Understanding AB 2343: Why the “Fearing Law” Is So Dangerous
AQ&A about the bill to address confusion, why the precise wording poses such a pernicious threat, how this bill came about, and ultimately, why faith in HSUS is misplaced.
AQ&A about the bill to address confusion, why the precise wording poses such a pernicious threat, how this bill came about, and ultimately, why faith in HSUS is misplaced.
Read my article, Mike Gatto’s AB 2343 Betrays Dogs, Cats & The People Who Love Them, in The Huffington Post.
Jennifer Fearing, a lobbyist for HSUS, is proposing a bill which threatens to take cats from their families and give them to for-profit companies, including potentially, companies who sell animals to research labs.
If Jennifer Fearing of HSUS has her way, California’s shelter dogs and cats would be put at grave risk.
AB 2343 will not only tear families apart, it will allow for the transfer of California’s shelter dogs and cats to individuals who want to sell them for undisclosed purposes. Yes, sell them.
HSUS is asking us to accept either a system of mass killing or to give shelters the ability to tear families apart.
We don’t need animals to disappear from the Earth before we can do right by them.
For shelter directors accustomed to operating their facilities with little to no oversight, no lifesaving expectations, and virtually unfettered discretion, laws like CAPA are deeply threatening.
If HSUS and their allies get their way in Minnesota, animals will continue to die and die cruelly.
Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act Proves a Resounding Success, Reducing Shelter Killing in That State by 78%.