The following yearly reports were obtained from the California Department of Public Health, Veterinary Public Health Section

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990

1980

The activists pushing AB 1634 claimed that the bill was necessary to reducing shelter intakes and euthanasias and used a mildly simillar ordinance passed in Santa Cruz County as their proof that mandatory spay neuter laws work. The law was not similar enough to prove anything, but in addition, if the ordinance had any effect at all it was negative. Bill proponents offered a graph to show improvements, but when the numbers were examined, it turned out that their numbers didn't coincide with any official data, or even unofficial data that anyone else could find. It was as though the numbers were plucked from out of no where. Here is an article written about the situation by Angie Niles along with the graphs we produced with the invaluable help of Angie Niles and Laura Sanborn, and the official information from the state and local departments of public health.

Big Lie Graphs