Speech: Spay Your Cat
1. Did you know that every un-spayed female cat and her offspring might produce up to 420,000 kittens over a seven-year period?
2. Today, you will realize the effect un-spayed cats can have on increasing the number of the stray feline population.
3. Almost everyone has a stray cat roaming the neighborhood, and should be concerned. Stray cats can spread diseases, and are a menace to society. In order to keep our neighborhoods clean and safe; everyone needs to address this issue.
A. I have encountered this problem myself.
1. When I lived in an apartment, I lived next door to a couple who refused to spay their two female cats.
a. Clint and Tracy didn't think their cats would be the same if they had them spayed, so they never had them fixed.
b. Their two female cats produced a constant steam of kittens.
c. At least two times a year, their cats were pregnant, and had anywhere from 3 to 9 kittens at a time.
2. Each times the kittens were born; they would just as quickly disappear. This made me really suspicious.
a. So, I decided to adopt one of their kittens, and ask how they had gotten rid of the others so quickly.
b. I was shocked when Tracy told me, they would drive the kittens they weren't able to give away to the river, and let them go wild.
c. When I remembered all the liters of cute little kittens that had been born year after year, only to become wild, diseased strays, I was astonished.
B. Unfortunately, my neighbors are not the only people lacking in responsibility, and willing to burden society with their unwanted cats.
1. In the same great apartment, I also encountered another stray cat situation.
a. A pregnant, wild ...
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...emning yourself to live in a roach infested environment.
1. People are willing to pay for pest control to avoid this unhealthy lifestyle. No one would want roaches procreating to the point of infestation.
2. Similarly, if people do not spay their cats it will eventually lead to severe overpopulation, which would leave us outnumbered. We would be left to comply with the environment created by stray cats.
1. All the dirty, mangy, diseased stray cats living in our neighborhoods, were probably once cute little kittens someone did not want to take the responsibility for, just by spaying their cat.
2. We must do, as Bob Barker of The Price is Right always asks, "Help control the pet population, have your pet spayed or neutered."
3. If you only want one cat, please have it spayed, so everyone else does not have to care for the remaining 419,000.
For many cat owners, their cat’s impulse to scratch can become a disastrous problem. Cat owners believe that the only logical solution is to have the cat declawed. It’s natural for cats to scratch and use their our claws to live their daily lives. Cats use their claws to play, climb, and in many situations as a form of self-defense. So the question that presents itself, is it really necessary for cat owners to have cats declawed. The only problem with declawing cats is that it is unnecessary and inhumane mutilation. Many cat owners should be more aware take advantage of the other safer and more humane alternatives for their cats.
Pet owners have varying opinions on whether or not spaying and neutering their animals is the right thing to do. When an animal is spayed or neutered, the organs that are responsible for reproduction are removed so that the animal is not able to produce offspring. This is also called “fixing” an animal. Neutering, which is done in males, is a surgical procedure in which the testicles of the animal are removed to prevent the production of sperm. While spaying, which is done in females, is a surgical procedure where the ovaries and uterus are removed. It is important to spay or neuter your pets because it is better for their health, character, and the world’s animal overpopulation.
B. Roger is raping this pig even though she is already in agonizing pain he still does it.
Unfortunately, kitten mills contribute to cat overpopulation. An abundance of kitten mill cats are not needed when there are already many homeless cats. Because so many cats are homeless, many end up being euthanized, commonly known as being “put to sleep” or “put down.” In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 65% of the animals that enter an animal shelter are euthanized, due to a lack of shelter space, which is caused by overpopulation. Shelters in Indiana face the same dilemma: when there isn’t space for more animals, healthy animals end up being euthanized. However, even for the cats that aren’t euthanized, life is not always stable. According to the Humane League of the United States, only one out of every five cats lives in one...
Holycross and Gordy knew that one mom cat was not the only cat affected by neglect. In just in the few months of monitoring that mom cat, she had two litters with multiple kittens in each.
B. They go to see Major Heaviside, so they can get more of the codes.
A. This is people that torture and abuse these poor, vulnerable animals and it should be
C. It concerns you because 1/3 of all Americans have a panic attack by the time they’re adults, and 3 out of 4 don’t receive the treatment they need.
In the U.S. there are an estimated six to eight million homeless animals entering animal shelters every year ("Myths and Facts About Spaying and Neutering: The Humane Society of the United States, lines 19-27"). Only half of these animals get adopted, the rest are put down. These are not offspring’s of homeless “street” animals; these are the pets that families cherished. “One un-spayed female dog and one un-neutered male dog and their offspring can produce 4,372 puppies in 7 years. For cats it is even worse. One un-spayed female cat and one un-neutered male cat and their offspring results in 420,000 kittens in 7 years” ("Why You Should Spay/Neuter Your Pet: The Humane Society of the United States, par. 22."). Many people might be surprised by the numbers that more than 2.7 million healthy, adoptable pets are put down in shelters annually ("Why You Should Spay/Neuter Your Pet: The Humane Society of the United States, par. 27."). Spay and neuter is the only effective method of birth control for domestic animals. Millions of healthy dogs and cats are humanely put to death each year in the United States simply because there are not enough homes to go
“Raining Cats and Dogs: Pet Overpopulation and the Importance of Spay/Neuter.” Nhes.org. Jul. 2009. The National Humane Education Society. 12/4/13
SpayUSA says that the benefits of spaying include no heat cycles, less desire to roam, risk of mammary gland tumors, ovarian and/or uterine cancer is reduced or eliminated, especially if done before the first heat cycle, reduces the number of unwanted cats, and helps cats live longer, healthier lives. Not only are many health issues reduced, but the overpopulation decreases dramatically. Those 66,088 cats are reduced even if only by a little bit. SpayUSA also says that the benefits of neutering reduces or eliminates risk of spraying, less desire to roam, therefore less likely to be injured in fights or auto accidents, risk of testicular cancer is eliminated, and decreases incidence of prostate disease, reduces the number or unwanted cats, decreases aggressive behavior, and helps cats live longer, healthier lives. This means less homeless cats walk around injured or lay dead on the side of the road. In short, if people fixed their cats, many problems could be greatly reduced.
The myths that spaying and neutering is cruel, will change the animal’s personality, or will make the pet fat are not true. Spaying and neutering will give a pet a longer and healthier life. The risk of breast cancer in females, and testicular cancer in males is greatly reduced. Females will also no longer have messy heat cycles, and will not attract males. In males, the urge to roam and mark territory is eliminated. Some people would say that they do not want to give their pet an unnecessary, risky surgery. If this surgery is done when the animal is young and healthy, it is almost completely safe. The consequences of not getting this done are much riskier. The urge that males have to wander away from home can put them in very dangerous situations, such as getting ran over by cars or fighting with other males. For females, giving birth is a very risky
Have you ever wondered, how it feels to be in a place where is overcrowded, and you are next in line to be euthanize? This is the life of the shelter animal when no one adopts them for a certain period of time. According to American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or known as ASPCA, each year, approximately 2.7 million animals are euthanized, which are 1.2 million dogs and 1.4 million cats. I am sure; most of you have some point in your life, owned a dog or a cat. Whether you are an animal lover or not, you don’t want to see innocent animals losing their lives. I personally have adopted a dog from a local shelter. There is no doubt that pet adoption from a shelter is a satisfying decision that will save innocent
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B. i ask that you should think about these precautions and take them into thought