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Examiner: CA Senate budget subcommittee votes unanimously to reject Gov. Brown’s plan

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Naomi--You can see the scar on her bad leg because her "breeder" did not get her medical care.

(Sacramento, CA) – For the second time in less than a month California legislators have voted against Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to repeal important provisions of the Hayden Act.  The Hayden Act, enacted in 1998, was California’s landmark shelter animal protection act.

The Hayden Act, among other things, requires that dogs and cats be held a minimum of four to six days before being destroyed and be given basic emergency medical care, and extended similar care to other species.  Because it is a state-mandated program, local governments could ask the state for reimbursement for abiding by certain provisions.

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Examiner.com: Animal welfare advocates are on the offense in support of Hayden Act

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(Los Angeles) – Governor Jerry Brown’s recent proposal to eliminate significant portions of the Hayden Act as part of the budget process has stirred up a hornet’s nest and reinvigorated animal welfare advocates. His proposal would reduce the holding period for lost pets from up to six days to only three days before they could be euthanized.

What started out slowly has now turned into a multi-faceted campaign to lobby the governor and state legislators against the proposed changes. Advocates have pulled out the big guns, such as Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and Nathan Winograd, to gain additional exposure.

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Examiner.com: Governor Brown proposes to destroy Hayden Act; no one seems to care

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(San Bernardino) — Updated 1-17-12 — Then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tried it in 2004 and animal activists came out of the woodwork to put a stop to his plan. Now California Governor Jerry Brown plans the same thing. And no one seems to care.

At least that is what Governor Brown thinks.  Had it not been for an article in the Sacramento Bee, probably no one in the rescue community would have discovered his plan.

Senate Bill 1785, better known as the Hayden Act, was signed into California law in 1998 and signaled a new era in the way shelter animals were treated.  The Hayden Act includes the following provisions,”Existing law provides that no dog or cat impounded by a public pound or specified shelter shall be killed before 72 hours have elapsed from the time of impounding.

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