Spay/Neuter animals

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Why don't people spay and neuter their animals, when they don't want the offspring? It is so, so sad in todays world, we can control the amount of unwanted animals with a little responsibility. Yet it seems, few catch on to it. I live in a community where animals are everywhere. From horses, pigs, goats, dogs, cats, roosters, well you get the idea. I also live in the 'big' city, merely 30 minutes from Los Angeles. Frequently, people decide to 'drop' off their unwanted animals in our neighborhood. I find it appalling and heartbreaking. A few weeks ago, our dog saved a kitten. Though at the time I thought he had killed it. In the wee morning hours we heard the cries of a kitten, but thought it was calling for mommy. A while later the cries continued, this time with the dogs barking. Rush outside, only to feel overwhelmed with sadness. As there lay a kitten, who was not moving and thought with certainty the dog had killed it, as he was carrying it's limp body in his mouth. As it turns out, he saved her. She was starving to death, merely 3 weeks old at the most. Scared, frightened and literally stiff as a kitty could be, I will not go into further detail as to the condition of this poor kitten other than to say, we thought she was dead, but yay she wasn't. She wanted to rip our arms off in the beginning. She quickly learned we wanted to help and provided her with a safe haven, shelter and milk. We kept our ears open for momma cat, as well as possible other kittens that may show up. Two days later, we discovered the 2nd, then the 3rd. They had barely opened their eyes. They too were starving, skin and bones. Of course they too had to get use to the idea I was not out to cause harm, which also didn't take too long, considering I had the bottles :)) Well the good news is, they are all doing much better now. After bottle feeding, hand feeding, flea treatments, kitty food, water, potty training, etc they are healthy and playful, so full of life. Now it's a matter of finding them homes. Back to my original question, why don't people spay/neuter their animals? Can't we be responsible and prevent such tragedies from happening? Maybe I am a bleeding heart, but really can't we just try to be more responsible? What is your opinion?