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| Topic | Animal Overpopulation |
| Content | Oklahoma suffers from pervasive overpopulation of dogs and cats, bringing untold suffering to unwanted animals, lowering the quality of life for humans and burdening municipal governments with animal control costs and private donors who support relief efforts. There is an Animal Friendly vehicle license tag, for which individuals pay a nondeductible 35 dollar, resulting in a 20 dollar contribution to a fund to subsidize spay/neuter services for pets of low income pet owners, but tag sales have been limited. As the sterilization of pets is well recognized as a necessity to control pet overpopulation, the Legislature should devise methods to increase the sterilization of companion animals. Tax credits could be given to individuals who sterilize their pet, to veterinarians who offer low cost pet sterilization to low income Oklahomans, to individuals who charitably support spay/neuter programs for pets of low income owners. |
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