Why Spay or Neuter Your Pet?

• Spaying and neutering helps solve pet overpopulation  Millions of healthy, adoptable cats and dogs are destroyed each year because there aren't enough homes:
• In seven years, one female cat and her offspring can theoretically produce 420,000 cats.
• In six years, one female dog and her offspring can theoretically produce 67,000 dogs.
• An estimated 5 million cats and dogs are killed in shelters each year. That's one about every six and one half seconds.
• It costs U.S. taxpayers an estimated $2 billion each year to round up, house, kill, and dispose of homeless animals.
  (from http://www.ddaf.org/spayday/why/overpopulation/)
• A spayed or neutered animal will live a longer, healthier life with decreased risk of developing ovarian, uterine or breast cancer (females) and prostate cancer or testicular tumors (males).
• A spayed or neutered animal is better behaved and less aggressive. 
• Spaying and neutering will reduce the desire to roam, fight, and "mark" territory. 
  Neutering will make males more reliable and responsible and often easier to train.

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New 2006 Bloomington Animal Ordinances: Did you know…

• If your dog or cat produces a litter of puppies or kittens, you must purchase a minor breeder permit, which costs $100
• If more than one litter is produced in a year, a major breeder permit must be purchased for $150
• If your pet is found running loose and it has not been spayed or neutered, you must purchase a minor breeder permit for $100, or have your animal altered (at your expense) before reclaiming it
• If your unaltered pet is found running loose a second time in 12 months, the animal must be spayed or neutered and microchipped (at your expense) before being reclaimed
• It is illegal to tether a dog for more than 10 hours at a time or more than 12 hours in a 24 hour period