Neuter, So There Will Be Fewer

In the United States, more than 2,000 dogs and 3,500 cats are born every hour. That's 47 million dogs and cats born each year. Add to the existing population of 110 million, and the total exceeds one billion!

Animal care and control agencies do their best to find loving, responsible owners for as many pets as possible, but there are simply not enough homes for all these animals. American Humane estimates more than 15 million healthy, friendly dogs and cats will be euthanized this year simply because they are "unwanted."*

Spaying and neutering not only curtails overpopulation, it provides medical benefits to the animal:

• Neutering decreases and often eliminates diseases that unaltered male dogs are prone to later in life, including diseases of prostate, testicles and other tissues influenced by male hormones.
• Spaying female cats and dogs entirely eliminates diseases of the ovaries and uterus, and if performed before the first or second heat, drastically decreases the chance of mammary gland cancer.
• Neutering reduces the risk of injuries, unaltered males tend to roam, increasing their chances for being killed or injured.**

You can save lives and help solve the pet over-population tragedy by neutering or spaying your pet. This will reduce the number of pets being born.

*Information from the American Humane Association
**Information from The Fund for Animals