Sentences with phrase «of early sterilization»

The important role of early sterilization of young dogs and cats began to grow, and the numbers of companion animals entering shelters in some communities began to decline.

There is some controversy about the impact of early sterilization on giant breeds, and there is controversy about the quality of the studies that supposedly support that controversy.

Some of the many benefits of early sterilization: faster healing and recovery time, and the earlier a pet is spayed or neutered, the less chance of developing a number of serious diseases and disorders.

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In the early 19th century, the use of dirty feeding devices, combined with the lack of proper milk storage and sterilization, led to the death of one third of all artificially fed infants during their first year of life (Weinberg, 1993).»

Yet as Princeton University economist Thomas Leonard documents in his book Illiberal Reformers (Princeton University Press, 2016) and former New York Times editor Adam Cohen reminds us in his book Imbeciles (Penguin, 2016), eugenics fever swept America in the early 20th century, culminating in the 1927 Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, in which the justices legalized sterilization of «undesirable» citizens.

Charts the little - known history of eugenics in America — a movement that began in the early twentieth century and resulted in the forced sterilization of more than 65,000 Americans.

In Better for All the World, Harry Bruinius charts the little - known history of eugenics in America — a movement that began in the early twentieth century and resulted in the forced sterilization of more than 65,000 Americans.

The Five Saves Lives Campaign will emphasize two facts that many pet owners may not be aware of: that health benefits from pet sterilization are the greatest for female cats and dogs if they are sterilized before their first heat cycle and female kittens and puppies can go into heat as early as five months of age.

The organizations partnered to bring Dr. Brenda Griffin, Diplomate of the Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine to Oklahoma to present information on early age sterilization of companion animals.

The celebration was sponsored jointly by the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Foundation and Oklahoma Alliance for Animals in order to increase awareness of targeted spay / neuter programs, particularly as veterinarians are asked to offer early age sterilization more and more.

However, be aware that the early (before six - to - eight months) sterilization that has recently become popular with shelters and some veterinarians can lead to physical problems for the dog in later life because they reduce the action of hormones that are important for appropriate growth.

The SF / SPCA lobbied earlier in 2014 to reclaim management of the SF / DACC shelter, 30 years after voluntarily surrendering the city animal control contract to focus on doing dog and cat sterilizations and adoptions.

In addition to that, there is convincing evidence of the tie between early sterilization and the increased prevalence of certain tumors and cancers in older animals.

Early - age sterilization, already widely practiced, is on pace to win full AVMA compliance by the year 2100 SCHAUMBERG, Illinois ---- Having realized that a cat is not a dog, following the advice of an expert panel issued in July 2016, the American Veterinary Medical Association board of directors in July 2017 «endorsed a document recommending that -LSB-...]

Concerns about the effects, both long and short - term, of early - age sterilization surgery cited by some veterinarians as problematic have been unproven, and this is largely because they haven't read the numerous studies now available.»

Accordingly, in the 1990s and early years of the present century, I wrote and spoke in favor of the landmark national legislation supporting street dog sterilization in India, Turkey, and Costa Rica before those laws were passed.

In shelter / rescue pets, we will likely continue early age sterilization as we were not able to slow overpopulation with old methods of entrusting adopters to follow through with sterilization of pets.

To decrease the number of animals entering shelters, the ASPCA supports the pre-adoption sterilization of all shelter animals, including early - age sterilization.

In 1988 he endorsed early age sterilization; he is often referred to as one of the pioneers of the movement.

Earlier, San Francisco achieved a 25 % decline in pit bull intake and a 33 % drop in pit bull euthanasia within three years of mandating sterilization of pit bulls, and the San Francisco numbers have now continued a downward trend for nine years.

There has been some concern that early sterilization of female puppies could result in incontinence when the pup ages, but there is no evidence that the problem is worse in bitches spayed at eight weeks than in those spayed later.

Thousands of volunteers and animal welfare groups throughout the country stepped forward in the early 1990s to control the wild cat population through mass sterilization programs.

Our expert team of caring physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses provides a wide range of health care services, including low - cost birth control, emergency contraception, gynecological check - ups and Pap tests, breast exams, cervical cancer detection and treatment, testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, vasectomy (sterilization for men), pregnancy testing and options information, early abortion care, and referrals for prenatal care, parenting and adoption.