Essay On Animal Overpopulation

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Dogs and Cats are cute and cuddly and they provide comfort for many people but what happens when that one cat or dog turns into three more and that three turns into six. Will they still be cute and comforting when there are to many mouths to feed and there is no longer room for them? Animal overpopulation has become a problem in many parts of the world. The Humane Society of The United States did a survey in 2012 on how many cats and dogs there were who had owners. There study show that there is an estimated 83.3 million dogs and 95.6 million cats who belong to someone, and they estimate that there are 6 to 8 million animals that go to shelters each day, but these numbers still do not include the number of animals that are wandering the streets (U.S. Pet Ownership). Overpopulation has created problems for many different reasons; animals shelters have to euthanize animals to make room for more, animals are starving, being neglected, abandoned, and the right medical precautions not being used.
The American Humane Association made a statement on Animal Population Control Pet Overpopulation results from allowing stray cats and dogs to reproduce and not giving them the opportunity to get there young to into a different environment, and owners giving their pets away because they didn’t want to keep them or could not keep them (Pet Overpopulation). The cost to have an animal spayed or neutered is so expensive that many pet owners do not worry with it. Robert Wolfe says in his article that he posted on How much does it cost that the cost to have a male dog or cat neutered can be in between forty and one hundred and fifty dollars and to have a female dog or cat fixed can be fifty and two hundred dollars (Wolfe, Robert). The overpopulati...

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...tting worse and worse as the years go on. Many different organizations are trying to help out with what they can. Having a pet can be a responsibility that many are not ready for. Having a dog or cat as a pet can become expensive and every time consuming, and that is why there are so many animals that live on the streets and why overpopulation keeps increasing year after year. Seeing stray animals has become a normal thing to see for some communities around the world but these strays can be the home and breading ground for diseases that can be fatal. If an animal is saved from living on the streets it is sent to an animal shelter where it may still suffer and be in a cage for the rest of its life. Animal shelters are becoming over crowded and having to constantly make room for more animals, and that is causing the number of dogs and cats that are euthanized to rise.

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