Bill Text: CA SCR146 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: California Community Cats Day.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-22 - From committee: Ordered to third reading. [SCR146 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SCR146-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 146
| Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh (Coauthors: Senators Blakespear, Caballero, Portantino, and Roth) |
May 13, 2024 |
Relative to California Community Cats Day.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 146, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh.
California Community Cats Day.
This measure would recognize August 8, 2024, as California Community Cats Day and would urge all Californians to observe and promote this day with appropriate activities and programs.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, California is home to many animal shelters and organizations whose mission is to protect the welfare of animals, including community cats; and
WHEREAS, Community cats is a term used to describe outdoor, unowned, free-roaming cats that can be tame, feral, healthy, sick, altered, or unaltered; and
WHEREAS, Uncontrolled reproduction is a factor in the high population of community cats with some estimates indicating that one unspayed female cat and her unaltered offspring can produce up to 5,000 cats in seven years; and
WHEREAS, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is a nonlethal population control method in which community cat colonies are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and ear-tipped by licensed veterinarians, and then returned to the community from which they came, if safe, or adopted when possible; and
WHEREAS, The absence of a TNR program in municipalities can lead to a high rate of euthanasia of cats and spread of disease; and
WHEREAS, Advocates believe that TNR is most effective in stabilizing and reducing community cat populations, lowering the number of cats in local shelters, and decreasing euthanasia rates; and
WHEREAS, Controlling cat populations with the TNR approach has proven effective in reducing nuisance behaviors such as fighting, spraying, excessive noise, and in keeping the community cat population healthier and safer; and
WHEREAS, State and local jurisdictions are encouraged to enact laws, ordinances, and policies to support the implementation of TNR programs to promote the management of the community cat population; and
WHEREAS, August 8 is recognized as International Cat Day and advocates and supporters celebrate this day with educational programs, activities, and events; and
WHEREAS, Animal rescue organizations, cat advocates, and volunteers are commended for rescuing adoptable cats and humanely controlling the community cat populations in their jurisdictions, thereby saving thousands of cats each year; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes August 8, 2024, as California Community Cats Day and urges all Californians to observe and promote this day with appropriate activities and programs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
