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Humane Society
Annually, 6 to 8 million animals enter shelters in the United States. Sadly, only half of these animals will be placed in homes due to pet overpopulation. The Humane Society & SPCA of Hancock County had approximately 3,000 animals surrendered in 2007. Believe it or not, this is an improvement from recent years' totals. This drastic fluctuation is particularly due to a greater number of community animals being spayed or neutered.
All animals adopted from the Humane Society & SPCA of Hancock County must be spayed or neutered before going home with their new families. All surgeries are performed at the Humane Society's in-house Kirk Surgery Suite. Last year, 194 spays were performed. If you estimate the average litter consists of 4 offspring, 776 unwanted animals were prevented from spays alone for one breeding cycle!
In addition to spay and neutering adopted animals, on October 15, 2007, the Kirk Surgery Suite opened its doors to the public. The Humane Society & SPCA is proudly accepting appointments to have community animals spayed and neutered at an affordable cost.
Besides overpopulation, there are many pros to having your pets spayed or neutered. For instance, there are no more heat periods for females. Males and females are less likely to stray from home in search of a mate. The possibility of your pet obtaining uterine or ovarian cancer in females and testicular cancer in males is eliminated.
Every time you see a stray litter of feral cats or a starving, homeless dog, please consider how easily the situation may have been avoided. Irresponsible breeding leads to heartbreak for pets and the caretakers of unwanted animals. Please have your animals spayed or neutered today!
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