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Did you know: Every hour 415 children are born in the U.S.A. and every hour 3,500 cats are also born? 10 - 20 MILLION animals are euthanized every year; this doesn’t include strays or those who die in the streets. Every 1.5 seconds a shelter animal is killed. One cat and her litter can produce 420,000 cats in seven years - 10 million in 10 years!
Only one animal out of every three born in the U.S.A. gets a good home. Only 2 - 3 % of shelter cats are ever claimed by their owners due to lack of I.D.
Accidental births (I meant to get Muffin spayed/neutered, but I just ran out of time) are the MAIN CONTRIBUTORS to the animal over population problem.
In Virginia; approximately 100,000 shelter animals are killed each year costing 3.5 MILLION dollars! Euthanasia, which includes capture, holding, and feeding costs the taxpayers between $30.00 and $70.00 per animal. How much are the people who don’t spay/neuter costing you in your state?
The only way to stop overpopulation is to spay/neuter your pets. It is a simple inexpensive procedure. You can find low cost services at your local animal shelter, S.P.C.A. or any rescue group.
Stolen cats are: Sold to labs for experiments, used to breed more animals who are then passed off as “pedigrees”, sold at a profit as pets, used to train guard dogs, used to transport drugs in their stomachs, used as bait for fighting dogs and used for ritual killing.
Reasons for not Spay/Neuter:
MYTH: My animal will get fat. FACT: Your pet will require lightly less food. A balanced diet and play will prevent them from becoming overweight.
MYTH: My animal will get lazy. FACT: This is an old wives tale - recognize it as such.
MYTH: I want my children to experience the miracle of birth. FACT: A very poor excuse and will you also explain to your children why those cute little animal they just saw being born will most likely end up dead because of the overpopulation problem? How do you explain the “Miracle of death”?
Finally: Spayed/Neutered animals are healthier animals. Males fight less and shouldn’t “mark” their territory. The risks of certain cancers are reduced in both males and females.
Be a friend to all animals and spay/neuter first!
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From “Lend a paw” Rescue Organization of Northern VA:
FOR A LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER CERTIFICATE IN YOUR AREA CALL 1-800-321-PETS!!! |
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I first knew about Drea when my daughter fell in love with one of her kittens she had in June of 2001.
From that litter we took 2 kittens Oreo and Tiger. |
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Oreo passed away, but we still had Tiger He is Sean's Kitten.
Katie so wanted her own kitty and missed Oreo so much I went to a pet shop and got her a new
Kitty on the same day My brothers girlfriend took her to pick out
another one so then we had three and that was ok. |
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Well we were all settled in just fine The month Of November came in very cold,
Katie had made a discovery.
Drea had had another litter of kitties and her owners made her keep them outside in a garage.
Katie ask if we could bring them in. Of course I said yes. |
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We Kept Drea and the kitties until they were old enough to give away, we placed them all in good home, and Katie kept one Baby Oreo the brother to her first one. Drea went back outside. She went back over to her home, I told the neighbors they should really get her spayed. When it was real cold she would meet me at my front door when I got off work and I would let her stay in and feed her.
Well things were back to normal with our 4 cats now and a visit from Drea now and again. Then on March 18th when I got home from work she was standing at my front door, I said OK you can come in and eat but then you need to go home. Well she ate, then went up to my daughter's room.
I went up to get her to put her back out, only to find her in labor, Well I wasn't about to let her go through that alone out in the cold. In the wee hours of March 19th she had 5 babies, she and the babies are still with us, and I'm looking for new homes for the babies when they are old enough. I had Drea spayed and she seems to be doing ok. The babies were all given away. This winter one of Drea's babies from an early batch had a litter of course they didn't stay with the owner they are under one of the other neighbor's porches I can't believe the owner can get away with this!! |
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I don't understand how people can have animals and not take care of them
We have so many stray's around my neighborhood it is amazing.
I have a garage that a lot of them go into in the Winter when it is cold,
I try to make sure I have food and water for them. I wish I could take them all in.
But that would be impossible. So I do the best I can.
Just a small Update, my neighbor that had 8 cats None of them taken care of.
They account for what I call strays.
They all came and would eat off my back porch.
She was arrested a problem with meth. and was gone for months.
I didn't know if she was coming back or not so I got a hold of our Pet rescue Lady in the area.
We caught all 8 of them ranging from 6 months to 12 years had them all fixed.
We were able to adopt them all out to wonderful homes.
The neighbor has since come back, she never once asked about her cats.
Since then I know she has gotten another one. I just hope it is treated better!! |
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Here are some wonderful helpful links to
other pages about cats. |
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Friends of Animals |
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Low Cost Spay Neuter Facilities by State |
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