The Humane Society of the United States has designated February to be Spay/ Neuter Awareness Month. World Spay Day, February 24, has been recognized in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U. S. terrirories, and nearly 50 countries. World Spay Day raises awareness that spaying and neutering saves the lives of pets who might otherwise be put down in a shelter or killed on the street.
When pets are spayed or neutered, those animals will not add to the millions of already suffering animals by continuing to reproduce. An estimated 4,000,000 healthy and adoptable cats, dogs, kittens and puppies are euthanized in U.S. shelters annually - that’s almost 11,000 lives ended daily, 450 per hour and more than 7 lives lost each minute at shelters across the country that destroy animals to try and control pet overpopulation.
