Fark Headline: Las Vegas passes law requiring all dogs and cats be sterilized.

Actual Headline: Las Vegas ordinance now requires most cats and dogs to be sterilized

I guess it's kind of the same thing.

Well, of course. They're living together.

Socialism

Socialism

Socialism

So what happens when you want to breed dogs or cats?

You bet your dog wants a bus ticket. So does your cat

Yes, but my cat wants a bus ticket for your dog.

Trance750: So what happens when you want to breed dogs or cats?

Go to the damned shelter and give a needy pet a good home, you ass.

My dog just got a chewy bone. She said fark Vegas, they won't let her in the sports book.

Gosling: Well, of course. They're living together.

Thank you Dr. Peter Venkman

I don't really have a problem with this. In fact, I think it's a good idea.

And when they start giving low-cost sterilizations to any person who asks, I'll volunteer my time for the effort.

Trance750: So what happens when you want to breed dogs or cats?

One would need to get a breeder's license and pay quarterly taxes for business income.

NuclearPenguins: Trance750: So what happens when you want to breed dogs or cats?

Go to the damned shelter and give a needy pet a good home, you ass.

I don't think you understood the question.

These laws are great in theory, but usually lack provisions for enforcement. Plus, in the current economy most people will choose food on the table over Fido losing his testicles.

what a sterilized cat may look like.

When contacted, the spokesperson for the Dog Rights Group ran after a squirrel for an hour or so, then peed on a fire hydrant.

cryinoutloud: I don't really have a problem with this. In fact, I think it's a good idea.

And when they start giving low-cost sterilizations to any person who asks, I'll volunteer my time for the effort.


Can you imagine how godwinned the thread would be, If that law ever become into existence?

/ There should be an alternative law for comparison to communism/socialsm. It's... becoming quite overuse for the stupidest of reasons.

Great idea. More communities need to take this up.

/spouse works in animal rescue
//too many farking animals that people get bored of after a year
///too many morons who "breed" their pets so their kids can see the "miracle" of life, then ditch the litters on shelters.

Well, some dogs would need a mighty large autoclave.

/ There should be an alternative law for comparison to communism/socialism. It's... becoming quite overused for the stupidest of reasons.

FTFM. Sorry.

Small laptops suxxors.

Trance750: So what happens when you want to breed dogs or cats?

It's not always about what you want.

/nothing against you, actually, but this is one of my pet pieces.

How many animals are killed in shelters every year in the United States?

According to http://www.petrescue.com.au , approximately 6 to 8 million animals enter U.S. shelters every year, with 3 to 4 million of those animals being euthanized.

Some numbers in the 70s were as high as 15 million, but this was in the early stages of the spay/neuter campaign.

Nearly 9 out of 10 puppies sold in the U.S. come from puppy mills (cats do not have it any better), which repeatedly breed the female dogs and euthanize them when they can no longer breed. Puppy mills often have deplorable conditions.

It is often the case that an animal is purchased as an accessory. Animals are complex, animals are alive, and animals are smart.

Why would anybody not want to sterilize their pet?

In addition to the obvious issue of overpopulation (isn't it better to sterilize an animal today than to euthanize a whole bunch of them in the near future?), sterilization also helps with various socialization and behavioral concerns.

And it's hardly expensive. Around the same cost as a month of decent-quality pet food, if I remember right.

cryinoutloud: It's not always about what you want.

/nothing against you, actually, but this is one of my pet pieces.

How many animals are killed in shelters every year in the United States?

According to http://www.petrescue.com.au , approximately 6 to 8 million animals enter U.S. shelters every year, with 3 to 4 million of those animals being euthanized.

Some numbers in the 70s were as high as 15 million, but this was in the early stages of the spay/neuter campaign.

Nearly 9 out of 10 puppies sold in the U.S. come from puppy mills (cats do not have it any better), which repeatedly breed the female dogs and euthanize them when they can no longer breed. Puppy mills often have deplorable conditions.

It is often the case that an animal is purchased as an accessory. Animals are complex, animals are alive, and animals are smart.

This. When so many perfectly fine animals need good homes I want to cockpunch people who say the need a purebred or wish to make money selling animals.

I'm behind the idea in general. but I really think Las Vegas has bigger problems they should be addressing at the moment.

cryinoutloud: It is often the case that an animal is purchased as an accessory.

"Was that wrong?"

When they get around to people, wake me up.

CrispFlows:

/ There should be an alternative law for comparison to communism/socialsm. It's... becoming quite overuse for the stupidest of reasons.

Yeah... there's nothing even remotely socialist about this ordinance, but asshat Farkers will continue to scream "the S word" throughout the thread.

belowner: I'm behind the idea in general. but I really think Las Vegas has bigger problems they should be addressing at the moment.

I disagree. "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

My dog is sterilized... She doesn't mark her territory in the house anymore. Now... if only they would start mandatory sterilization for people... life would be sooo much better in the future.

NuclearPenguins: cryinoutloud: It's not always about what you want.

/nothing against you, actually, but this is one of my pet pieces.

How many animals are killed in shelters every year in the United States?

According to http://www.petrescue.com.au , approximately 6 to 8 million animals enter U.S. shelters every year, with 3 to 4 million of those animals being euthanized.

Some numbers in the 70s were as high as 15 million, but this was in the early stages of the spay/neuter campaign.

Nearly 9 out of 10 puppies sold in the U.S. come from puppy mills (cats do not have it any better), which repeatedly breed the female dogs and euthanize them when they can no longer breed. Puppy mills often have deplorable conditions.

It is often the case that an animal is purchased as an accessory. Animals are complex, animals are alive, and animals are smart.

This. When so many perfectly fine animals need good homes I want to cockapunch people who say the need a purebred or wish to make money selling animals.

Could be a new breed.
/ I did add the "a"

Four_Day_Weekend: belowner: I'm behind the idea in general. but I really think Las Vegas has bigger problems they should be addressing at the moment.

I disagree. "The greatness of a nation and its moral oprogress can be judged by the way its animals workers are treated."

FTFNR.*

/ Oh my, how... 'socialist'.
//*(Fixed that for no reason.)
/// You could replace workers with widows, children and homeless
//// More slashies for Freddie Kruger

nakedmolerat: These laws are great in theory, but usually lack provisions for enforcement. Plus, in the current economy most people will choose food on the table over Fido losing his testicles.

You'd be surprised what people are willing to do for their pets over themselves.

snugglyhugs: First they came for the dogs, and I did not speak out-because I was not a dog;

Then they came for the cats, and I did not speak out-because I was not a cat;

Then they came for the Digg commenter, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Digg commenter..........

Godwinned!

/ Look up the history of that poem, you just godwinned the thread.

lol@cockapunch


It's a cross between a cocker spaniel and a hard-right to the groin...

NuclearPenguins: cryinoutloud: It's not always about what you want.

/nothing against you, actually, but this is one of my pet pieces.

How many animals are killed in shelters every year in the United States?

According to http://www.petrescue.com.au , approximately 6 to 8 million animals enter U.S. shelters every year, with 3 to 4 million of those animals being euthanized.

Some numbers in the 70s were as high as 15 million, but this was in the early stages of the spay/neuter campaign.

Nearly 9 out of 10 puppies sold in the U.S. come from puppy mills (cats do not have it any better), which repeatedly breed the female dogs and euthanize them when they can no longer breed. Puppy mills often have deplorable conditions.

It is often the case that an animal is purchased as an accessory. Animals are complex, animals are alive, and animals are smart.

This. When so many perfectly fine animals need good homes I want to cockpunch people who say the need a purebred or wish to make money selling animals.

Agreed, perfectly nice, smart animals are put down in shelters all the time. I hate those idiots who want purebreds, even though purebreds are idiots and normally can't even lick their own butts out of sheer stupidity.

I've seen a dog chew on a frozen log of his own shiat....then throw it back and swallow it whole! I wanted to vomit.
/never a cat.

After I got a vasectomy I just lay by the door and got fat, wouldn't recommend it.

Miss Smartass: Agreed, perfectly nice, smart animals are put down in shelters all the time. I hate those idiots who want purebreds, even though purebreds are idiots and normally can't even lick their own butts out of sheer stupidity.

I harbor no ill-will towards purebreds themselves, as it was not their fault but that of the retarded breeders and those that continue to give them money. In fact a lot of purebreds have quite a few genetic problems and I feel sorry for them.

No animal should ever be a status symbol.

Perducci: Why would anybody not want to sterilize their pet?

In addition to the obvious issue of overpopulation (isn't it better to sterilize an animal today than to euthanize a whole bunch of them in the near future?), sterilization also helps with various socialization and behavioral concerns.

And it's hardly expensive. Around the same cost as a month of decent-quality pet food, if I remember right.

A lot of places have a low cost program. Our pound sells certificates for $35/dogs and $25/cats (what vets charge them) on the first Sat. of the month. Often, when you get there, it's free b/c someone paid for all of them.

I remember watching a dog show on TV once. Each round the judge (there was only one) picked the absolutely ugliest dog, and contestant interviews revealed them all to be creepy dog eugenicists. One woman openly admitted that she neglected her dogs that had genetic "defects" and treated them poorly compared to her "perfect" specimens.

nakedmolerat: These laws are great in theory, but usually lack provisions for enforcement. Plus, in the current economy most people will choose food on the table over Fido losing his testicles.

most cities have programs that offer free or cheap-as-free spay/neuter services.

in NYC, the humane society has a mobile pet clinic(an RV with surgical equipment) that tours around various places in the 5 borroughs, you have to call and find when its going to be in your neighborhood and bring your dog/cat. They have a suggested donation of $15, but they would rather do it for free than turn you away.

/this is a wonderful law, it will save many many furry lives. where's the hero tag?

Miss Smartass: NuclearPenguins: cryinoutloud: It's not always about what you want.

/nothing against you, actually, but this is one of my pet pieces.

How many animals are killed in shelters every year in the United States?

According to http://www.petrescue.com.au , approximately 6 to 8 million animals enter U.S. shelters every year, with 3 to 4 million of those animals being euthanized.

Some numbers in the 70s were as high as 15 million, but this was in the early stages of the spay/neuter campaign.

Nearly 9 out of 10 puppies sold in the U.S. come from puppy mills (cats do not have it any better), which repeatedly breed the female dogs and euthanize them when they can no longer breed. Puppy mills often have deplorable conditions.

It is often the case that an animal is purchased as an accessory. Animals are complex, animals are alive, and animals are smart.

This. When so many perfectly fine animals need good homes I want to cockpunch people who say the need a purebred or wish to make money selling animals.

Agreed, perfectly nice, smart animals are put down in shelters all the time. I hate those idiots who want purebreds, even though purebreds are idiots and normally can't even lick their own butts out of sheer stupidity.

There are purebreds in our local shelter all of the time. Also a lot of "designer" dogs. We got a Bug (Boston/Pug mix) for $46. He's amazingly cool.

Miss Smartass: NuclearPenguins: cryinoutloud: It's not always about what you want.

/nothing against you, actually, but this is one of my pet pieces.

How many animals are killed in shelters every year in the United States?

According to http://www.petrescue.com.au , approximately 6 to 8 million animals enter U.S. shelters every year, with 3 to 4 million of those animals being euthanized.

Some numbers in the 70s were as high as 15 million, but this was in the early stages of the spay/neuter campaign.

Nearly 9 out of 10 puppies sold in the U.S. come from puppy mills (cats do not have it any better), which repeatedly breed the female dogs and euthanize them when they can no longer breed. Puppy mills often have deplorable conditions.

It is often the case that an animal is purchased as an accessory. Animals are complex, animals are alive, and animals are smart.

This. When so many perfectly fine animals need good homes I want to cockpunch people who say the need a purebred or wish to make money selling animals.

Agreed, perfectly nice, smart animals are put down in shelters all the time. I hate those idiots who want purebreds, even though purebreds are idiots and normally can't even lick their own butts out of sheer stupidity.

I use to work in a Vet Hospital. People constantly would come in their Purebreed puppy from a fancy pet shop and then find out it has Parvo. Either they have it put down or spend thousands of dollars, hoping it will survive. This disease is rampant especially from dogs you know, came from puppy mills. It is so contagious, we would have to dress like a surgeon, mask, booties the works to handle it and then scrub down anything the dog came in contact with.

So yeah, I approve what Vegas is doing. I always believed in, if you want to breed dogs you had to have a license to prove you have knowledge of how to do it correctly.

/Get your pets vaccinated folks
//they won't get the Autism from it.
///are there such a thing as an autistic dog?

It's times like this that I wish fark didn't unreasonably censor our pic post abilities, cause this thread is SCREAMING for the "free cat" by the roadside photo.

I am wondering how b0rg9's pic of all the dead animals in barrels is still up, to be honest.

Oh yeah, socialism or some shiat like that.

Time to buy stock in Neuticles! (new window)

Fluff Girl: Fark Headline: Las Vegas passes law requiring all dogs and cats be sterilized.

Actual Headline: Las Vegas ordinance now requires most cats and dogs to be sterilized

I guess it's kind of the same thing.

Big Fail TARDmitter.

Why you gotta be like Limbaugh?

Adopt from shelter.
Stop Puppy mills.
Spay and neuter.
Owning a pet is a huge responsibility.
A pet is not an accessory.
Get over yourself and your pure-bred you paid thousands for.

/Enjoy your pup or feline.