It would be VERY interesting to know how many people under the previous law actually paid the fines and reclaimed their pets up to three times. I bet the number was not very high. If animal control agencies are not able show they were enforcing the old law through the 3 steps but to no avail, no reason to up the penalty to mandatory alteration. I am guessing that information was never compiled or shared; if someone knows where I can find it I would like to take a look. I don't understand why a law would be changed unless there was an actual showing other than a few anecdotes, that the first one was ineffective. |