Animal Alliance - South Cumberland, Inc.
WHY SPAY / NEUTER ?
It
benefits you, your pet, and your community.
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Every day 70,000 puppies
and kittens are born in the United States while only 10,000 human babies
are born. It’s simple math-
there just aren’t enough homes for all of these animals.
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Every year 5-6 million
animals are euthanized in shelters for lack of available homes.
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A dog or cat is euthanized
in the U.S. every 2 seconds.
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Purebreds account for 30%
of al the animals in animal shelters. “Papers” don’t mean an animal
should breed.
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For every home you find
for an animal that you have breed, a home is lost for a shelter or
abandoned animal.
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Breeding to “see the
miracle of birth” demands that you also “see the tragic results”.
Visit a shelter and watch a puppy or kitten being euthanized for
every puppy or kitten your “miracle of birth” delivered.
Ø Animal overpopulation has reached a crisis point in this county.
Spaying
and Neutering Benefits You
Did you know that spaying or neutering your
pet may stop unwanted behavior?
Sadly,
some owners feel that they have no option but to surrender their pets to
shelters or abandon them simply because they cannot handle their pet’s
unwanted behavior. Spaying
or neutering your pet can reduce or eliminate these behaviors, making
both you and your pet happier.
Your spayed female dog or cat will no longer go
through heat cycles. Female
dogs in heat may be more likely to show aggression to other females.
Female cats in heat will typically “yowl” and urinate frequently.
Neutering your male pet will reduce the breeding
instinct and the behavior that goes along with it – spraying or making
territory with urine, aggressive behavior, and the drive to escape from
your home and roam.
Spaying and Neutering Benefits
Your Pet
Did you know that pets that are spayed or neutered
live longer
on average than pets that are not?
Spaying and neutering may help cats and dogs live
longer and healthier lives and can eliminate or reduce the incidence of
a number of health and behavior problems.
The Humane Society of the United States estimates
that by spaying or neutering your dog, you may add one to three years to
their lives and three to five years for your cats.
Altered pets have very low to no risk of mammary gland tumors and
cancers, prostate cancer, perineal tumors, pyometria and uterine,
ovarian and testicular cancer.
Surveys indicate that as many as 85% of dogs hit by
cars are unaltered and that unaltered male cats living outdoors live on
average less than two years.
Spaying and Neutering is Good
for Your Community
Did you know that millions of cats and dogs are
euthanized each year in shelters?
Shelters across the United States are forced to
euthanize many adoptable dogs, cats, and other companion animals each
year. Many of these animals
were the result of unwanted litters, or dogs or cats that seemed “cute”
as puppies and kittens but were no longer wanted as they grew into
adults. About 30% of these pets are purebred animals.
In the United
States millions of dollars are spent to control and eliminate unwanted
animals. Irresponsible
breeding contributes to the problem of dog bites and attacks.