Help Sterling Animal Shelter Stop Vocal Cord Mutilation!

Help Sterling Animal Shelter Stop Vocal Cord Mutilation
All You Need is a Phone to Protect Dogs and Cats.

An AKC breeder had Stella’s vocal cords cut to stifle her voice, then didn’t want her. If a kind rescuer hadn’t paid $1,500 to correct the scar tissue blocking her airway, Stella would have died. This cruel practice is called devocalization, and it’s more common than you think. There are serious risks, regardless of the vet’s skill, and animals still aren’t assured a secure home—devocalized dogs and cats are abandoned like any other. Angell Animal Medical Center won’t devocalize. Sadly, some vets will. That’s why a law is needed to protect defenseless animals.



Please join with Sterling Animal Shelter and other humane societies: Urge your State Rep and Senator (on Beacon Hill, not in DC) to “pass An Act Prohibiting Devocalization, House Bill 344, this session, without revisions.” Powerful lobbies that profit from devocalization are trying to kill the bill—or add loopholes that would allow devocalization to continue. If they win, dogs and cats lose. You have the power to protect them.



► Who are your State legislators? How to contact them? Call 1-800-462-8683 or click on http://www.wheredoivotema.com/  and look for your “Rep and Senate in General Court.”

► Meet victims of devocalization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZPoyuMw870

► Learn about devocalization from the experts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ADbMoX4aw

An Act Prohibiting Devocalization is sponsored by Coalition to Protect and Rescue Pets,

an all-volunteer network of pet owners and advocates. It is endorsed by humane societies and more than 200 veterinarians statewide.