Can I avoid the rule that shelter animals must be spayed or neutered before they are released?
If you are adopting a new pet, the answer is NO — every animal must be sterilized before the animal is adopted to a new owner. There are certain very limited medical exceptions, but please assume that your new pet will be sterilized before you can take the animal home. This is shelter policy. But, if you are reclaiming your own pet, SOME shelters might allow the animal to be released without being sterilized, although you might be charged required additional fees for owning an unsterilized animal. Please understand how important these policies are. They encourage the spaying and neutering of animals. Unwanted animals are slaughtered in shelters by the thousands every single day, simply because of animal overpopulation — there are not enough homes for these pets. The overpopulation will never improve if one animal is released, only to breed and create several more animals who then wind up at the shelter, or who have offspring who then wind up at the shelter. Www.amrt.net hopes that mo
