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Ensuring the quality of high-volume spay-neuter

AVMA News

Concerns that high-quality, high-volume spay-neuter (HQHVSN) compromises patient health and welfare for the sake of numbers are unfounded considering a growing body of scientific research and support from veterinary experts, according to HQHVSN advocate Dr. Becky Morrow.

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Gene therapy shows promise as feline spay alternative

AVMA News

Long-term contraception was witnessed in female cats injected with a single dose of a feline anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) transgene, a development being hailed as a breakthrough in animal welfare.

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McKee Project Expands Work into Guatemala and Other Latin American Countries

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At the end of 2007, the World Society for the Protection of Animals selected the McKee Project to work on spay/neuter programs in Guatemala. Tags: spay and neuter latin america. Although they are best known for their work in Costa Rica, they also work in Mexico and Panama.

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McKee Project Helps Latin America's Strays

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Tags: animal cruelty spay/neuter latin america strays companion animals.

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No-Kill Conference Already Sold Out

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Tags: spay and neuter feral cats animal welfare us.

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Breast Cancer in Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

Mammary gland tumors are common in dogs and cats, especially those that aren’t spayed or were spayed late in age. Dogs: • 25% (1 in 4) of un-spayed female dogs will get mammary cancer. Spaying a dog before their first heat will reduce the chance of breast cancer to almost zero. BREAST CANCER IN PETS FACT SHEET.

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Fix Nation

4 The Love Of Animals

Caring for the homeless cat population in Los Angeles, FixNation , offers free spay and neuter services to caregivers of community cats. The group, founded in 2007, also provides a free, full-time spay and neuter clinic for homeless stray and feral cats, plus low-cost, spay and neuter services for tame pet cats.