Local Resources to Help You Spay, Neuter, and Care for Your Best Friend
This is a sad state of affairs. Every day in the US 70,000 puppies and kittens are born (compared to 10,000 human children). There are not nearly enough homes for all those animals. Consequently, 10-12 million animals are euthanized in shelters every year for lack of available homes. 30% of those are purebreds.
Spaying or neutering your pet is one way to help solve the problems of too many animals, not enough homes, animal cruelty, and overburdened shelters. Here's how you can help:
* Learn more about why you should spay or neuter your pet at Human Society of the United States. Remember, Spay Day USA is the last Tuesday in February. 2008 will be the thirteenth year.
* Find a place to spay or neuter your pet. Spay USA is a nationwide network and referral service for affordable spay/neuter services in your area. Call 1-800-248-SPAY (1-800-248-7729) for more information. If your pet is already spayed or neutered or if you don't have a pet, consider making a financial contribution to help others who love their pets, but can't afford spaying or neutering costs.
* Spay or neuter your rabbit. Learn more at rabbit.org.
* Learn more about what happens to abandoned pets from petrescue.com.
Want some other ways to take care of animals?
* Visit pets911.com and enter you zip code to find shelters, fostering opportunities, vets, pet friendly rentals, spaying and neutering resources, pet sitters, community events and more.
* Here's a small, but fast, free, and easy way to feed abandoned animals: just visit theanimalrescuesite.com and click the big purple button. Click daily to help even more. Every click buys food for stray and abandoned animals.
* Visit aspca.org to learn how to prevent and report cruelty to animals. The site also provides information on adopting animals.
Take good care of your pets - they're your best friends, right? Support over burdened pounds, humane societies, and rescue organizations. Get your pet neutered or spayed.
Published by Karama C. Neal
Karama C. Neal is the editor of "So what can I do," the public service weblog promoting ethics in action View profile
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- Call 1-800-248-SPAY or enter your zip code at pets911.com for local resources.
1 Comments
Post a CommentI have a intact male dog. The neighbors intact female dog came into heat and a couple of unknown dogs mated with her and got her preagnant. However my intact male was certinaly NOT involved. The owners of the unknown dogs and my neighbors are not responsible dog owners,so they need to spay and neuter. Me on the other hand is a responsible dog owner and therefore have no reason to neuter my intact male. when you neuter a dog it prevents cancer of the testis and prostate problems, two problems that are rather easy to treat most of the time. The neutered dog however is now at an incresed risk for prostate cancer, bladder cancer, bone cancer, tyroid problems, cardiovascular problems, joint problems and more! So If you think Neutering a dog is good for their health, think again! A responsible dog owner can and should prevent their dog from mating instead of puting their dogs health at risk by neutering it.