I got my papers from the animal shelter, went to get my tags for my four dogs and was told I had to pay $50 per dog per year because my dogs were not spayed. I didn’t even know such a law had been passed. They told me they only had to post the meeting for 72 hours and it was on the computer, but I don’t have a computer and I don’t go to the courthouse to check on items for the meeting. There was nothing in the paper about a special meeting so nobody knew about it. It was passed.

How many people have $50 for a tag in these hard times, especially seniors? We the people of Madera County need to get together and protest this law. I had two dogs die on the operating table in the past 10 years from surgery, and all of the ones that are spayed are overweight and not as healthy.

It’s wrong to be forced to spay your animal. The people come over illegally and never vaccinate or tag their dogs and that’s where the problem is — all the dogs running all over loose and having puppies that no one wants.

Most people and seniors have their dogs tagged and vaccinated. They take care of their dogs and don’t let them run loose, and they should not be forced to pay for people who don’t tag their dogs.

This should not be allowed to pass until it’s in the paper and the people have their say. This price is ridiculous and wrong until the people know and can protest this.

Anna Parksion,
Madera

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