Dogs and cats are breeding faster than good homes can be found. 
A lot of these animals become unwanted, are given away, stray, or are callously dumped.
They suffer out of sight of their owners.

The lucky ones end up in animal shelters where as many as possible are placed in good homes,
but the reality is New Zealand shelters have to destroy as many as 50,000 cats and dogs every year.

If you think you have a reason for letting your pet breed, maybe you should think again.
Have your pet neutered there is no excuse not to.

Keeping a pet is a lifetime commitment and the once-only expense of a neuter operation
 will bring many advantages to both animal and owner.

A neuter operation brings both medical and behavioural benefits
which result in a healthier, happier pet and a healthy happy pet means a less expensive pet

No neutered dog or cat can ever get cancer or other diseases of the reproductive organs,
such as testicular tumours, cystic ovaries, ovarian tumours or acute or chronic uterine infections.

Desexed animals are also at far less risk of mammary cancer, prostate diseases,
perianal tumours and perianal hernias.

There will never be any risk of complications during pregnancy or birth.

Because neutered animals avoid these medical problems they tend to live longer,
healthier lives.

Another advantage is that a desexed animal is often a more relaxed pet.
Neutering reduces a pets desire to roam and fight.

It also decreases embarrassing behaviour habits like leg mounting and spraying,
and eliminates the frantic pacing and crying of a cat in heat.

Desexing your pet saves you a lot of money.
A pregnant animal requires additional food, as will the puppies or kittens.
They may also need extra veterinary care.

Desexing reduces roaming, thereby lessening the likelihood of your animal being hit by a car
 or getting injured in fights with other animals.

Desexed dogs are cheaper to register and the money saved in registration
will soon cover the cost of the desexing.

It is important that people understand that desexing does not change the personality of their pet.

Desexing does not make an animal fat and lazy.
Over eating and lack of exercise is what makes your pet fat and lazy.

There is absolutely no truth to the myth that it is best to let a female pet give birth to a litter
before getting her desexed. In reality it is better for an animal to be desexed before going
 on heat for the first time as this dramatically reduces the risk of mammary cancer

Letting your children "experience the miracle of birth"
is not a good enough reason to let an animal procreate.

Would you like your child to experience an animals death?
Because that is what happens when there are more kittens and puppies than there are good homes.
Teach your children about responsible pet ownership instead of adding to the number
 of unwanted animals.

The tragedy of the pet overpopulation crisis is that adoptable dogs and cats
 are dying because somebody did not get their pet neutered.

But whether a pet owner neglects to have an animal desexed
because they want her to have "just one litter" first,
or whether someone simply did not want to spend the money for their pets surgery,
the end result is the same: far too many animals for the number of available homes.

If your animal is entire, now is the time to act!