PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PET
PLEASE VISIT YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTERS
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 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.
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