In many towns/states you are required by law to fix your cats. Why can't this law be extended to dogs?

Well. there are alot of laws out there already, and people don't follow them. It is the law that you must have your dogs vaccinated against Rabies.. but MANY people aren't doing that. It's the law in many places that your dog must be licensed by the township, many people don't do that.. The Government is ineffective when it comes to upholding these laws..

And there are many cases where the Government does have laws and they aren't fair to different people, or they take away rights to the good but don't do anything against the bad people..

The Government when they get involved either come up with something utterly ridiculous or a law that they don't enforce anyhow..

PEOPLE are the problem.. Rules and regulations and laws obviously don't affect people when they feel like they want to do something.. They feel they are above the law, and the rules don't apply to them. Making more laws and rules isn't going to change things, it only forces things underground, and when that happens, things get dangerous and far worse.

PEOPLE need to have more commonsense, something that is greatly lacking now a days. People need to be responsible for their own lives and the animals they bring into their lives. Whether it's licensing or spay/neuter, or it's keeping their dog at home and not bugging the neighbour. People need to realize that they don't have the right to just do what they please, because often their actions affect others. Either displacing dogs at the shelter, or the sickly dogs they produce, or the dogs that the dump at the side of the road cause they are too much trouble.. People need to open their eyes and look out and around them. They need to see that the world does NOT revolve around them, and their actions are negatively impacting the other people on this planet, their actions are killing animals etc.. If people could sit back and think about what it's like for those people whose job it is to kill unwanted dogs.. Or those people who rescue and find abused dogs and how they must feel when they come across this stuff.. Or how they are producing dogs that are so sick or with such bad temperament or horrible dermatitises and how that affects others.. Perhaps things might change.

Selfish, greedy people who think they are above the law and that the world revolves around them.. they are the problem..

There are many responsible pet owners whose dogs are intact, and their dogs aren't running wild, and their dogs aren't attacking people and their dogs aren't getting pregnant every 6 months.. But the majority of the people out there don't really love dogs, and they don't care what impact they are having, and they are selfish and uncaring people who will do what they want because of that.. You can't force people to be ethical.. You can't force people to have any morals at all.. That's very obvious.. WHen it comes to Government making laws against them, You will find that the laws would somehow still allow those with no ethics to continue to do what they do.. That's what laws are about.. Punishing the good, and not the bad...

Requiring S/N is more than just doing a surgery.

Back yard breeders would continue and just up the price of pups.

Reputable breeders would have a serious problem.

Puppies need to wait until 1 yr of age befor having this done. A S/N cuts off all hormones that are needed for long term health and development. Laws tend to want to do this early. The law makers don't bother to check with science before making a law.

Vaccinations are a good example.

The rabies vaccine is good for 5-7 yrs.

http://svmweb.vetmed.wisc.edu/articles/68/5/39

http://www.critteradvocacy.org/

But states require them to be given every 1-3 yrs. Some of us refuse to comply when the health of the animal is at stake.

Because unfortunately our government was created on the basis of voting, and 75% of our citizens just don't give a damn. That would be a wonderful idea. If you are passionate enough about it write congress and find out, if you were to create a petition, how many signatures you would need. Post it on Myspace and eventually maybe enough people would pass it around and sign it. Come up with some facts about the devastating effects of not neutering your pets to entice people to sign.

In Pennsylvania you are required by law to neuter or spay cats and dogs that have been acquired from a shelter. You are also required to give both animals rabies vaccinations yearly.

Similar laws can be/are passed on a county or town level regarding dogs. They generally have an exemption for breeders, with a definition of qualifications for a "breeder."

Some pounds & shelters won't release a stray dog to its owners without fixing it first - again with an exemption for breeders.

You'll need lots of political lobbying. Start by talking to your own local animal control & shelters, there could be an effort already underway!

In many places both dogs and cats are required to be "fixed"

I read recently one city now also requires microchipping of cats and dogs . I believe it was Stockton Ca.

They can be, although there have been reports of these laws resulting in more pets being dropped at shelters and abandoned because their owners either can't or won't pay for the operation.

Great idea but in my country India they care nothing about animals

Some legislators are trying to apply this to dogs. I'm very much opposed to it.

dont know but they should, as this creates a problem regardless of it being a dog or cat.