From SpayUSA:
Benefits of Spaying (females):
- No heat cycles, therefore males will not be attracted
- Less desire to roam
- Risk
of mammary gland tumors, ovarian and/or uterine cancer is reduced or
eliminated, especially if done before the first heat cycle
- Reduces number of unwanted cats/kittens/dogs/puppies
- Helps dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives
Benefits of Neutering (males):
- Reduces or eliminates risk of spraying and marking
- Less desire to roam, therefore less likely to be injured in fights or auto accidents
- Risk of testicular cancer is eliminated, and decreases incidence of prostate disease
- Reduces number of unwanted cats/kittens/dogs/puppies
- Decreases aggressive behavior, including dog bites
- Helps dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives
Additional Benefits:
- Your
community will also benefit. Unwanted animals are becoming a very real
concern in many places. Stray animals can easily become a public
nuisance, soiling parks and streets, ruining shrubbery, frightening
children and elderly people, creating noise and other disturbances,
causing automobile accidents, and sometimes even killing livestock or
other pets.
- The American Veterinary Medical Association
- The
capture, impoundment and eventual destruction of unwanted animals costs
taxpayers and private humanitarian agencies over a billion dollars each
year. As a potential source of rabies and other less serious diseases,
they can be a public health hazard.
- The American Veterinary Medical Association
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