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Ways to reduce suffering of animals are via kind programs to stop the reproduction of billions of unwanted pregancies.

FAMILY PLANING CONTRACEPTIVES, SPAYING, NEUTERING, PREVENTION OF UNWANTED PREGANCIES SAVES A LOT OF LIVES. 

Many lives suffer beyond comprehension, and untold suffering. Please consider signing this petiton to ask Care2.com for additional butterfly options to support programs for spaying, neutering, family planning for around the world via genuine organisaions.  
 

WILL CARE2 GRANT US BUTTERFLY OPTIONS TO HELP SPAY AND NEUTER INTERNATIONALY. SPAY,NEUTER, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM HELP
WILL CARE2 GRANT US BUTTERFLY OPTIONS TO HELP SPAY AND NEUTER INTERNATIONALY. more%uFFFD
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BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THIS NOTE below, MANY more thousands of lives will be tortured and lost. Please help to reduce this suffering, by spaying, neutering, family planning for unwanted pregnancies.

Butterflies SAVE HUMAN AND ANIMAL PRISONERS, FROM THE SLAUGHTER LIST list..!!!?? Butterflies help prisoners to rescue anipaying for animal rescues and adoption fees for animals about to be killed by exchanging your Butterfly Credits. more» signed: 469goal: 1,000



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A personal appeal from
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales Close Overpopulation in companion animalsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  (Redirected from Overpopulation (animals))Jump to: navigation, search Question book-new.svgThis article needs additional citations for verification.
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The phenomenon of overpopulation in companion animals refers to the large, growing number of homeless domestic cats and dogs. In the United States alone, between 3 and 4 million cats and dogs are euthanized each year because no one volunteers to adopt them.[1] As a result, most humane societies, animal shelters and rescue groups urge animal caregivers to have their animals spayed or neutered to prevent the births of unwanted and accidental litters.

Contents[hide] [edit] Effects upon animals

Where there is pet over population, dogs and cats suffer from neglect and abandonment, deplorable living conditions, insufficient or nonexistent veterinary care, and substandard veterinary practices. Such animals are often victimized by people who treat them inhumanely, due to poverty, lack of knowledge of how to provide care, absence of animal welfare legislation and enforcement, apathy, personal beliefs, and intentional cruelty.

[edit] Purebred preference

One contributing factor in companion animal homelessness is cultural preference for young, purebred animals. Many people prefer purebred, young, healthy animals, and choose to purchase animals of said description, often at significant cost, from breeders. That breeders continue to breed animals while animals are killed in shelters each year is a point of contention for many animal rights groups.

Recognizing the high demand for purebred animals, some people choose to engage in backyard breeding or operate puppy mills, practices where people breed purebred animals for profit, often without concern for the health or welfare of any of the animals involved. These animals may be sold through pet stores or directly from the breeders themselves.

Additionally, individuals seeking purebred animals may not realize that a homeless animal adopted from a shelter can have many advantages: often the shelter will have performed all necessary veterinary procedures, such as spaying or neutering, vaccination, deworming, microchipping, etc. Also, the personality of a kitten or puppy is not always an indicator of how the animal will behave in adulthood. Many shelter animals have reached adulthood and their personalities are apparent, allowing the would-be caregiver to select an animal with a personality that suits them.

[edit] Global effects

Companion animal overpopulation is a major concern to animal welfare and animal rights groups. Companion animal overpopulation can also be an ecological concern. It is also a financial problem: capturing, impounding and eventual euthanasia costs taxpayers and private agencies millions of dollars each year.[2]


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[edit] See also [edit] External links Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulation_in_companion_animals"Categories: Animal rights | Animal shelters | Animal welfare | Cats as pets | Dogs as pets | Domesticated animals | Feral animals | Population ecologyHidden categories: Articles needing additional references from June 2009 | All articles needing additional referencesPersonal tools Namespaces Variants
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      We the undersigned with Care2 to seriously consider and provide butterfly rewards and other ways of supporting a organisation with a genuinely compassionate spaying and neutering program and also help for the homeless.  We would like you to also see the related petition in regards to the homeless people with animals.

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