Each year, we receive thousands of unwanted puppies and kittens
from accidental litters.
The tiny creatures, often abandoned at birth or turned into shelters
from accidental litters, have very little hope of growing up and getting adopted but together we can change that.
However many million that number is every year, these animals all need a new home... be it the cat taken in by a family member after Grandma dies, or the dog that someone adopts when their roommate moves out, or six kittens a family rehomes
from an accidental litter, or pair of pit bulls abandoned on a city corner that a kind stranger takes in...
Not exact matches
If you buy any puppy
from someone who has had a
litter from their «pet» - deliberate or
accidental - you are risking taking on a big problem.
We're targeting our efforts with spay / neuter because we know exactly where the
accidental litters in our city are coming
from.»
Whether intentionally bred, or even the occasional
accidental litter, we are not suffering
from a «pet overpopulation» problem.
We've altered more than 400 pets
from the highest need areas in Salinas since this past April; more important, comparing this year to last year when we had no special program, we've seen the numbers of unwanted pets and
accidental litters coming
from Salinas drop by 25 %.
Due to the many health benefits accruing
from spaying and neutering, as well as to prevent
accidental litters, we require that all resident pets must be neutered / spayed.
Many of these homeless pets are a result of
accidental litters from pets that are not spayed or neutered.