Stray Animals And Cats And Dogs

The purpose of this proposal is to make aware of a large problem the city is facing due to pet over-population and how to resolve without taking the lives of these domesticated animals due to flaws in our laws, community out-reach, and lack of information out there to help pet owners spread across our city. The problem facing our city is that shelters are filled to capacity everyday with the majority being lost or stray animals and the only resolutions would be to either put down close to 100 animals a day or once in a while collaborate with rescues to send then out to other states in need of adoptable animals. However, the solution is right in front of us. By working with local rescues, animals wouldn’t need to be sacrificed and with proper information and assistance with spay/neuter programs, unwanted pets would be prevented, lowering the need for euthanizing.

To spay your animal means that you will take your female dog to the vet and they will have a surgery done that will cause them to be unable to reproduce any puppies. Then to get your pet neuter means you will take your male dog to the vet so they will no longer be able to get a female dog pregnant. When you get these operations done to your animals it will help the community out in a tremendous way. Not only will the community have less homeless pets walking around but since there will be less animals walking around the animal shelters will be able to have more money for the other animals that are already there. Both of these operations will cost you money however they will be better in the long run because you can safely say “my pet can not reproduce.” Studies show that about 7.6 million animals enter the animal shelters each year because people failed to get their pets fixed. Then if the animals shelters are not under a “no-kill” policy there will be about 2.7 million animals that will be euthanized, each euthanization will cost the animal shelters money. If cats are not fixed there is a great possibility that they can have up to one or two litters a year. In each litter of kittens there can be four or even six kittens in each litter. Most of these kittens will end up in the shelters if now one gets them and then the shelter will have to have even more

A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be transmitted from animal to human (Weber, 2005 p485). Different pets put people at different health related risk. Birds can can carry and spread germs to people. Some species may carry Salmonella or Chlamydia psittaci. It is unlikely to get sick from dogs and cats however, they may still be a health risk due to germs they may carry. These germs may result in a bacterial disease if not dealt with properly. Fish, amphibians, and reptiles all put you at risk for Salmonella (Weber, 2005). With all these infections and diseases lingering on pets, young children and people with decrease immune systems are in danger. Also if pets aren’t cleaned after and groomed properly this could increase the risk.

Pet owner’s need to be aware of the responsibility it is to be a proper pet owner. Domestic animal do not only need their love and attention they require regular visit to the veterinarians where they can take proper precautions for unwanted pregnancies. Every day there are 70,000 puppies and cats that are born there is not enough homes for all these pets.(Harvey,Alyssa) Animal shelters have endorsed sterilization ensuring pet owners that sterilizing a pet is less expensive than the cost of a litter of puppies or kittens. In Hidalgo County I found a clinic that has received a $90,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to spay/neuter to help reduce pet overpopulation. The program offers

In the United States, about 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters every year. The overpopulation of these animals and the fact that they have no homes leads to about 40% of them being euthanized (ASPCA). This is a global issue, but the root of it can be found within the local community at The Humane Society of the Ohio Valley.

The facility has not had to euthanize a healthy dog due to lack of space for several years. Programs have been developed such as the “special needs fund,” which allows for expensive medical treatment, rehabilitation, and adoption for many dogs who may not of had that opportunity in previous years. However, cats provide additional challenges due to overpopulation issues. Last year approximately 800 treatable-rehabilitable/manageable cats had to be euthanized. However, programs such as the trap/neuter/release program, foster care in private homes, PetSmart and veterinary clinic housing/adoptions, and free cat adoption incentives greatly reduced the overwhelming difficulties with housing/adopting cats (Nebraska Humane Society, 2014).

Did you know about 25 million puppies and kittens are born into the United States each year? That’s more than 50,000 born each day in this country alone. Twenty five million pets produce yearly greatly exceeds the amount of willing families to take care of these animals that are born into the world. Even though, these massive amount of litters may in fact be completely healthy there is just not a sufficient enough of homes for this animals to be place in. statically reported by the humane society of the united states in October 2011 6 to 8 million animals who have no place to call their home are put into animal shelters. Unfortunately, due to the excessive surplus of these animals about half which is 3 to 4 million only make it out alive. The other half left to be euthanize by the shelter to make room for the new incoming animals. This turns out to be one animal euthanize every 8 sec. Pet overpopulation has been a serious problem throughout the nation for many years. The on ongoing cycle of bring unwanted litters of pets into the world makes it extremely difficult to reduce the amount of animals being euthanize across the nation each and every day. It’s important for people to understand the need to spay and neuter their family’s pets and all pets in general, all though people don’t understand that need its extremely important to take into account that these thousands of wanted any unneeded animals being born into the world each day will statically end up homeless, place in

Over all, I have to say this is also unethical. First off, they lack a clear scientific purpose and the researchers have not asked a specific or important scientific question. Also, the location of where they obtain these dogs is unethical. By the APA guidelines, it is said the animals may be obtained through accredited companies which in this case is not a Homeless Animal Shelter.

The statistics are outrageous when it comes to the number of abandoned and neglected animals that are homeless or have to live out their lives in shelters all because owners take it upon themselves not to have their furry friends operated on. An estimated 11,000 pets in this country are euthanized daily, according to a Pet Smart Charities study—that’s half of the 8 million pets that land in shelters each year. Not all of these pets start out homeless. Half of U.S. pet owners who’ve had a pregnant dog or cat say the pregnancy happened “by accident,” according to statistics from the study (NAPS). This is only the number of unwanted animals that are actually caught; let us not forget about the feral animals on the street.

Population Control: Help control the U.S. pet population with spay and neuter services. The Humane Society notes an estimated 6 to 8 million homeless animals enter U.S. shelters every year, with less than half of these pets adopted and the rest euthanized.

Pets are homeless everywhere. In the U.S there are approximately 6-8 million homeless animals entering shelters every year. Unfortunately only half of these pets get adopted, while the rest are put down. There are too many dogs and cats in America, we do not need any more breeders when a perfectly healthy animal sits in a local shelter waiting to be adopted. A solution for this animal overpopulation problem is spaying and neutering your pet. This the only 100% effective method of birth control for dogs and cats. Many benefits come when you spay/neuter your pet. Including health benefits, cost benefits, and curbing bad behavior.

In Buncombe county a common problem is neglecting animal welfare. Animals in buncombe county are often abandoned and become strays. Consequently abandoned animals are in a lot of danger because they can be hit by cars, and they may having trouble finding food. Around 7.6 million cats and dogs are found stray in America and put in animal shelters every year. Because 2.7 million are euthanized every year in America. In addition to having so many dogs found all the animal shelters cannot care for all the animals at the same time, so they have to get rid of some or extinguish them. Just in buncombe county 7,600 dogs and cats and extinguished 62 percent of them in 2008, but many more animal shelters that don't extinguish animals have opened in buncombe

For my nonprofit organization, I am pursuing a dog and cat rescue that is desperately needed in a predominantly agriculture community of central California that has an epidemic of loose unneutered or un-spayed homeless dogs and cats. The location of the rescue will be located in Visalia, California which is a city located between Bakersfield and Fresno. In order to make this nonprofit organization successful, there are many needs that must be addressed and unrealized opportunities that must be realized in order to achieve the rescue’s objectives and meet all needs and opportunities of the community’s pet over-population issue.

Every eight seconds a dog or cat is reproduced, which leads up to about four million every year. These animals come from offspring’s of cherished family pets that are dropped off at US shelters each year. Spay/neuter is a demonstrated approach to reduce pet overpopulation.

Lucky showed me, at a young age, the joy of adopting and saving the innocent life of an animal. Adoption also helps fight high chances of purchasing from inhumane breeding environments or even puppy mills. Another preventative step in combating overpopulation is the spaying and neutering of animals. Pursuing a career in Veterinary Medicine through an Animal Science major, I have found in clinic work that many clients struggle with the cost of spaying or neutering their pets. With spay/neuter actions being a major contributor of defeating overpopulation, I seek to solve the issue of client expense struggles. My steps to identifying a solution would be, as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, to offer spay and neuter services at little to no cost for clients in need of financial assistance. I will work in discovering funds to cover these costs and continue support of shelters by housing adoptable pets. Animals may be found and brought in for spay/neuter services, then put up for adoption and/or be placed in fostering programs to help control shelter