The National Humane Education
Society (NHES)
May 2013
Paws Up! To the West Virginia legislature for enacting and
Governor Tomblin for signing into law SB 202, the Spay/Neuter Assistance
Fund bill.
With more cats and dogs being born in West Virginia than can be adopted, the
West Virginia legislature has decided to do something about spay/neuter on a
statewide scale. The Spay/Neuter Assistance bill will help fund these vital
surgeries to reduce the number of unwanted companion animals entering
shelters, being left to succumb in the wild, or abandoned on other people’s
property.
West Virginia joins several other states in recognizing the need to help
relieve shelters and animal control agencies in the state with the burden of
housing unwanted puppies and kittens.