If you are thinking “Beat the Heat” month is something related to the midst of summer where you need to take care of your furry friend during a heat wave, think again.
“Beat the Heat,” otherwise known as Spay/Neuter Month, is specially started by few charities of animal welfare, rescue centers, veterinary clinics and shelter homes to bring in the affordable spay and neuter services for your furry members.
The ASPCA states that spaying or neutering your pet helps to control the pet homelessness crisis. Eventually, it results in hundreds and millions of dogs and cats being euthanized in the United States as there are no homes to take them. Not limited to this, spaying or neutering your pet also brings along with it numerous health benefits.
Removing a female dog or cat’s ovaries eliminates heat cycles and generally reduces the unwanted behaviors that may lead to owner frustration. Removing the testes from male dogs and cats reduces the breeding instinct, making them less inclined to roam and more content to stay at home.
Early spaying of female dogs and cats can help protect them from some serious health problems later in life such as uterine infections and breast cancer. Neutering your male pet can also lessen its risk of developing benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate gland) and testicular cancer.
The procedure has no effect on a pet’s intelligence or ability to learn, play, work or hunt. Some pets tend to be better behaved following surgical removal of their ovaries or testes, making them more desirable companions.
The decision to spay or neuter your dog or cat has numerous advantages, such as making them healthier, more well-mannered, and avoiding unwanted litters. Spaying and neutering neighborhood cats in the winter will also help avoid kitten season and stop the reproductive cycle before it really begins.
Spay and neuter clinics and shelters consistently see an increase in pregnant cats starting in March. A key component of Beat the Heat is driven by this strategy: Since so many cats are pregnant by March and give birth in the warmest months, ramp up spay and neuter efforts in the winter to prevent those pregnancies out of the gate.
Most pet owners view their choice to spay or neuter their animals as being very personal. The truth is that the community as a whole is impacted by each of our personal decisions to spay or neuter, from human safety to animal well-being. Therefore, when you decide to spay or neuter your pet, you are supporting not only your neighborhood but also dogs, cats, and other creatures!
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