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Spaying / Neutering your Pet
Each
year, around 15 million pets are turned into animal shelters across the
country. Only 25 to 30 percent of these animals are reclaimed by their
owners or adopted into new homes. The rest, some 11 million dogs, cats,
puppies and kittens, must be put to death because no one wants them.
This
terrible waste can easily be reduced by reducing the number of puppies
and kittens being born. And the best way to do that is to neuter your
pets.
The
benefits of spaying/neutering your pet:
- Your
pet will be a more content family member: Roaming and overagressiveness
are often linked to sex drive. Neutered pets are calmer and more affectionate.
- You
pet will be healthier: Less likely to develop certain cancers or be
injured in fights with other animals.
- You
won't have to put up with staining or spraying
- You
won't have to fight off suitors
- You
won't have to find homes for the offspring: It takes more time, effort,
and money than you'd think to raise a litter of puppies or kittens for
eight weeks, then advertise and find homes for them.
- You
won't have to suffer the heartbreak when some or all of the puppies
or kittens don't find new homes.
- You
won't add to the fatal population explosion: More neutered/spayed pets
means fewer homeless animals.
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