Spaying and Neutering Pets
By anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
United States
October 7, 2007 9:53pm CST
I've participated in several discussions lately here on myLot about animals and pets and about how enormous number of unwanted pets there are in the U.S. I'm not real sure about other countries but I'm sure some places also share this problem. My friend Pyewacket wrote that in order to give home to all the unwanted pets in the U.S. everyone would have to adopt nine pets! Forgive me, Pye, if I don't have that statistic exactly right, but I think you all get the idea. It's an overwhelming problem and not one that can be easily fixed. What I'd like to discuss here is if anyone else knows of any programs to help with the cost of spaying and neutering pets like the Pa. Pets program we have in Pennsylvania for senior citizens. Older people in Pa. can get their dog or cat taken care of for either $10 oe $15 dollars; I'm not sure if it's now $15 for anything or if it's one price for males, one for females or if it's different for cats than for dogs. Whatever, it's a big help for elderly people who love their pets, or who would like to have a pet but couldn't afford to pay the full price to have it sterilized. Do any of you have similar programs where you live? It would be nice of all of us who love animals and care about their well-being would try to gather and distribute information on various programs that are available for pet owners and also do our part to maybe get things like this started in places where it isn't available. It was also mentioned in another discussion that it would be great if there was a program like Pa. Pets, but to help out disabled pet owners, especially since pets have been shown to have an enormous positive affect on the disabled. Any information or comments anyone has to add to this will be greatly appreciated!
Annie
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6 responses
@trinihd (996)
• United States
8 Oct 07
This sounds like a perfect candidate for funding...shouldn't they already have a charity to raise funds for something like this? It's incredible the amount of money that would have to be spent caring for these unwanted pets. A few days ago, we were in Petco and met a man who had just acquired a dog that was left near his house. Too many times, pets are abandoned because they are unwanted....more funds for spaying/neutering would be a great way to help encourage more people to fix their pets and solve this problem.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
8 Oct 07
I live in Canada and this is a link to the shelters in each Province that give a discounted rate to the low income and elderly. It is in both pdf and html form.
http://www.meowfoundation.com/health/SpayNeuterProgramsInCanadaFeb07.pdf. http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:D6DPDPD309cJ:www.meowfoundation.com/health/SpayNeuterProgramsInCanadaFeb07.pdf+discount+rates+on+neutering+pets+in+Manitoba&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&client=firefox-a
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
8 Oct 07
I'm going to be very interested in your resonses. I just got a 6 month old puppy who isn't spayed and plan to have it done. I have her previous vet bills and it's noted that she's actually to small in size yet to do it. Since I am a Sr. Citizen I'm checking around for places where I can get it done for less than the normal huge amount. Thanks for this discussion I'm sure it will be of some help to me.
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@Jade27 (67)
• United States
8 Oct 07
Almost every city I have lived in has a program to get pets spayed/neutered for a reduced price or for free. I know that one place had clinics that would spay/neuter for an entire day every month for a lower price. I think that every city that does not already have programs like that need to empliment them to help with the homeless animal problem and to eliminate the euthenasia of unwanted pets.
@kevere26 (223)
• United States
8 Oct 07
It's hard to pinpoint one organization that offers low cost services. I've lived in places where they have low cost shot clinics twice a year. I would guess that the Humane Society would be the best resource on the subject of spaying and neutering. In my community we don't have any low cost programs but I suspect this is because there's a respected vet school in the area. I appreciate you mentioning the positive effects that pets have on disabled individuals ... and everyone who loves animals!
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@jennwhite07 (130)
• United States
8 Oct 07
The only responsible way to control the pet population is to obviously spay or neuter your pet unless you have a well bred registered dog or cat, with an outstanding blood line that can actually be bred and sold for extra income. If you have a mixed dog or cat, and they have litters and litters of offspring obviously they won't all place in homes.
