Animal Abuse In Central Texas

Alfred A. Montapert once said, “Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.” So, why do they deserve to live on the streets or in a shelter? For many animal lovers it is difficult to understand why the number of unwanted animals walking the streets every day is so large. In central Texas, there is a growing concern about the ever-increasing number of unwanted cats and dogs. This problem is largely due to irresponsible breeders, but this issue can easily be corrected with permits for selling animals and spaying and neutering of animals to prevent unwanted litters.
There are too many unwanted dogs and cats in the area. With

To end this problem, you need to start at the root of the problem; too many people breeding animals to make a dollar. One way to eliminate so many breeders would be to require breeders to have a permit to sale pets privately. This would force people to pay to sell animals. This new permit would hopefully eliminate the selling of animals in parking lots, want ads, and other places. In order for a breeder to stand to make any money off the sale of these animals, they would have to be a better bred animal. These permits would have to be purchased in the county in which the litter would be sold. Money from these permits would help support local shelters. Stiff penalties would need to be in place for those selling without permits. By setting a precedence, breeders would be scared to try to sell without these permits. In addition to these permits, another proposal would be for the county to charge a tax, or fee on all non-shelter purchases of pets. This proposal would allow the counties to attack the problem from two angles: the breeder and the purchaser. This should lead to more purchases of shelter pets, and thus reducing the housed population. As a result, shelter numbers would go down, and it should discourage all non-shelter purchases. These solutions should make purchasing a shelter pet a more feasible way to get an

All dogs not intended for breeding with a permit need to be required to be spayed or neutered. And, for those people that say it costs too much, it’s much cheaper to spay or neuter your pets than it is to raise puppies or kittens (“Pet Statistics”). There are already clinics in place that offer low price services for having pets spayed or neutered. Animals purchased from shelters do not leave the shelter without being spayed or neutered, and your already low purchase price includes that service. Vets and non-profit organizations could collaborate together to make services available as well. They could also help with microchipping. Lost pets contribute greatly to the number of animals on the streets. Requiring microchipping for all purchased pets could help eliminate pets being misplaced from their