SPAY NEUTER INFO AND RESOURCES
SPAY/ NEUTER INFO AND RESOURCES
Overpopulation of pets is not due to breeders and puppy mills but to "backyard dogs;" accidental liters that are causing the problem as quoted in "Dogland: A Journey to the Heart of Animal and Dog Problems" (Skole, Jacki 2015).
Spaying and neutering pets keep accidental liters from happening. As a young mother and military wife, I remember our dog getting pregnant and having a litter of puppies. Thankfully we were able to give them all homes. In January of last year Wake County Animal Center had to euthanized about 50 animals that it could no longer keep due to overpopulation. In July of last year it was over 100.
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Pet Overpopulaton
Contributors
Pet abandonment, accidental litters,
14.3%
...of animals in North Carolina are euthanized or die in shelters.
Shelters
Approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized each year nationally.
Feral
Domesticated dogs who are turned out of their homes can become feral. These types of dogs typically run in packs and have aggressive behavior. Tend to attack domesticated animals and pass along rabbies.
Spaying and Neutering
Age
Pets should be spayed/neutered as early as 5 months.
508
...puppies can be born from one unspayed female dog and her offspring in seven years
Health
No heat cycle, male won't come around. In female pets mammary gland tumors, ovarian and/or uterine cancer is reduced or eliminated. In male pets testicular cancer is eliminated, and decreases incidence of prostate disease.
Behavior
Spaying/Neutering your pet helps with behavior problems. It can minimize howling, the urge to roam and fighting with other males as well as urine spraying and marking by male and female pets.