shall own or harbor
any dog or cat over the age of 4 months that has not
been spayed or neutered unless such person holds an
unaltered animal permit issued for such animal by the
Animal Services Center, or any successor agency
authorized by law to issue such a permit, except: (a)
persons who own or harbor service dogs or police work
dogs; (b) individuals who are non-residents of
Henderson County and reside temporarily therein for a
period not to exceed thirty days; (c) animal shelters
and veterinary hospitals; and (d) Exemptions. Upon a
written report from a licensed veterinarian stating
that the life or health of the animal may be
jeopardized by surgery, the Animal Services Center
shall grant a written 30-day extension of the period
within the altering would otherwise be required.
Further extensions may be granted upon additional
veterinary reports establishing the necessity for such
extensions.

A. Adopted Animals. No dog or cat may be released for
adoption from the Animal Services Center unless such
animal has been surgically spayed or neutered. People
who choose to adopt animals that are under 2 months or
under 2 pounds must pay a $100 refundable deposit
insuring they will spay or neuter the animal when it
is old enough or weighs more than 2 pounds.

B. Obtaining an Unaltered animal permit. Owners of
unaltered animals must register their animal with
Animal Services and pay the fee. The form may be
mailed or dropped off at the Animal Services Center
along with the fee. Each year after the initial
registration, Animal Services will send out
registration renewals which owners must send back with
the accompanying fee. Owners must provide proof if
they no longer need to pay the fee because 1) their
animal has been altered; 2) the animal is deceased; 3)
the owner no longer owns the animal.

C. Fee. The fee for an unaltered animal permit shall
be $100.00 per year per animal.

TALKING POINTS:

· Costs for animal control have greatly
increased in areas that pass this type of legislation

· MSN and breeder permitting punishes
responsible pet owners and breeders while ignoring
irresponsible animal owners

· MSN and breeder permitting are tactics of
the animal rights movement to end breeding of animals
and pet ownership

· MSN and breeder permitting negatively
impacts feral or stray cat caretakers

· MSN will have little or no impact on claims
of public health and safety problems caused by
unwanted animals which can be better dealt with by
enforcing existing laws

· MSN and breeder permitting fail to address
the problem of pet retention. It is undisputable that
the number one reason for owner surrender is related
to pet behavior and health problems, or the owner's
lack of time or ability to care for the pet.

· The emphasis must be placed on pet retention
if animal control and shelter intake is to be lowered.
Those pets relinquished had an owner who chose not to
keep them.

COMMISSIONER CONTACT INFO:

Henderson County Board of Commissioners
100 N. King Street
Hendersonville, NC 28792
Phone: (828)697-4808
Fax: (828)692-9855

William Moyer, Chairman
wmoyer@hendersoncountync.org
Charlie Messer, Vice Chairman
cmesser@hendersoncountync.org

Larry Young
lyoung@hendersoncountync.org

Mark Williams
mwilliams@hendersoncountync.org

Chuck McGrady
cmcgrady@hendersoncountync.org

Enforcement Officer: Toby Linville
Tlinville@hendersoncountync.org

Susan Wolf

North Carolina Responsible Animal Owners Alliance
(NCRAOA)

www.ncraoa.com

Here we go again! California all over!!!!!!!!!! $100 a year fee to keep an unaltered pet?! GEEZ!

Thanks Gina!

So for a $100 a year the responsible breeder and pet owner can finance jobs for friends and relatives of county big shots who will supposedly go after irresponsible breeders and owners. Question! Would it not make more sense to have a mandatory microchip ordinance so the county can locate an owner, or go after the owner who dumps his animal?

Los Angeles is considering the very thing including the MSN as well.