Ban the Roadside Sale of Animals

The Woodlands Dog Park Club (TWDPC) has begun efforts to get legislation passed to BAN THE ROADSIDE SALE OF ANIMALS and it is upon us all to have our voices heard. Why do we want this law passed?

These animals get sold at a discounted price to 'anyone'. There is no qualification process for dog/cat ownership. These are the same animals that get processed through Animal Control – a kill shelter...and it's a vicious cycle of breeding, selling and killing.

The sellers are unqualified breeders, and don't have licenses to breed animals. We don't know if people are running puppy mills, and don't know what the conditions are that the animals live in. We don't even know if the animals are healthy - buying is based on the sellers 'word'. This is an unregulated business.

We have thousands of animals processed through the shelters each month...some find forever homes through area rescue groups and adoption programs, and sadly some are euthanized. An average of 3,000 dogs per month gets processed through Animal Control in Montgomery County, and 35% - 50% of the animals are euthanized. 1,000 animals are euthanized each month! Breeding, selling and killing is a vicious cycle we must stop!

There is no mandatory dog licensure or Spay/Neuter in Montgomery County. Licensing and Spay/Neuter will help the overpopulation issue.

TWDPC has met with our State Representative Rob Eissler, State Senator Tommy Williams and State Representative Brandon Creighton. The initial meetings established awareness to the roadside sale of animals and our animal control issue. The plan is to bring this issue to legislation in early 2009 and get a bill passed to STOP THE CYCLE! Harris County already passed a bill that bans the sale of roadside animals; however we propose to ban the sale of roadside animals in Montgomery, and contiguous counties (Waller, San Jacinto, Walker etc.). Eissler, Williams and Creighton and their fellow legislators would need to write and carry bills into the next session, get this introduced and passed into law. We need your immediate help to get your voice heard with our state representatives and county representatives.

Please write an email to the below representatives indicating you support the BAN OF ROADSIDE ANIMALS! Please include your name, address and phone number too!

State Representatives:
Rob Eissler rob.eissler@house.state.tx.us
Tommy Williams tommy.williams@senate.state.tx.us
Brandon Creighton mailto:brandoncreighton@house.state.tx.us

County Representatives:
Ed Chance echance@co.montgomery.tx.us
Ed Rinehart erinehart@co.montgomery.tx.us
Craig Doyal cdoyal@co.montgomery.tx.us
Mike Meador bhouser@co.montgomery.tx.us
Judge Alan Sadler cojudge@co.montgomery.tx.us