BENEFITS OF EARLY SPAY/NEUTER FOR CATS AND DOGS
Benefits of Spaying (females):
- No heat cycles,
therefore males will not be attracted
- Less desire to
roam
- Risk of mammary
gland tumors, ovarian and/or uterine cancer is reduced or
eliminated, especially if done before the first heat
cycle
- Reduces number of
unwanted cats/kittens/dogs/puppies
- Helps dogs and cats
live longer, healthier
lives
Benefits of Neutering (males):
- Reduces or
eliminates risk of spraying and marking
- Less desire to
roam, therefore less likely to be injured in fights or auto
accidents
- Risk of testicular
cancer is eliminated, and decreases incidence of prostate
disease
- Reduces number of
unwanted cats/kittens/dogs/puppies
- Decreases
aggressive behavior, including dog bites
- Helps dogs and cats
live longer, healthier
lives
Top 3 Reasons to Spay and Neuter
- It helps to reduce
companion animal overpopulation. Most countries have a surplus
of companion animals and are forced to euthanize or disregard
their great suffering. The surplus is in the millions in the
United States. Cats are 45 times as prolific, and dogs 15 times
as prolific, as humans.They do not need our help to expand
their numbers; they need our help to reduce their numbers until
there are good homes for them all.
- Sterilization of
your cat or dog will increase his/her chance of a longer and
healthier life. Altering your canine friend will increase his
life an average of 1 to 3 years, felines, 3 to 5 years. Altered
animals have a very low to no risk of mammary gland
tumors/cancer, prostate cancer, perianal tumors, pyometria, and
uterine, ovarian and testicular cancers.
- Sterilizing your
cat/dog makes him/her a better pet, reducing his/her urge to
roam and decreasing the risk of contracting diseases or getting
hurt as they roam. Surveys indicate that as many as 85% of dogs
hit by cars are unaltered. Intact male cats living outside have
been shown to live on average less than two years. Feline
Immunodeficiency Syndrome is spread by bites and intact cats
fight a great deal more than altered cats.
Additional Benefits:
- Your community will
also benefit. Unwanted animals are becoming a very real concern
in many places. Stray animals can easily become a public
nuisance, soiling parks and streets, ruining shrubbery,
frightening children and elderly people, creating noise and
other disturbances, causing automobile accidents, and sometimes
even killing livestock or other pets.
- The American Veterinary Medical
Association
- The capture,
impoundment and eventual destruction of unwanted animals costs
taxpayers and private humanitarian agencies over a billion
dollars each year. As a potential source of rabies and other
less serious diseases, they can be a public health
hazard.
- The American
Veterinary Medical
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