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In 2014, 700 World Spay Day events were held in 41 countries, including all 50 U.S. states, and over 68,000 companion animals were sterilized. [4] In Canada, World Spay Day in February 2014 included spay and neuter clinics in remote communities in northern Quebec, with additional clinics to follow. [9]
In 2020, ASPCA launched a series of programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on pets, owners, and communities including free pet food for dogs, cats, and horses in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and Asheville, grants to animal welfare organizations, emergency pet boarding services, a New York City COVID-19 Pet Hotline ...
The incidence of mammary tumours in un-spayed female dogs is 71% (of which approximately 50% will be malignant and 50% will be benign), but if a dog is spayed before its first heat cycle, the risk of developing a mammary tumour is reduced to 0.35%—a 99.5% reduction.
It’s long past time to ban the cruel practice of keeping dogs chained or confined outside in all weather in North Carolina and everywhere else. ... forgotten dogs dead or dying from heat stroke ...
About 6.3 million dogs and cats enter animal shelters every year across the nation, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Of those, about 920,000 are ...
Roughly 1 in 5 households, approximately 23 million households, added a cat or dog since the pandemic began, according to 2021 data from ASPCA. Despite the decrease in surrenders in 2024, many of ...
The most common form of sterilization in dogs and cats is surgical, spaying in females and castration in males. Non-surgical fertility control can either result in sterilization or temporary contraception and could offer a cheaper way to keep wild dog and cat populations under control. As of 2019, only contraceptives are commercially available.
The event will be held on Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon at the SPCA of Texas’ Myron K. Martin Spay/Neuter and Veterinary Care Clinic at 2400 Lone Star Dr., Dallas.