Pet overpopulation is a major global issue. It involves issues of human health and sanitation and poses questions of ethics and humane treatment of animals. Current methods of surgical sterilization have obvious limitations; they are costly, time consuming and inadequate at addressing such a large scale issue. However, recent research is exploring several viable alternatives to invasive surgical procedures. While still in the development stages, two of these, Neutersol and ChemSpay are the most promising.
Neutersol targets male reproductive organs, halting sperm production while keeping the testes intact. ChemSpay essentially takes advantage of natural biological processes in the ovaries to speed up infertility. In evaluating the costs and
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Throughout my research, two products caught and held my attention as being a viable alternative to surgery. One is for use in males and the other is for use in females. Factors that need to be considered are safety, cost, and effectiveness in one single …show more content…
Loretta Mayer, PhD, an ovarian physiologist and professor at Northern Arizona University initially intended to alleviate diseases associated with menopause, and in the process made an exciting discovery that has the potential to feed millions of people and rid the streets of homeless animals. She found that when injected into rats, VCD caused infertility. Rats are notorious for feasting on crops intended for human consumption and consume or damage up to 50 percent of pre-harvest rice crops. Due to the large-scale cultivation of rice worldwide, if rice production were to increase by 10 percent, it would feed roughly 380 million people a year (Mayer, 2006). Mayer, who is also chairman of the board for SenseTech, is confident that with the help of this chemical (called ContraPest when used with rats) rat populations can be reduced thus making more food available. All this research catalyzed the testing of VCD in other animals, with the hope of using this humane method to spay dogs, cats and even control populations of wildlife such as deer, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, horses, buffalo and elk (Grimm,
According to Marna Owen, from "Animal Rights; Yes or No? claims that each year 80,000 animals are used and often killed for the sake of medical research. He describes experiments in which puppies are burned, cats eyelids are sewn shut, and baboon's heads are crushed. A fiery debate arised and according to the book 6 people chained themselves to the psychol...
...reduction for excessive or out of balance hormones, and new surgeries that are rapidly becoming popular within the male race are face lifts, ear corrections, and penile enlargements (Donohoe, 2006). All procedures pose a high risk, but it seems that the individuals going through such measures could care less as long as they’re bodies and looks are up to standards.
A total of 90 patients (test [MEBO Scar ointment], n=40; control, n=50) were recruited in the study. All patients underwent elective surgery between February 01, 2013 and December 30, 2013.The majority of patients in the test group were female (n=30, 75%) with female to male ratio of 3:1; however, all participants in the control group were female. The mean age of the patients was 30 years (range: 10–60 years)(Table 1). There were no statistically significant differences between the test and control group with respect to type of surgery (Table 2)and type of incision (Table 3). Thyroidectomy was the most frequently performed surgery in the test group (30%), while breast mass excision biopsy was the most common in the control group. Revisional
...nd you spending your tax dollars for animal killing chemicals? We want to keep our animals and pets healthy as wells as other ones too. We can help to stop this happening by spaying and neutering our pets.
For many years, infertile couples have had difficulty facing the reality that they can not have children. According to Nidus Information Services Incorporated, 6.2 million women in the United States are infertile. This problem leads to many options. A few options have been used for a long period of time: the couple could adopt a child or keep trying to have a child themselves. For those couples that want to have their own children, there are new options arising. In vetro fertilization is an option that gives couples the chance to have a doctor combine the male's sperm and the woman's eggs in a petri dish and implant them into the woman's womb after the artificial conception. This may result in multiple pregnancies - more than five in some cases. This does not only occur in implantation, however. Many times the patient's doctor will ask her to consider selective reduction: aborting a few fetuses to save the ones she can. In a case of multiple pregnancy, selective reduction should be considered an option.
In my opinion this method is only good for men that do not want to be the biological father of any children in the future. Men who are sensative to surgery should think hard before they proceed with this.
In the twenty first century, we have so many other alternatives besides continuing to burn, shock, poison, starve, and kill over 100 million animals to test new household products and medicines when it has been proved that animal testing is an ineffective way to cure illnesses and improve human life. Animals do not suffer the same illnesses as humans do and injecting them into animals and studying the effects delays our time to further understand the sickness on an actual human. Seeing that an animals’ genetic makeup is much different from a humans then certain medicines that work on animals more often than not are not effective on humans. Therefore, results are often very misleading. “Animals are fed harmful substances, infected with lethal viruses, subjected to brain damage, heart attacks, strokes, and cancers”(“What’s Wrong With…”). Through a humane perspective, the murder of millions of animals is a disturbing thought to hold. As a country, we continue to remain oblivious to what continues to go on behind laboratory doors for cosmetic, medical, and industrial purposes.
To help keep crops from being destroyed, conventional farmers use many methods such as pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Nearly 1 billion pounds of these chemicals are used every year (“pesticides”). Because of this excessive use, some scientists express concern that using artificial chemicals in the farming process could produce unhealthy crops. People who ate it over a long period of time could suffer from degraded health and stunted growth (“Organic Foods”). For example, in 1989, the EPA banned the use of Alar which was a chemical used to ripen apples (“Farming, Organics”). This chemical proved to be carcinogenic after causing tumors in mice after several laboratory tests (“Organic Food”). As a result of these findings there was a dramatic increase of the sales for organic food (“Organic Food”). Another study found that Atrazine (one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States) has the potential of being carcinogenic and reducing sperm counts in males (“Organic Food”). This was further proven when evidence was found that chemicals u...
Researching on the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) website a Journal of the American Medical Association and British M...
Additionally, there are other reasons to spay and neuter. “It helps to reduce companion animal overpopulation. Most countries have a surplus of companion animals and are forced to euthanize or disregard their great suffering. The surplus ...
This is just one of the countless barbaric tortures forced upon animals. Studies show that in 1994, over 3,500 animals were killed in the United Kingdom, with almost another 21,000 more used in France for cosmetic purposes only (Celebrities, 95). These numbers reflect totals in only two countries. Research by Congress estimates that as many as 22 million animals are used annually for experimental research (Testing, 96). This research is funded by over $5 billion in tax revenue (Bio-Med, 97).
Marcus, Miriam. “Ten Plastic Surgical Risks You Need To Know.” Forbes, n.p. 10 October 2007. Web. 17 February 2012.
The top five surgical procedures for men were: liposuction, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, breast reduction to treat enlarged male breasts, and hair transplantation.
"The Costs of Infertility Treatment." RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. Family Building Magazine/WIN Fertility, 2006. Web
Gender reassignment is a very controversial topic. Does it really work, can surgery really change your gender? People will always tell you about all the things that go right with surgery, but does anyone truly pay attention to the significant problems that this surgery can cause? Gender reassignment surgery (GRS) is a surgical procedure by which a person’s physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble that of the other sex. It is said that this surgery is used to treat gender identity disorder (GID), which describes the condition in which an individual identifies with a gender inconsistent or not culturally associated with their assigned sex. Having surgery performed can cause both physical and mental tribulations. While death is an unlikely result of complications, things do go wrong, as with all surgeries there are risks. There are also major mental, physiological, social and emotional side effects. Surgery will not fix the underlying psychological problems that cause the request for surgery. Anyone considering surgery needs to proceed with caution, as it can result in irreversible damage.