SANTA CLARITA REQUIRES MICROCHIPS FOR DOGS.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Residents of Santa Clarita will be required to have their dogs spayed spay tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal). [Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword or neutered neu·ter adj. 1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender. b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs. 2. a. and implanted with identification microchips under a policy tentatively approved this week by the City Council. The council agreed in principle to the new restrictions, which mirror a county policy approved this year by the county for unincorporated areas. The law, which requires dogs older than 4 months to be spayed and neutered, would not apply to dogs whose health would be put at risk, guide dogs, show dogs or those that are bred. Microchips, tinier than a grain of rice, would be implanted for free for the foreseeable future. They can be read with a hand-held scanner. The city could raise dog license fees; licenses for unaltered dogs would rise from $30 to $60, and from $15 to $20 for altered dogs. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Registered veterinary technician A veterinary technician (also called a vet tech), is a person trained and licensed to assist veterinarians. Their job is similar to that of a nurse. Job description Kathy Baxter checks a microchip, above, she has just inserted into a puppy, right, for adoption Thursday at the Castaic Animal Shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. . David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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