Hmm, I've never heard of mandatory microchipping and spay/neutering before in any other cities. Does anyone know if it's mandatory anywhere else?
I would hope that mandatory microchipping cuts down on dognapping. It certainly is useful for identifying lost or problem dogs.
The mandatory spay/neutering sounds like a good idea to help control dog overpopulation. What I would think though, that the people who don't get licenses will still have dogs that aren't spayed or neutered, and that those dogs will still reproduce. THOSE are the problem dogs. I would venture to say that they need to enact strict fines for those without dog licenses, or the overpopulation problems will continue...
This mandatory law sounds quite interesting, if they implement it, I would be curious to see how well it works out for Los Angeles...
This is a very good topic/article. Thanks for posting it!
