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The prime focus of spay and neuter is to reduce companion animal overpopulation. Studies show that sterilization is effective where euthanasia has failed. Disposing of countless dogs and cats day after day, year after year, has not lessened the overcrowding in animal shelters. It is much more cost effective to do a one-time, low-risk surgery than to pay for housing, feeding, caring and discarding animals that have nothing wrong with them other than that there are not enough homes for all of them.

Finding Homes:

You may find homes for all of your pet's litters, but you probably don't know that each home you do find means one less for the dogs and cats confined in the Shelters who are already in need of good homes. Letting your pets reproduce can cost the ones already here their lives.

Every healthy animal should have a caring, loving home. Make the choice to save lives rather than destroy them.

 

Health:

The sooner a female cat or dog is spayed, the better her health will be in the future. The longer an animal remains unaltered, the greater likelihood there is of developing tumors, cancers and infections in both male and female cats and dogs.Many veterinarians spay and neuter cats and dogs as young as 6 weeks old. Ask your veterinarian what is best for your pet.

Behavior:

Neutered cats and dogs focus their attention on their human families. On the other hand, unsterilized, unsupervised males roam in search of a mate, risking injury in traffic and in fights with other males. They mark their territory by spraying strong-smelling urine on surfaces.

Female cats yowl and urinate frequently during heat cycles which last 4 or 5 days every three months during breeding season. Female dogs generally have an unpleasant discharge during heat cycles. Often they attract unneutered males who spray urine around the females' homes.

 

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