Today we asked California Governor Jerry Brown to reconsider his proposal to repeal significant portions of the Hayden Law, a state law that provides standards to help animals in public and private animal shelters, and makes the shelters more accountable to the public.
The Hayden Law facilitates very basic protections for animals, designed to decrease shelter kill rates including:
Prior to the Hayden Law, California’s animal shelter standards were ranked at the bottom nationally. Citizens want humane, common-sense solutions to end the killing in animal pounds and shelters. Instead of reversing the gains made under the Hayden Law, California should be looking to build on them.
Read the Press Release.