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| Pet Overpopulation and Ownership Statistics Reprinted with permission from "The Humane Society of the United States" |
| As a nation, we claim to love cats and dogs. Millions
of households have pets, and billions of dollars are spent yearly on pet
supplies and food. But as a nation, we should take a hard, sobering look
at a different annual statistic: the millions of dogs and cats given up
to shelters or left to die on the streets. And the numbers tell only
half the story.
Every cat or dog who dies as a result of pet overpopulation—whether humanely in a shelter or by injury, disease, or neglect—is an animal who, more often than not, would have made a wonderful companion, if given the chance. Tremendous as the problem of pet overpopulation is, it can be solved if each of us takes just one small step, starting with not allowing our animals to breed. Here's information about this crisis and why spaying and neutering is the first step to a solution. |
| öMyths and Facts About Spaying and Neutering |
