Animals are not things, Things do not have brains, Things do not bleed and hurt, Things do not feel. Things do not die. Animals are not something to be dismissed as unimportant or to difficult to worry with. ANIMALS DESERVE TO BE MICRO-MANAGED GREG ABBOTT. TX-SB474 was written with the support of many of the best animal rescues in the State of Texas, animal control officers, law enforcement, and the people who matter most, THE PUBLIC. Next the bill was supported by more than 50 state legislators, which enabled it to pass the house and the senate. Greg Abbott works for TEXANS, and he had no right to VETO this bill. Fun FACTs Texans, until 2019 we ranked number 1 in the country for shelter euthanasia, thankfully we dropped to rank 2 behind California in 2020. In 2019 96,707 PETS were killed in TEXAS shelters out of the 696,214 that found there way into them. These numbers do not include the animals that were rescued by animal rescues and rehomed. Bottom line TEXANS, we have a problem with how we care about our pets. TX-SB474 was the start at helping to solve a HUGE PROBLEM. Holding PET OWNERS RESPONSIBLE for their pets is the first step in gaining control of the problem, and saving animal lives!!!