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  • Home
  • Adoptions
  • Ways to Give
    • Operational Fund
    • Donate via PayPal
    • Donate via Cuddly
    • eCards for Charity
      • Mother’s Day eCard w/ Donation
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Top 9 Reason to Spay / Neuter Companion Animals

According to the ASPCA

Your female companion animal will live a longer, healthier life.

Spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast cancer, which is fatal in about 50 percent of dogs and 90 percent of cats. Spaying before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases.

Neutering provides major health benefits for your male.

Besides preventing unwanted litters, neutering your male companion prevents testicular cancer, if done before six months of age.

Your spayed female won’t go into heat.

While cycles can vary, female felines usually go into heat four to five days every three weeks during breeding season. In an effort to advertise for mates, they’ll yowl and urinate more frequently—sometimes all over the house!

Your male dog won’t want to roam away from home.

An intact male will do just about anything to find a mate! That includes digging his way under the fence and making like Houdini to escape from the house. And once he’s free to roam, he risks injury in traffic and fights with other males.

Your neutered male will be much better behaved.

Neutered cats and dogs focus their attention on their human families. On the other hand, un-neutered dogs and cats may mark their territory by spraying strong-smelling urine all over the house. Many aggression problems can be avoided by early neutering.

It’s highly cost-effective.

The cost of your companion animal’s spay/neuter surgery is a lot less than the cost of having and caring for a litter. It also beats the cost of treatment when your un-neutered tom cat escapes and gets into fights with the neighborhood stray!

Spaying and neutering your animals is good for the community.

Stray animals pose a real problem in many parts of the country. They can prey on wildlife, cause car accidents, damage the local fauna and frighten children. Spaying and neutering packs a powerful punch in reducing the number of animals on the streets.

Your animal doesn’t need to have a litter for your children to learn about the miracle of birth.

Letting your companion animal produce offspring you have no intention of keeping is not a good lesson for your children—especially when so many unwanted animals end up in shelters. There are tons of books and videos available to teach your children about birth in a more responsible way.

Spaying and neutering helps fight animal overpopulation.

Every year, millions of cats and dogs of all ages and breeds are euthanized or suffer as strays. These high numbers are the result of unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying or neutering.

Cat Health & Care Resources

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More Useful Information

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Fur & Feather Animal Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) organization that helps all animals, domestic, wildlife, and farm animals.

Our goal is to expand to a larger property where our work can reach more animals in need and save more lives.

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