�Every year thousands of puppies and kittens are born, contributing to the pet overpopulation that we are already seeing.��The sad thing is, there just aren't enough homes for them to go around.
��Spaying and neutering not only helps control the pet population, it also helps your dog or cat live a healthier life.��For instance, it can reduce the chances of breast,
ovarian and uterine cancers in females, and testicular cancer and prostate problems in males.
��Just one litter contributes to this ever growing problem !�
It is important for all dog and cat lovers
to realize their responsibility in preventing births.��Each new birth is robbing another dog or cat of life.��By spaying and neutering your pet you are helping fight this terrible situation.��Please, won't you do it for them?
��Animal shelters throughout the country have problems with finding homes for unwanted or abandoned animals. They receive approximately 27 million animals a year!��Each year, more and more dogs and cats are born increasing the odds of more misplaced dogs and cats.��By spaying and neutering your pet you can help decrease this number.��Sure, puppies and kittens are cute and hard to resist.��Unfortunately, far too many people lose interest in them once they are grown up. These unwanted pets end up in shelters or left to stray.��Either way, their future looks awful bleak.
I AM FAMOUS NOW
Author Unknown
��'I was born today, one of 10.�My daddy was very famous.�I have lots of half brothers and sisters.�My mother is very famous.�Since she got famous, she has only had puppies.�No more loving hands, no more fun trips...just puppies.�She is always sad when they leave her.
��'I left home today.�I didn't want to go, so I hid behind my mama and three littermates that were left.�I didn't like you.�But one day, they said I would be famous.�I wonder, is famous the same as fun and good times?�So you picked me up and carried me away, even though you were concerned about me hiding from you.�I don't think you like me.
��'My new home is far away.�I am scared and afraid.�My heart says be brave, my ancestors were.�Did they go to homes like mine?�I'm hungry because I can't eat too much because it will be bad for my bones.�I can't bite or snap when the children are mean to me.�I just run and play and pretend that I am in a big green field with butterflys, robins, and frogs.�I can't understand why they kick me.�I am quiet, but the man hits and says loud things.�The lady doesn't feed me good things like I had with my mother.�She just throws dry food on the ground, then goes away before I get too close for touching and petting.�Sometimes my food smells bad, but I eat it anyway.
��'Today I had 10 puppies.�They are so wonderful and warm.�AM I FAMOUS NOW ?�I wish I could play with them, but they are so tiny.�I am so young and playful that it is hard to lay here in this hole under the house nursing my puppies.�They are crying now.�I am so hungry.�I scratch my fur and worry.�I wish someone would throw me some food.�I am also very thristy.�I now have eight.�Two got cold during the night and I couldn't make them warm again.&nsbpThey are gone.�We are all very weak.�Maybe if I take them all out on the porch, we can get some food.
��'Today they took us away.&nsbpIt was too much trouble to feed us and so someone came to take us away.�Someone grabbed my puppies, they were crying and wimpering.�We were put in a truck with boxes in it.�Are my babies FAMOUS NOW ?
�I hope so, because I will miss them.�They are gone.
��'The place smelled of urine, fear and sickness.�Why was I here??�I was beautiful like my ancestors.�Now I am hungry, dirty, in pain, and unwanted.�Maybe the worse is unwanted.�No one came though I tried to be good.�Today someone came.�They put a rope on my neck and led me to a room that was very clean and had a shiny table.�They put me on the table.&nsbpSomeone held me and hugged me.�It felt so good!!!
�Then I felt tired and laid over the last one who cared.�
I AM FAMOUS NOW.