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Save $$: Up to $500 or more depending on animal and breed. Most shelter animals are spayed or neutered, have been treated for worms, and have at least their first set of shots. Good for You: Adopting an orphaned animal keeps it from having to be euthanized.
Often someone buys an expensive purebred animal and then attempts to breed that animal to recoup their money. Choosing a mixed breed animal can help avoid many of the genetic health problems that have developed in purebred animal due over breeding and inbreeding. In fact, nearly a quarter of all animals in shelters are purebred.
It’s the result of thousands of years of breeding. Poor countries with lots of trash on the streets and no spay/neuter clinics definitely have more street dogs. That night, I slept well for the first time in my short life. I didn’t move; I didn’t wake up until the sun rose. I was safe. Yup, I was rescued in Africa.
We’ve been educating, helping and begging people to spay and neuter their animals for years, but three million to four million cats and dogs still die in shelters every year because of simple math: too many animals, not enough worthy adoptive homes. This crisis calls for mandatory spay and neuter legislation.
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