SAN CLEMENTE
While some animal shelters are scrambling to comply with a law taking effect Jan. 1 that will require spaying or neutering pets prior to adoption, Coastal Animal Services Authority General Manager Dolores Keyes said the local shelter was in compliance long before the law was drafted.
Keyes said Coastal Animal Services, which serves San Clemente and Dana Point through a joint agreement between the two cities, began spaying or neutering every cat and dog older than 8 months nearly two years ago.
“We believed that it was going to reduce the number of unwanted animals and we had more control over it when [the animal] was here than once it left,” she said.
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