Please adopt a shelter animal? Don't breed? Spay and Neuter?

You are right, save an animal from a shelter. But remember the no-kill shelters are non-profit and can always use help. Don't think just money, think paper towels to clean, litter for cats, bleach to clean and not spread germs, food, clean blankets/towels for cuddling, etc. I always have mine "fixed" by the age of 6 months. I have a stray cat that showed up, had him neutered and is now a mighty lover/hunter at 5 y/o. Will be moving off of the farm and my dad will have to get another mouser.

Not all. Some give certificates to the adopters when they adopt a young kitten or puppy. The certificate don't cover the entire cost of the procedure.The shelter here does that and they do check up on it to make sure that the animal was fixed. Now there are some shelters that do spay/neuter them before adoption even on young kittens and puppies. The last shelter I volunteered at done it at 8wks and all animals were fixed before adoption since a lot of people didn't neuter/spay.

Thank you so much for this post. I am so sick of seeing birth after birth on this board knowing that most of those born will have a miserable short life.

I don't have the facts but I would bet that a cat over 4 years old in a shelter has very little chance of being adopted

It's about time that people who think they care showed some responsibilty and spayed and nutered their cats

Ok so your probably going to get this question deleted coz it isn't a question but I'm so so so happy that someone has put these numbers up here for people to see.. Why breed your pet?? Leave it to the breeders.. And why buy a puppy when there are many loving and desperate, neglected animals waiting to be loved and cared for at your local shelter..Thank you hunny!!! You may have saved some animals for a horrible fate!!

I have three dogs that aren't from the shelter but are strays. My two older ones are from a neighbor that allowed their dogs to breed all the time. I had 6 pups wander up to my house...I fed them..took care of them and buried 4 of them from parvo. We got the last two treated and have had them for 3 and 1/2 years now. Our puppy came from a person sitting in the parking lot at Wal-mart trying to give her away. They are all spayed. And they are all very spoiled.

Our local sheler is a no kill shelter...thank-goodness. But they are always in need of donations...so we do what we can.

I get so angry at people who don't spay or neuter. I work at a vet office and the humane society brings in so many animals for us to put down. A lot of them are puppies or kittens because they just don't have room for them and somebody had abandoned them on the side of the road. It makes me sick.

I got a kitten from the animal shelter by where I live and she had already been spayed thank goodness cause I would not of been able to let her have kittens.

Right on. We have 2 cats, Butterscotch and Muffin. Butter was a stray and Muffin we got from an animal shelter. Remember that cats and dogs can not help themselves, but we can help them.

Bravo!! I agree with you 100%.It breaks my heart at all the homeless pets in this country.I also do what I can to spread the word.

you are wasting your time. people will not spay or neuter their pets unless forced to by law. they don't want to miss out on making money