"Poe" wrote in message
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bartlet wrote:
On Feb 22, 2:11 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote:
Untold thousands of perfectly healthy cats and dogs are euthanized every
year because there are not enough people to adopt them (and the primary
blame, in my opinion, is failure of people to spay or neuter their
pets).

This makes sense.

I also think, education is key

if Americans could see the suffering up close, they would want their
pet desexed

so... we educate them, they see the need, but then, they simply can't
afford the procedure

so, education is one thing, and then, availability is another, or
accessibilty

something like that

FREE DESEXING TO ALL CATS AND DOGS

Mary, It is a huge problem
I see education as being the first problem
and, then, making it affordable.

we all know, that folk with money, have already desexed their pets
so... we should be honest with ourselves and say it's an education and
affordabilityi problem

i gotta go


I think a big problem is that many people just don't care. They have cats
in the barn dropping litter after litter and they don't care about the
kittens, their mama, or any of it. No vet care at all, no shots, no issues
if a male comes along to kill one litter to replace with his own. At least
that's what I see a lot of here in Ohio, unfortunately.


Yes, that's also what I see. Affordability can be an issue, but it is a far
bigger problem than that. Many people just don't want to be bothered.
Others say it's "unnatural," and then there the ones who say they want the
children to witness "the miracle of birth" (but supposedly not the "miracle"
of death). I do agree that affordability is a major problem for many
people, but there are many who do not take advantage even when we have
greatly reduced (and sometimes free) spay/neuter clinics.

MaryL