dog & cat jpgWhat is the effect of spaying or neutering a dog or cat and why is it so important?
Spaying and neutering dogs and cats — surgically sterilizing them so they cannot reproduce — is one of the key ways to reduce the number of unwanted and homeless puppies and kittens that are born – and thereby reduce pet overpopulation. Simply put, there are not enough loving homes for all the dogs and cats that are born every day, every month, every year! More than 150,000 unwanted, abused, sick, injured and stray dogs and cats end up in shelters and animal-control agencies in our state annually. Fewer than 50 percent are placed with new families. Many of these companion animals suffer from health or temperament/behavioral problems which render them “un-adoptable.” Thousands more pets are humanely euthanized simply because the shelters run out of space as they wait for adoption. Countless other dogs and cats roam the streets of our communities as strays – and most strays suffer and die needlessly from hunger, dehydration, exposure and disease or as the result of an accident, injury
