"Unwanted kittens" refers to kittens that are not desired or needed by their owners or caregivers. They are often born to cats that have not been spayed or neutered and are then left without a loving home.
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All of my pets, two dogs and five cats, are all spayed or neutered so they are not producing litters
of unwanted kittens and puppies.
With so
many unwanted kittens in the world, please don't do this unless you are involved in a genuine research programme.
With just a $ 25 donation, you will fund the spay or neuter one cat, preventing the birth of homeless,
unwanted kittens born on the mean streets to fend for themselves.
• Cats are 45 times as prolific as humans, and as so they can have several liters a year, with lots of
unwanted kittens coming into this world.
Many people don't understand why we have to charge a recovery fee for our animals when many private individuals
give unwanted kittens and puppies away for free.
The
fewer unwanted kittens that are brought into the world, the fewer cats will be killed in shelters due to lack of space.
A caregiver provides shelter, food, water and overall monitoring of the cats, and because they are altered, the birth of
unwanted kittens decreases.
Such owners should then take the children to animal shelters or vet surgeries to
see unwanted kittens being destroyed.
This helps to decrease the number
of unwanted kittens, homeless cats, and cats that end up being euthanized in animal shelters.
Apart from the very important fact that there are far too
many unwanted kittens and cats in this world, neutering has benefits for both male cats and female cats.
Also, now that the cats have been sterilized, there is no worry for businesses about finding homes
for unwanted kittens.
If you have a colony of feral cats that you are currently providing food, water and shelter for and need help getting them «fixed» so as to
avoid unwanted kittens, then yes we can help you.
This also includes trying to help someone find a home for their owned cats if they can no longer keep them, as well as strays or
unwanted kittens who are owned (not in the shelter system).
There are so many stray dogs and cats in Romania, the more that we can spay and neuter the
less unwanted kittens and puppies will be born this year.
Caretakers feed the cats and provide shelter and veterinary care, including spay / neuter surgery, which reduces or eliminates nuisance mating behaviour and prevents more
unwanted kittens from being born.
Today there is no question in my mind that TNR is the only way to go if we are to seriously improve the well - being of existing feral and stray cats and reduce the number of
unwanted kittens condemned to a short and brutish life on the streets.
Since January, Napa Humane's Clinic has spayed / neutered 528 cats — a great start, but not enough to prevent the wave of
unwanted kittens showing up at our shelter right now.
«We are now in «kitten season» when there is a surge of
unwanted kittens entering animal shelters that are already full with cats needing homes,» said Byron Logan, executive director of the Maryland SPCA.
The four purposes of the program are to prevent the birth of
unwanted kittens in the community, to reduce the hormone caused nuisance behaviors associated with cats not spayed or neutered, to vaccinate the cats for public health, and to reduce the number of cats euthanized in animal shelters.
During the height of kitten season there is a large influx of
unwanted kittens whose owners struggle to rehome them.
394 cats spayed + 32 toms neutered = 426 cats who will not bring any more
unwanted kittens into the world = more than a thousand lives spared in just one year.
Spaying at a young age prevents mammary cancer and spaying at any age
prevents unwanted kittens, noisy heat cycles, and possibly even urine marking in the house.
Each is meant to keep your cat from reproducing and filling the neighborhood
with unwanted kittens that may, in the end, be put down due to pet overpopulation.
Besides preventing
more unwanted kittens, spaying and neutering your cat prevents diseases and prevents many behavioral problems that occur in unaltered pets:
• Sponsors a monthly free to the public, feral & free - roaming spay neuter cat clinic that has fixed 3,200 cats in the last 6 years preventing thousands
of unwanted kitten births.
Cats Protection is appealing for donations to help
an unwanted kitten overcome several appalling...
They are so cute and cuddly, but the fact is,
these unwanted kittens end up in shelters and contribute to the 860,000 to 1.4 million cats that are put down each year.
Over the past 10 years, PetSmart Charities has provided more than $ 39 million to 3,400 nonprofit animal welfare organizations to save the lives of homeless pets through adoptions (more than 1,000 per day), sterilization programs to prevent
unwanted kittens and puppies, and retention programs to keep pets in their adopted homes.
This can lead to overpopulation, diseases spread,
unwanted kittens and / or kitten deaths, and more.
By spaying and neutering feral cats in New Braunfels, we are preventing
unwanted kittens and helping limit the spread of feline diseases.
Consider having your cat spayed or neutered to avoid
any unwanted kittens.
«Our mission is to help spay and neuter as many feral cats as possible, to reduce the sheer volume of homeless,
unwanted kittens each year,» Stephanie said.
And since every cat needs a human (that's what domestic means), this adds up to a great deal of
unwanted kittens and cats in our community.
With your help, this effort will directly impact the number of
unwanted kittens and puppies entering Wyoming Shelters this year and beyond.
Every day I read pleas for help from people who failed to spay or neuter their cats: male cats spraying every available surface of the house or escaping outdoors to fight other male cats; female cats who keep the household awake with their loud yowling during estrus and worse yet, «surprise» litters of
unwanted kittens.
A single pair of unsterilized cats or dogs and their unsterilized offspring and their unsterilized offspring and so on, will be responsible for the births of thousands of
unwanted kittens or puppies in just a few years that could end up abandoned, neglected, abused, hit by passing cars or euthanized because homes can't be found for them in time.
And it comes with the added peace of mind that you'll be doing your part to help solve the problems of overpopulation and
unwanted kittens.
So what will happen to these boxes upon boxes of
unwanted kittens?
You'll be helping to control the problem of
unwanted kittens, and you and your feline friend will experience some benefits too!
Spaying or neutering a single pair of unsterilized cats or dogs will literally save the lives of thousands of
unwanted kittens and puppies.
«Johanne Golder, executive director of the Oakville and Milton Humane Society, which is contracted by Oakville to provide animal control services... said the mentality that cats are «disposable» pets (
unwanted kittens are often abandoned or dumped at shelters) is to blame for the huge feline populations in urban centres.»
In fact, just $ 25 can neuter one cat and prevent litters of
unwanted kittens.