* Every hour 415 children are born in the USA, and every hour, 3,500 cats are also born.
* One female cat and her offspring can produce 420,000 cats in 7 years. 10 million in 10 years!!!!!!!!
* One female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 dogs in 6 years.
* It is estimated that 10- 20 million animals are euthanized every year. This doesn't include strays or those who die in the streets.
* Every 1.5 seconds a shelter animal is killed.
* Only 1 animal out of every 10 born in USA gets a good home.
* Only 2- 3 % of shelter cats are ever claimed by their owners due to lack of ID.
* A study of relinquished dogs and cats in 12 US animal shelters showed 30% of the surrendered dogs were purebreds.
* In the same study - 55% of surrendered dogs and 47% of surrendered cats were unaltered.
* One of the top ten reasons people relinquish their cats and dogs to shelters is "no homes for litter mates".
* Over 56% of puppies and dogs that enter shelters are killed.
* Approximately 71% of cats and kittens entering shelters are killed.
* The estimated yearly cost to taxpayers to round up, house, kill and dispose of homeless
animals is 2 BILLION dollars, or between $30.00-$70.00 PER ANIMAL!
* There is much greater incidence of biting in
unsterilized animals. Of nearly the nearly 20 fatalities caused by dog attacks investigated between 1992 -1994, NONE was caused by a spayed or neutered dog.
* Spaying a female eliminates the possibility of uterine and ovarian cancer, and greatly reduces the chances of breat cancer. Neutering a male reduces both the risk of prostrate enlargement and prostrate cancer.
statistics courtesey of The Humane Society of the United States, & Lend A Paw Relief Organization in Virginia.
Low Cost Spay/Neuter Programs
If you are in need of low cost spay/neuter services,
try one or more of the following:
* Call 1-888-PETS911 ( 1-888-738-7911) or visit their web site: 1888pets911.org.
* for a low cost spay/neuter voucher, call "Friends of Animals" at 1-800-321-PETS (1-800-321-7387).
* Call SPAY/ USA at 1-800-248-7729 between the hours of 9AM & 5 PM EST.
SPAY/USA ( not the same as the Doris Day Animal Foundation's Spay Day USA )
has low
cost spay/neuter programs in 1,000 locations across all 50 states.
* visit the Love That Cat! Store online for a listing by state of low cost spay/neuter clinics for cats.
* Call your local humane society or animal care & control facility to see if they can refer you to a low cost clinic in your area.
* Do a Google search with the words "low cost spay/neuter".
from Doris Day animal Foundation
Animal Rights Links
The Doris Day Animal League is a nonprofit, national, citizens lobbying organization formed to focus attention on issues involving the humane treatment of animals. There is a wealth of information at their website,
including current animal welfare campaigns.
Doris Day Animal Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting increased protection for animals through projects empowering individuals and organizations to educate and act on behalf of animals. Like it's sister organization above, their website is packed with animal rights & welfare information.
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/spaying/cover.htm
low cost spay/neuter certificate
http://www.thepeacefulkingdom.com
Dedicated to ending animal abuse throughout the world.
http://www.petnet.com
Great site with lots of information on pets of all kinds. Promotes responsible pet ownership, information and education on proper pet care, animal welfare and much more.
Animal Rights Sample Letter Resource Center
This site helps activists quickly send out letters regarding different animal issues. You can use the ideas here when writing your own letters.
http://www.imom.org/voices/animal_cruelty_laws.htm
Animal cruelty laws state by state
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
The mission of Best Friends is to help bring about a time when there are no more homeless pets, & when every pet can be guarenteed a good home with a loving family. This is an excellent site wiht alot of information.
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~laird/animal_rescue/shelters
List of online shelter and rescue organization information.
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