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Please help reduce the number of unwanted dogs and cats by spaying/neutering your pets. All of our ragdolls are spayed and neutered. There are many non-profit organizations that offer low-cost spaying/neutering programs if you need financial assistance. We would like to share some earthshaking statistics from the 1996 Spay Day USA Participant Information Booklet published by the Doris Day Animal League located in Washington, D.C. To receive a booklet, please call (202) 546-1761.
THE FIGURES
An estimated 52 million dogs and 57 million cats live with U.S. families.
For every human born, 7 puppies and kittens are born.
One female cat and one male cat and their offspring can produce 420,000 cats in 7 years.
One female dog and and one male dog and their offspring can produce 4,372 puppies in 7 years.
More than 12 million dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters each year. Millions more are abandoned in rural and urban areas.
As many as 25% of dogs entering shelters each year are purebreeds.
Approximately 61% of all dogs entering shelters are killed.
Approximately 75% of all cats entering shelters are killed.
It costs approximately $100 to capture, house, feed and eventually kill each stray animal--a cost which you, the taxpayer, will eventually pay.
Spayed and neutered pets are more affectionate companions.
Spayed and neutered pets live longer and healthier lives.
Spaying eliminates the possiblity of uterine and ovarian cancer.
Spaying before the first heat cycle greatly reduces the chance of breast cancer.
Neutering reduces the incidence of prostate cancer.
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Updated October 5, 2003