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Save the Lives of Cats and Dogs: Support Non-Surgical Sterilization
Target: scientists; pharmaceutical companies; regulators and fundersSponsored by: The Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs
Imagine being able to sterilize your dog or cat without surgery or anesthesia, but with a simple injection. While a sterilization injection is not available yet, it will be. WHEN is a matter of how much the public pressures pharmaceutical companies, scientists, regulators and funders into developing the right tools.
While many U.S. pet owners are able to afford and access spay/neuter surgery, it's often a different story for low-income pet owners and rural residents. Surgical sterilization is also logistically difficult and expensive for population control of un-owned animals, such as shelter animals and feral cats. An estimated five million cats and dogs die each year in US shelters alone.
The situation is even more desperate in many other countries where geographic, economic and cultural barriers prevent widespread use of sterilization to control dog and cat populations. Suffering is often greatest in these communities.
Much of this tragedy could be prevented by the development of new non-surgical tools which will facilitate population control as well as providing health and behavioral benefits to the animals receiving them. These tools will enable sterilization of those animals traditional sterilization has not reached.
Join the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs (ACC&D), the ASPCA and Petfinder.com in endorsing this petition by declaring your support now! Your signatures and comments will be delivered to key targets to stimulate funding, research and development, approval and distribution of these life-saving tools.
While many U.S. pet owners are able to afford and access spay/neuter surgery, it's often a different story for low-income pet owners and rural residents. Surgical sterilization is also logistically difficult and expensive for population control of un-owned animals, such as shelter animals and feral cats. An estimated five million cats and dogs die each year in US shelters alone.
The situation is even more desperate in many other countries where geographic, economic and cultural barriers prevent widespread use of sterilization to control dog and cat populations. Suffering is often greatest in these communities.
Much of this tragedy could be prevented by the development of new non-surgical tools which will facilitate population control as well as providing health and behavioral benefits to the animals receiving them. These tools will enable sterilization of those animals traditional sterilization has not reached.
Join the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs (ACC&D), the ASPCA and Petfinder.com in endorsing this petition by declaring your support now! Your signatures and comments will be delivered to key targets to stimulate funding, research and development, approval and distribution of these life-saving tools.
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I feel that just as there are enhancements for humans, there should be enhancements for our pets. We look for them for companion should we not do for them what they do to us. Keep us happy and gracious !!
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This would improve compliance by such a huge margin that it would have to decrease the number of animals being killed because they don't have a home. Since humans are really the problem, we need to do whatever it takes to stop the needless killing. We are obligated to do better.
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If this is indeed a safe product I am certainly in favor of this form of birth control
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Animals have a right to life, the animals are innocent.
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1:44 am PDT, Jul 1,
Elizabeth Goldstone, Israel
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We have a 501c3 no kill cat sanctuary with 96 cats... most are "castoffs". Some are feral that found their way here. Many are dumped off here at night. A non surgical application for the overpopulation problem would be a huge benefit. Huge. Please help facilitate the development of these nonsurgical methods.
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I volunteer with Saving Shelter Pets, a non-profit organization that works to rescue animals from shelters, to promote spay/neuter, and to work with families to prevent litters from ever entering a shelter
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I feed two homeless kitties twice a day. The poor things were in very bad shape when I started doing this. Heartbreaking. They are better now, but....how many people would care for wild kitties...or dogs? I wish the parents of these kitties had been cared for and neutered. So much less suffering.....
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I feel it is greatly needed due to the over population of these animals. My daughter and I try to do what we can for every stray dog or cat that comes around, even having them spayed or nuetered ourselves before taking them to a shelter so the shelter makes money to help other animals in need. We also donate our time when we can and give donations along with a monthly donation of 10 dollars a month to the ASPCA.I know it doesn't sound like alot but just imagine if everyone did that!
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11:55 pm PDT, Jun 20,
Sharla Hill, Oregon
As a cat rescuer my heart breaks daily for all the kittens and adult cats that do not have people who care for them for their liftimes and the ones who aer not altered and add the overpopulation problem. In our local shelter over half of all the cats that end up there are killed! |
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Too many are dying because there are not enough homes. Sterilization is time consuming and costly, but necessary because there is no alternative. Coming up with an alternative may save lives and money communities are spending euthanizing the surplus animals.
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9:57 pm PDT, Jun 17,
Carla Jewell, Arizona
If you have looked into the eyes of as many hungry, scared, tired, lonely, injured and sick cats as I have you would never want to make any more. |
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There are not enough homes for them all. Rural areas are especially notorious for dogs running loose and breeding indescriminately. Many men cannot bear the thought of castrating their animals (ignorance prevails), and a simple, injectible shot would be less expensive and more acceptable to most people who are against castration.
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People can't or won't afford the traditional spay or nueter or are afraid of it. We adopted a dog from the pound and she was already pregnant and now we have 7 puppies to find homes for and we wish the new owners would sterilize them, but we have no control over it.
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I am currently feeding about 20-24 feral and semi feral cats. I have had assistance and had about 12 of them surgically altered. There are several who have escaped traps several times. I am now at the point where I will need to attempt to trap several and take them to the animal shelter. I buy 80-100 lbs of cat food every month. I cannot afford to have any additional altered and people having begun dumping cats. This would be such a great way to stop overpopulation and senseless killing of unwanted animals. I also have two shelter dogs. Please make this happen soon!!!
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badly needed service. please surpport.
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Massive pet sterilization needs to occur if we wish to stop killing all of the unwanted animals.
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3:04 pm PDT, Jun 4,
Jane Garcia, California
I see the sad results of the lack of availability and affordability of spay/neuter surgery every time I volunteer at my local shelter. A quick, cheap and easy method of sterilization could help reduce the number of animals in shelters significantly, while not putting the animals at risk of complications from surgery or anesthetic. |
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The companion animal overpopulation crisis in the United States especially needs certain attention. Nearly 4 million unwanted healthy cats and dogs are euthenized(killed) in U.S. animal shelters every year. There definetly need to be more sufficient laws in this country and around the world which would enforce humane spay/neuter.
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Surgical methods of sterilization are costly and require equipment and skills that are not available in many, many parts of the world. Provision of non-surgical sterilization will have a significant impact in reducing the number of unwanted dogs and cats in the world in will prevent an enormous amount of suffering on the part of both animals and humans.
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For the welfare of these animals. I see cats living outside, if they were sterilized it would stop them from reproducing and having more cats living under these terrible conditions.
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We need to help them!
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its less painful for the animals and it is a method to protect our loved animals as well it should reduced the cost and therefor many people will be able to afford to neuter their pets.
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7:28 am PDT, May 23,
Kim Buyens, Belgium
A number of organisations in Belgium try to thin population of stray cats by sterilisation. The surgery is quite invasive and the female cat needs to be monitored for several days. It is very expensive if you want it done right, some veterinarians don't do the procedure correctly, pieces of the ovaries aren't removed, the uterus isn't removed, so the cat still gets problems with hormones or cancers. If the would be a non invasive, effective, save and cheaper alternative for sterilisation our job would become a whole lot easier, and the cats would not have to suffer. |
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2:45 pm PDT, May 21,
John Hughes, Massachusetts
this is too much. |
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Every day, in city after city, overpopulation leads to hundreds of cats and dogs needlessly being put to sleep. Finding a non-surgical method to prevent overpopulation is not only the humane thing to do, it is the ethically and morally right decision to keep from traumatizing those who give us nothing but their unconditional love and friendship.
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It can be adminstered without fear of anesthetic reaction and complication of surgery. It can be provided to many animals in small doses and be economic for stray animal capaign.
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I have two dogs and a cat I would not like them to have surgery it is a painful procedure an by just injecting them it will be an easy and less painful procedure.
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This makes sense for so many reasons ( 5 million, apparently). TNR isn't always an option-we need another viable alternative