Spay & Neuter

There are three main reasons: 

• Many people don’t get their dogs and cats spayed or neutered. These dogs then have puppies and the cats have kittens and then they can’t find homes for them.
• People still buy animals from breeders or pet stores instead of adopting homeless animals from shelters and rescue organisations. 
• People get pets without considering the lifetime commitment that caring for them requires. Eventually, these people no longer want their pets when they become “too expensive” or “too much work”.

• Learning about pet overpopulation and the importance of spaying and neutering pets is a vital first step in helping to reduce the number of homeless animals.
• Ask your family to get your pets spayed or neutered. 
• Encourage your family and friends to adopt their next pet from their local SPCA or animal shelter. There are a lot of wonderful dogs, cats and other companion animals just waiting for a loving home.
• Organize a supplies collection to help SPCA and other animal shelters care for homeless pets until they can find homes for the animals.
• Make sure your pets have an identification tag and microchip, and your dog is registered with your local council.
• Learn about pets before you adopt to make sure you are ready for the responsibility. 
• Teach others about pet overpopulation and how they can help.

• Spaying, for a girl, and neutering for a boy, is a simple but important surgery for all cats, dogs, rabbits and even guinea pigs.
• Spaying and neutering ensures that more kittens and puppies are not born without homes. 
• Every cat or dog adopted from SPCA has already been spayed or neutered.

• Spaying and neutering reduces or stops many infections and cancers in male (boy) and female (girl) animals.
• Your pet is likely to be less distracted, more easily trained, and a more relaxed member of your family once they are spayed or neutered.
• Your pet is less likely to want to roam in search of a mate. This decreases the chances of your pet becoming lost, getting into fights with other animals or being hit by a car.
• Spraying urine to mark their territory is usually reduced.
• Your family won’t have to pay for extra food or veterinary care in the event of an unexpected litter of puppies or kittens.
• Your family won’t have the difficult job of finding homes for litters of puppies or kittens.
• It also costs less to register your dog with your local council if they are spayed or neutered – so your family saves money!