Spaying and neutering are important steps toward ending animal homelessness. We petition that you be officially involved in addressing this matter and that you go to the Senate and House of Representatives and ask them to approve and fund spay and neutering measures nationally and encourage the American people to adopt pets from humane societies and animal rescues shelters.

Spaying and neutering are important steps toward ending animal homelessness. In Defense of Animals
(IDA) estimates that 50% of all licensed companion animals are neither
spayed or neutered. These un-sterilized animals reproduce at an awesome
pace. In six years, one female cat has the capability of giving rise to
420,000 young, and one female dog can produce up to 67,000 puppies.

If you think that just having one or two litters won't hurt anybody,
this fact should change your mind: according to the Humane Society of
the United States, 10,000 babies are born in the U.S. on any given day.
On that same day, however, 70,000 puppies and kittens are born. Match
those two statistics up, and you'll see that there will never be enough
homes for all the animals born in this country unless we all take
responsibility for spaying and neutering our pets. Change begins with
YOU! Spay or neuter your pet! (HSUS)

If you're asking, WHY SPAY OR NEUTER, please read this information
from the ASPCA. http://www.aspca.org/site/DocServer/Why_SpayNeuter-English.pdf?docID=188

Implementing spay and neuter ordinances are
essential to creating long-term, life-saving improvements for companion
animals. <>Model Spay and Neuter Ordinances can be found here. (Helping Animals)

The following states require mandatory spaying or neutering of all animals adopted from animal shelters:

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Massachusetts

Michigan

Missouri

Montana

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

New York

North Dakota

Oklahoma

Rhode Island

Texas

Virginia


Please encourage the American people to adopt pets from humane societies and animal shelters. Some of the many incredible organizations that list pets for adoption from the humane societies and animal rescue shelters can be found at within these links to follow:
PETFINDER, 1-800-save-a-pet, Kyler
Laird of Purdue University,
Hugs For Homeless Animals, and the Senior Dogs Project.

We petition that you be officially involved in addressing this matter and that you go to the Senate and House of Representatives and ask them to approve and fund spay and neutering measures nationally and encourage the American people to adopt pets from humane societies and animal rescues shelters.