News for Florida animal advocates

Following last month’s news that the City of Holly Hill enacted an ordinance requiring all healthy dogs and cats within the city to be spayed or neutered, this week we learned that the City of Deland has given initial approval to a spay/neuter ordinance of its own (the ordinance must pass a second reading on May 18 before taking effect).

As in Holly Hill, Deland’s ordinance provides exemptions for show dogs, service animals and police dogs, and for commercial breeders. Volusia County and the City of South Daytona have similar ordinances encouraging residents to spay or neuter companion animals.

According to the Deland-Deltona Beacon, of the 14,582 animals taken to Halifax Humane Society in Daytona Beach in 2008, 9,866 were euthanized. The spay & neuter ordinances are aimed at lowering that horrible number.

Please contact Deland’s Mayor and the City Commission and urge them to give final approval to the spay/neuter ordinance.

Conact:

Mayor Robert Apgar
Phone: (386) 851-0674
E-mail: apgarr@deland.org

Commissioner Willie Bright
Phone: (386) 736-0471
E-mail: brightw@deland.org

Commissioner Leigh Matusick
Phone: (386) 738-4556
E-mail: matusickl@deland.org

Commissioner Phil Martin
Phone: (386) 626-2247
E-mail: martinp@deland.org

Commissioner Charles Paiva
Phone: (386) 738-9690
E-mail: paivac@deland.org

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