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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 56
Author: Linder (R), et al.
Introduced:4/20/15
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 7/16/15 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Official State Pet
SOURCE: Social Compassion in Legislation
State Humane Association of California
DIGEST: This resolution declares a shelter pet as the official
State Pet.
ANALYSIS: This resolution states the following:
1)Approximately eight million abandoned pets live in animal
shelters in the United States.
2)Three to four million of these dogs and cats are euthanized
every year.
This resolution states that the Legislature seeks to raise
public awareness of shelter animals by declaring a shelter pet
as the official State Pet.
Background
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According to the State Humane Association of California, over
800,000 animals each year are taken into California's public and
private shelters. These shelters work across the state to
rescue, rehabilitate, and find a home for these animals.
However, due to limited time and lack of resources, roughly 40%
of shelter animals in California are euthanized.
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals (ASPCA), approximately 7.6 million companion animals
enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, roughly
3.9 million are dogs and 3.4 million are cats. Each year,
approximately 2.7 million animals are euthanized, while 2.7
million shelter animals are adopted.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/18/15)
Social Compassion in Legislation (co-source)
State Humane Association of California (co-source)
Beagle Freedom Project
Calaveras Humane Society
Fix Fido
Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter
Lorraine Thomas Amador County Animal Shelter
Pets in Need
Social Compassion in Legislation
Solano County Animal Care Advisory Commission
Stockton Animal Services
Yucca Valley Animal Care and Control
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/18/15)
None received
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ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to the author, "By naming the
Shelter Pet as the official California State Pet, the California
Legislature will send a strong signal of support for
California's public and private shelters that work every day,
year round, to save unwanted animals, bring them back to health,
provide them safe harbor off the streets and out of abusive
homes, and ultimately hope to either reunite lost pets with
their loving owners, or find new and caring homes. By making
the shelter pet the official state pet, it would encourage
people to first consider adopting an existing animal residing in
a shelter, giving shelters a valuable new tool to help bring
attention to the millions of animals waiting for adoption."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 7/16/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang,
Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gray,
Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gordon
Prepared by:Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
8/19/15 20:34:41
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