World Spay Day annually aims to decrease stray pet populations by increasing awareness of the importance of spaying and neutering programs around the world.
Listen: Kenn Altine, CEO Sacramento SPCA
In conjunction with World Spay Day, leaders from around California and adoptable pets will advocate for Governor Newsom’s $50 million budget proposal for Animal Shelter Funding – the “California for All Dogs and Cats” initiative – to save all adoptable or treatable dogs and cats in shelters
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Location:State Capitol, North Steps
Time:1 pm
Confirmed state legislators:
Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara)
Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana)
Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica)
Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale)
Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego)
Assemblymember Brian Maienschein (D-San Diego)
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance)
Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward)
Assembly Minority Leader Marie Waldron (R-Escondido)
Confirmed animal shelter and welfare leaders:
Kenn Altine, Sacramento SPCA
Dr. Jeannine Berger, San Francisco SPCA
Henry Brzezinski, California Animal Welfare Association
Julie Castle, Best Friends Animal Society
Cassie Heffington, Tulare Animal Services
Carrie Holler and Jennifer Doll, Sacramento Area Animal Coalition
Dr. Kate Hurley, Koret Shelter Medicine Program, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Ivy Ruiz, Visalia Animal Services
Dr. Gary Weitzman, San Diego Humane Society
Phillip Zimmerman, City of Sacramento Front Street Shelter
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