Make a difference in the life of your pet
Johannesburg SPCA will be participating in World Spay Day for the ninth year in 2016.
JOHANNESBURG SPCA will be participating in World Spay Day for the ninth year in 2016.
Its dedicated team of inspectors have identified an impoverished area where the people and their pets are in desperate need of assistance.
They have vaccinated and dipped their pets and will be sterilising their pets during the week of February 22 to 26.
What is sterilisation?
The surgical removal of the ovaries/uterus in a female animal and the testes in a male animal. This would prevent the animals from reproducing.
Why is sterilisation important?
There is an overpopulation of dogs and cats as a result of continuous irresponsible breeding.
These animals are often abused and abandoned. The lucky ones end up at animal welfare. Attempts are made to find homes for these pet, but it is an ongoing battle that happens throughout the world, year in and year out.
Why is sterilisation important for my pet?
Little fertile Fluffy can have a litter of six to 10 puppies twice a year, and over a six-year period Fluffy and her offspring would have generations of offspring amounting to more than 67,000 animals.
Fluffy starts losing condition and the strain shows on her little body after numerous deliveries and suckling hungry puppies all the time. Fluffy hasn’t had a life of enjoyment but has acted as a puppy producing machine until she dies.
Sterilisation would give her a good, healthy life of happiness and joy.
What happens if I don’t sterilise my pet?
Females which are not sterilised will attract males onto the owner’s property and this results in competitive fights for the female. Unfortunately the ‘losing’ male often succumbs to severe injuries. The female may also run out into the streets looking for males and get bumped by a car.
Females may develop breast cancer that eventually leads to euthanasia, as some tumours cannot be surgically removed.
Sterilisation will prevent a condition called pyometra, which is a pus accumulation in the uterus of a dog and is life-threatening.
Male animals may get testicular cancer.
Males will roam the streets in search of a female and put themselves at risk of injury and disease.
– Unsterilised males are prone to marking territory.
The community needs to join hands with the rest of the world and make the difference in the lives of animals.
The Johannesburg SPCA offers subsidised sterilisation to the pets belonging to their clients, as the SPCA recognises, as does the rest of the world, the importance of sterilising your pet and improving its quality of life.
Add extra years to your pet’s life by sterilising it. Only you can make that difference.
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