Stupid Animal Law

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Recently, Bob Barker and the collective animal activists managed to get a law passed that not only won't help the animals but will likely cause more deaths. They've passed a law in Los Angeles requiring everyone to spay/neuter their animals by the age of four months. The law is worthless and will only lead to more animals being dumped on the street. I've been an animal lover since I was a little girl. I used to bring home strays of all kinds and I would love nothing more than to save each animal out there but this is not the way to do it. Animal activists need to get a reality check and they need to deal with animal owners from a place of compassion and understanding instead of trying to force people to do something they may not be able to afford to do. I know from experience that threats and force don't accomplish anything. I live in a neighborhood full of illegal immigrants and their first priority is their family and why would they fear an animal law when our government doesn't even enforce our immigration laws? The only thing this law they've passed will accomplish is causing these people who are irresponsible in the first place to dump the animals on the street or hand them over to Animal Services for destruction if they get caught. These people have risked their lives to come to this country to live illegally so why would they risk their lives or what they have now for an animal? They don't think in those terms. Even people who aren't here illegally will not be deterred by this law. The only way they could ever really enforce it is to go door to door with a search warrant, which is absurd. It would cost too much and that would be a violation of people's constitutional rights. It's just not realistic. A good example are the equal rights laws. They were passed many years ago but there is still a lot of prejudice in this country and most women still make less money than men in the same job. If the government hasn't been able to enforce those laws that involve human beings, why would anyone think they'd enforce a law about animals that many people in this country treat with such carelessness? The only way to save the animals is to reach the people who own them. And the only way to reach them is with compassion and understanding and empathy. Not with force or fear. Hopefully, one day the people who really love animals will understand this and then begin to really save the animals. Unfortunately, most animal activists only see things from their perspective and as long as they do, animals will continue to die needlessly.