February is the month to spay or neuter man’s best friend

Titus County Shelter Friends (TCSF) and the Mount Pleasant Animal Shelter join with the Humane Society of the United States in designating February to be Spay/Neuter Awareness Month. World Spay Day, Feb. 25, has been recognized in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U. S. territories, and nearly 50 countries.
World Spay Day raises awareness that spaying and neutering saves the lives of pets who might otherwise be put down in a shelter or killed on the street.
“February is the time for everyone who cares about animals to join together toward the common goal of ending animal suffering and the euthanasia of adoptable pets,” said Goldie Harwell, TCSF member.  “Spay/neuter is a permanent 100-percent effective method of birth control for cats and dogs.  When we spay or neuter our pets, we ensure that those animals will not add to the millions of already suffering animals by continuing to reproduce.”
Goldie continued, “An estimated 4,000,000 healthy and adoptable cats, dogs, kittens and puppies are euthanized in U.S. shelters annually.
That’s almost 11,000 lives ended daily, 450 per hour and more than 7 lives lost each minute at shelters across the country that destroy animals to try and control pet overpopulation.
Most of these animals are the offspring of cherished family pets who were accidentally or intentionally allowed to breed.”
According to local veterinarian, spayed/neutered pets:
 

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