Fixing Your Pet---An Environmental and Sustainability Issue

Spay/neuter of pets is a personal responsibility, not only to the animal, but to neighbors, the community and to the planet. Spaying and neutering one's dog or cat is both a moral issue and an environmental issue.

When people fail to fix their own pets, they fail to live responsible lives.

Failure to spay and neuter one's pet costs millions of animals in this country their lives. They are killed in animal control shelters throughout our country. They sit in fear for days or weeks in cramped cages, knowing exactly what is going on in the "euth room", before their turn comes to die.

Spay and Neuter is a moral issue.

Picking up, trapping, holding and killing thousands upon thousands of animals also costs taxpayers big time dollars.

So, spay and neuter is also a financial issue. Those who do not fix their pets, cost taxpayers. Any issue that causes excess costs to taxpayers that could be avoided by individuals taking personal responsibility makes it a sustainability issue, too.

Fixing pets reduces disease transmission vectors, thereby reducing the spread of zoonic disease. This is a good thing.

Fixing pets reduces waste and parasite exposure, reduces predatory responses by dogs and cats towards other species, increases community and neighborhood livability and reduces stress on the environment, both in urban and rural settings.

Failure to fix one's dog or cat has monumental consequences down the line in layers across many spectrums.

Get that dog, puppy, kitten or cat fixed right now. Be a decent responsible citizen of our planet.