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Take Action: All Animals Deserve a Forever Home
Oppose an initiative in California that would ensure thousands more unnecessary euthanasia cases each year.
7/23/2012: 21,081 signatures sent to Governor Jerry Brown. Please continue to sign for this important cause if you haven't already!
Goal: 80,000
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Progress: 79,253
Sponsored by: The Animal Rescue Site
There are too many animals that don't have proper homes, in addition to sick and abused animals that, without human intervention, wouldn't stand a chance in the wild. Sometimes, a shelter is an animal's last chance for survival. So when an animal is brought to a shelter, its time there shouldn't be limited by the law.
But California Governor Jerry Brown is trying to pass an initiative that would further limit an animal's time at a shelter from four to six days to just 72 hours. After that period the state would no longer cover costs for the animal's care. In addition, the proposal says there would be no required holding period for pets like turtles or guinea pigs; they could be killed immediately.
This means that many more otherwise healthy and adoptable animals would be euthanized each year — simply to save the state some money.
Ask Governor Brown: when are we going to stop making our animals pay for our debts?
Dear Governor Jerry Brown,
As a dedicated animal advocate, I am deeply concerned about animal welfare in California. Your recent budget-saving proposal to limit shelter stays to 72 hours is troubling.
If passed, this initiative will be responsible for a huge spike in shelter animal euthanasia per year. As it is now, animals must be kept in a shelter four to six days before they are eligible for euthanasia. It's already too short, but three days is undoubtedly not enough time for an animal to be adopted. So, otherwise healthy and adoptable animals will be killed.
We cannot continue to allow our animals to pay for our own debts. You must find another way to save money in California.
Sincerely,
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
Catherine Burbury
May 14, 2013
Lytha Lee
May 14, 2013
Lisa Rex
May 14, 2013
Lindsay Boyle
May 14, 2013
Tony Ruix
May 14, 2013
Debbie Jensen
May 14, 2013
Judy Talley
May 14, 2013
Eva Valle
May 14, 2013
Chris Martino
May 14, 2013
Helene Wetzel
May 14, 2013
cara ruffino
May 14, 2013
deborah duby
May 14, 2013
danielle rubens
May 14, 2013
Shannan Engle
May 14, 2013
Lynda Ferrara
May 13, 2013
Felicia Rivas
May 13, 2013
Jessica Pynn
May 13, 2013
Briana Camp
May 13, 2013
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We're almost there, guys!
May 13, 2013
Phyllis Beard
May 12, 2013
Stefania Nobile
May 12, 2013
Kevin Kenger
May 12, 2013
Nicole Matier
May 11, 2013
Tori Dickson
May 11, 2013
Natalie Beens
May 11, 2013
Kirsty Bingham
May 11, 2013
Cheryl Whitley
May 11, 2013
Caroline Murphy
May 11, 2013
kate zabkiewicz
6 days is already too short. 72 hours is cruel and inhumane. Maybe the next proposal jerry Brown has is to start killing people who stay in shelters for longef than 72 hours because they are homeless.
May 11, 2013
diana duncan
May 11, 2013
Aliaska Brozen
PLEASE do not do this....Three days is indecent.
May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
Kathryn Reyna
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
May 10, 2013
JOHN FUENTES
May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
Raluca Lucaciu
May 10, 2013
marie ribatto
May 10, 2013
Laura Saxon
May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
Ana Aleman
May 10, 2013
Connie Edenfield
May 9, 2013
Carie Delgado
May 9, 2013
christopher goetz
May 9, 2013
Susan Bigaj
May 9, 2013
Aline Juncarol
May 9, 2013
Veroy Tison
May 9, 2013
Chris Duran
May 9, 2013
Lauren Patrick
May 9, 2013
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May 9, 2013
Lucia Nocentini
