SPAY-NEUTER

DID YOU KNOW?

• EVERY DAY 70,000 PUPPIES AND KITTENS ARE BORN IN THIS COUNTRY WHILE ONLY 10,000 PEOPLE ARE BORN IT'S SIMPLE MATH - THERE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH HOMES FOR ALL OF THESE ANIMALS.
• EVERY YEAR 10 - 12 MILLION ANIMALS ARE EUTHANIZED IN SHELTERS FOR LACK OF AVILABLE HOMES. ON AVERAGE 64% OF ALL ANIMALS TAKEN INTO SHELTERS NATIONWIDE HAVE TO BE EUTHANIZED FOR THIS REASON.
• AT LEAST 50 % OF THE OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM IS UNNEUTERED MALES. FEMALES CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
• PUREBREDS ACCOUNT FOR 30 % OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN SHELTERS. "PAPERS" DON'T MEAN AN ANIMAL SHOULD BE BRED.
• FOR EVERY HOME YOU FIND FOR AN ANIMAL THAT YOU HAVE BRED A HOME IS LOST FOR A SHELTER ANIMAL
• BREEDING TO "SEE THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH" DEMANDS THAT YOU ALSO "SEE THE TRAGIC RESULTS" PLEASE VISIT A SHELTER.
• ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION HAS REACHED A CRISIS POINT IN THIS COUNTRY
• YOU PERSONALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY SPAYING OR NEUTERING YOUR PET. IT IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT ANIMAL CRUELTY!'

THE FACTS

• ONE FEMALE DOG AND HER OFFSPRING CAN BE THE SOURCE OF 67.000 PUPPIES IN SIX SHORT YEARS
• ONE FMALE CAT AND HER OFFSPRING CAN PRODUCE 420,000 KITTENS IN SEVEN YEARS
• SPAYING A FEMALE ELIMINATES THE POSSIBILITY OF IT DEVELOPING UTERINE OR OVARIAN CANCER AND GREATLY REDUCES THE CHANCES OF BREAST CANCER
• NEUTERING A MALE REDUCES INCIDENCE OF PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT AND PROSTATE CANCER LATER IN LIFE
• NEUTERING WILL MAKE YOUR PET MORE AFFECTIONATE AND LESS LIKELY TO ROAM, GET IN FIGHTS OR BECOME LOST
• PETS BECOME FAT AND LAZY FROM A RESULT OF OVEREATING AND LACK OF EXERCISE NOT FROM SPAYING OR NEUTERING
• THERE IS NO NEED FOR A FEMALE TO HAVE A LITTER BEFORE SHE IS SPAYED
• FEMALES CAN BE SPAYED AS EARLY AS 8 WEEKS OLD
• NEUTERING A MALE IS AN EASIER OPERATION THAN SPAYING AND IS RECOMMENDED AS EARLY AS 8 WEEKS
• YOUR PET MAY FEEL SOME SLIGHT DISCOMFORT AFTER THE OPERATION BUT THIS IS CONTROLLABLE AND LASTS ONLY A SHORT WHILE. HAVING PUPPIES IS MUCH MORE PAINFUL BECAUSE THERE IS NO ANESTHESIA