nPostednon February 25, 2014
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The Humane Society wants you to know how important it is to spay ornneuter your pet. The last Tuesday of February each year, the societynand other organizations hold a campaign to make people more aware ofnthis important responsibility—and to encourage veterinarians andnveterinary clinics to hold events during which this kind of surgerynis affordable and available to all.
The Humane Society wants you to know how important it is to spay ornneuter your pet. The last Tuesday of February each year, the societynand other organizations hold a campaign to make people more aware ofnthis important responsibility—and to encourage veterinarians andnveterinary clinics to hold events during which this kind of surgerynis affordable and available to all.n
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nSpayingnis sterilizing a female animal by removing her ovaries. Neutering isnsterilizing a male animal by removing his testicles.
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Whynwould we do this to animals? Well, there is a horrific overpopulationnof dogs and cats, and that means lots and lots of them are homeless,nand many are captured and put into shelters. Happily, some of thenanimals taken to shelters are adopted, but many are “put down.”nAnd of course, this euphemism means that they are killed. They’renkilled in a painless, humane way—but we would be a better societynif we didn’t have so many homeless dogs and cats, and if we don’t putndown so many strays. If every pet owner did his or her part bynspaying and neutering pets, it will help make the problem smallernrather than make the problem larger.
Whynwould we do this to animals? Well, there is a horrific overpopulationnof dogs and cats, and that means lots and lots of them are homeless,nand many are captured and put into shelters. Happily, some of thenanimals taken to shelters are adopted, but many are “put down.”nAnd of course, this euphemism means that they are killed. They’renkilled in a painless, humane way—but we would be a better societynif we didn’t have so many homeless dogs and cats, and if we don’t putndown so many strays. If every pet owner did his or her part bynspaying and neutering pets, it will help make the problem smallernrather than make the problem larger.n
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nSpayednor neutered animals actually tend to live longer, healthier lives,nand they even tend to have fewer behavior problems. Of course, thisnresults in reducing costs for the pet owner, as well.
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nSpayingnand neutering are good for rabbits, too.
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nThennumbers of the situation
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nIfnyou are still not convinced we should be spaying and neutering ournpets, consider the fact that you should either (1) provide or (2)nfind a good home for any puppies or kittens your pet has.
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nSo,nhow many would that be?
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nLet’sngo with kittens. A female cat will usually have two to five kittensnper litter, and so we can say that the average litter is three. Withnthat female having 29 litters in 10 years, that makes 87 kittens!
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nDonyou want to have 87 cats? I guess you’d still have the mother cat, sonthat would be 88 cats. And surely some of these cats would also startnhaving kittens…so that makes it the number explode into thousandsnand thousands of cats!
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Donyou want to find good, loving homes for 87 kittens? Good luck! I oncenhad a female cat who had five kittens—all as cute as could be! Wenfound four good homes after a lot of effort…but we could never findna fifth family to take the “runt” of the litter, a little blacknkitty we had named Howie (for Halloween). Finally my husband found ankitten rescue place that would take little Howie—and he lived anfull, fun life with lots of other cats in a playground-for-cats kindnof setting. But he didn’t have his own family to love and cuddle him.
Donyou want to find good, loving homes for 87 kittens? Good luck! I oncenhad a female cat who had five kittens—all as cute as could be! Wenfound four good homes after a lot of effort…but we could never findna fifth family to take the “runt” of the litter, a little blacknkitty we had named Howie (for Halloween). Finally my husband found ankitten rescue place that would take little Howie—and he lived anfull, fun life with lots of other cats in a playground-for-cats kindnof setting. But he didn’t have his own family to love and cuddle him.n
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nWhatnif you have a male cat that you do not want to neuter? Well, you maynnot ever see his kittens, so you may not have to provide homes fornthem—but you will have to walk around with the knowledge that hencould be fathering 2,500 kittens each and every year that you put offnneutering him. n
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nTWOnTHOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED!
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nIfnyour tomcat lives a full life, he might father 35,000 kittens!
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Thennumbers are similar for dogs. One unspayed female dog and her puppiesncan produce 67,000 puppies in just 6 years.
Thennumbers are similar for dogs. One unspayed female dog and her puppiesncan produce 67,000 puppies in just 6 years.n
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nThensaddest number is that at least three million cats and dogs are putndown every year—not because they are gravely ill, or badly injured,nor old and in pain—but because caring pet owners cannot find goodnhomes for their pets’ kittens and puppies. n
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Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s birthday
Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s birthday
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PeoplenPower Anniversary in the Philippines
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Kuwait’snNational Day
Kuwait’snNational Dayn
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nAnniversarynof first black U.S. Senator sworn in
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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