4. The overpopulation on the street has caused the local animal shelters
to take in more animals than normal resulting in little to no vacancy
left for other animals.
5. The Threats
• According to the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society, “Yearly
cost to U.S. taxpayers to impound, shelter, euthanize, and
dispose of homeless pets: $2 billion anually.” This has a direct
impact on our economy because our animal shelters and the
animal rescue is paid for by our tax dollars.
• The increase in strays leads to an increase in disease among
the animals. Local home pets are susceptible to these diseases
through contact with the strays.
6. How we can fix the problem
• According to the ASPCA and almost all animal shelters across the
U.S. the number one solution to this problem is a simple and safe
surgical procedure.
7. • This operation safely removes the reproductive organs of the male
or female stray. Here is why this procedure can be extremely
effective:
8. • These numbers are accurate and sometimes unimaginable when
you think about the number of stray animals that are out there.
• If we don’t take care of it now our animal shelters could be overrun
and our streets more crowded than ever before.
9. • This not only effects our community, it also effects the lifespan of
these poor animals. With the overpopulation in the animal shelters,
some shelters have no choice but to euthanize, put down, their
animals.
10. • So please remember that this procedure is safe and there are
programs out there that make it affordable for the average
household.
• You can go to azspay.com to find out more information on the
affordability of the procedures in Arizona.
11.
12. The way to fight this problem directly starts with you, the pet owner.
Get your pets spayed or neutered so that they don’t get out and get
pregnant or impregnate another stray.
13. • So please get out and spay or neuter you pets today, in order to
save lives tomorrow.
14. Works Cited
• animal overpopulation. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.oxfordpets.com/index.php?option=com_content
&view=article&id=61
• Trevizo, E. (2012, July 15). Buckeye, goodyear consider tighter
animal laws. Retrieved from
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/07/14/201107
14buckeye-goodyear-consider-tighter-animal-laws.html
• Pet statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.aspca.org/about-us/faq/pet-statistics.aspx
