Staff surveyed surrounding jurisdictions. Jurisdictions where licensing fees differed for neutered versus unneutered dogs or cats were asked to elaborate on their experience with the differences and if there were any evidence that charging the difference discourages licensing. None of these jurisdictions reported that differential licensing for neutered animals versus unneutered animals discourages licensing. The following fees are charged by other jurisdictions (all are listed as annual charges). Comments regarding differential licensing fees are included.

The animal shelter director thinks that many people take advantage of neutering their dogs for a reduced license fee; he thinks that raising the licensing fee for unneutered dogs would increase the number of dogs that are neutered.

The director of the animal shelter thinks that the differential should be greater to encourage neutering. She suggested that a fee of $5 for neutered animals and $25 for unneutered animals would make the argument for neutering more effective.

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The Animal Warden thinks that increasing the differential by charging $5 for neutered and $25 for unneutered dogs would encourage neutering. There are no statistical data available to corroborate the effectiveness of the differential licensing.

The Chief Animal Warden thinks that the differential encourages people to have their dogs neutered.

The director thinks that the differential encourages individuals to have their dogs neutered; however, there axe no statistics to support the premise.

The assistant director thinks that the licensing differential for neutered versus unneutered animal's increases the number of animals that are neutered. There are no data available to support this premise.