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# Follow Bob Barker’s advice
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/follow-bob-barkers-advice-editor/
- Published: 2008-03-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:53:16.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Lisa Lange People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Los Angeles*

While many of us were celebrating the passage of the new mandatory spay/neuter law in Los Angeles — a measure that will drastically reduce the number of unwanted dogs and cats in animal shelters — beagle breeders were cheering for Uno, the pedigree named “Best in Show” at the Westminster Dog Show. They’re hoping people will be tempted to run out and buy a beagle while those of us who want to stop euthanasia are hoping people won’t.

In case anyone wonders why, pedigree animals are susceptible to medical problems that arise from inbreeding — yet millions of healthy, friendly non-pedigree dogs are euthanized in shelters every year simply because there aren’t enough good homes for all of them. It’s a disservice to them to make any more. If you have your heart set on a beagle, check your local animal shelter — about 25 percent of dogs who enter shelters are purebred — or with a beagle rescue group.

Please also be sure that your dogs and cats are sterilized.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 15, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031508.pdf?ref=smdp.com)