Spaying & Neutering
Perhaps the best thing (besides
providing a great home) that you
can do for your pet is to have
her spayed, or him neutered.
Not only does this help control
the pet overpopulation problem,
but you increase the healthy life
of your pet greatly.
A neutered male isn't prone to
roaming, fighting over territory,
spraying or searching for a female in heat.
A neutered male will not get
testicular cancer
in his later years.
A spayed female will not rip
the door off it's hinges to
find a partner when she's in heat.
A spayed female will not get
uterine or ovarian cancer and
probably will not get mammary cancer.
An animal left "intact"
(with their reproductive organs in place)
can have litter after litter.
As many as four times a year,
they can have as many as 48
offspring in a year!
If each of those 48 have 48 more...
And yes, males need neutering.
One male can responsible for
hundreds of babies in a year.
At the Humane Society of Port Jervis,
all of our animals that are up
for adoption are spayed & neutered
before they leave us.
That way our pets never contribute
to the pet overpopulation problem.
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