Animals Key to Stopping Overpopulation
Writing by Admin on Tuesday, 23 of June , 2009 at 2:50 am
The Prescott Humane Society held a fundraiser a poodle dress fundraiser. There was fun, games, t-shirts, promotional pens or promotional pen for those interested. This is the fourth year of the fundraiser. The members of the society use the fundraiser to raise awareness about animal cruelty, responsible pet ownership, and to raise funds for shelters.
Most people love animals, especially cats and dogs. We spend a lot of money on them, spending billions and billions on food and other supplies for them as a nation every year. But every year in the United States millions of cats and dogs become strays or wind up in shelters. Pet Overpopulation is everywhere. There are only about 5000 pet shelters in the whole of the U.S. While it is great news that shelters are able to take in 7 million cats and dogs every year, only half of these will find good homes from the shelter. The rest are euthanizedbecause pet shelters cant accommodate them.
If we truly love these animals as we say, we must take drastic measures to protect them from what they cannot protect themselves against: themselves. It is up to us to institute sterilization programs so that we don’t have to kill the animals who would be born. Cats and Dogs reproduce quickly. Cats can have as many as 3 litters a year of 4-6 kittens and dogs can give birth twice a year and have 6-10 puppies. In six to seven years a cat or a dog and their babies may give birth to a hundred more. Sterilization has already worked well in many ares.
Sterilization is complex. It involves many people working well together. Laws can be passed to ensure that animals are sterilized , or increasing the cost of a license for an animal that is not spayed or neutered.
Action must be taken. There are too many animals crowding the shelters. Some animal shelters have become warehouses for animals. This widespread cruelty to animals encourages and permits cruelty everywhere. Strays can disrupt neighborhoods, scaring or biting people, getting into trash cans, and scaring away wildlife. About 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs every year, many of them strays. Overpopulation results in dangerous dogs. Instead of trying to deal with the consequences of overpopulation, we need to eliminate the problem from its roots. Spay or neuter your pets.
Category: Pets
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