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June 9, 2006

Cat spay and neuter bill to become law soon

PROVIDENCE – Although his office had considered holding a public ceremony today for Governor Carcieri to sign the mandatory spay and neuter bill that was overwhelmingly passed by the House and Senate, there will be no ceremony, spokesman Jeff Neal said today.

That’s in contrast to what the animal advocacy group Defenders of Animals has publicized. The group issued a news release saying the governor would be signing the bill today at a 1:30 p.m. State House ceremony.

Not so, Neal said. And because he had gotten so many calls about the ceremony, Neal even issued a media advisory via e-mail, labeled “No Cat Bill Ceremony.”
It was purely a scheduling issue, Neal said. Carcieri supports the bill and expects to sign it before it would automatically become law, which would happen either this weekend or Monday, Neal said.

“Ultimately, we simply could not find a way to fit it into the governor’s calendar for today,” Neal said.

Ninety-eight percent of the bills the governor signs are done so without a ceremony, Neal said.

Sponsors of the bill have said it would make Rhode Island the first state in the country to prohibit people from harboring fertile cats.

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