City Chooses Bugs and Birds Over Cats and Dogs

Dear Editor,
    Re: “Pet Sterilization Dogs City and Retailer” [News, April 11]: When interviewed for this article, one of the things I said and firmly believe is that the Austin City Council will spend any amount of money it takes to save bugs and birds. But it was unwilling to save puppies and kittens who needed them when it counted. The council let itself be intimidated by out-of-town and out-of-state dog breeders who didn't want their pocketbooks hurt. Now, instead of being a leader, Austin is falling far behind as all the large cities in Texas either have or are working on a mandatory spay/neuter ordinance. Austin is sitting back, doing nothing but killing more and more animals because the Animal Advisory Commission, led by its president and vice president, wants it that way. Those two individuals need to be removed from the commission; the City Council needs to grow a backbone and pass the spay/neuter ordinance we sent them. It was well-written. Do the right thing for the puppies and kittens at Town Lake that have already been born and should not have been. Slow down the numbers pouring in every day. It isn't too late to pass the Austin Save a Pet ordinance.