Stop Spaying And Neutering

Spaying and neutering, or ovariohysterectomy and castration, is the act of removing an animal's reproductive organs through invasive surgery. This is blatant disregard of animal rights. How would you like it if someone wheeled you into an operating room and took out your organs so you would be more manageable? Cutting up pets isn’t our decision to make. Some will argue that these animals are 'ours', and as their 'owners' it is indeed our choice. However, this is what animal abusers say, too, but does that make it any more right? When the black people were slaves, white people beat and whipped them. Was that right? Was that just? The white people said they owned them, so going by the logic of the people who say it's our decision, it was. This isn’t the answer to pet problems. Its wrong-Period.

  And that brings us to my next point-there is no valid argument for spaying and neutering. The three excuses people mostly use are overpopulation prevention, increase in pet health, and behavioural issues. Firstly - overpopulation. Now, sure, there are homeless pets, but isn’t homeless better than mutilated? And speaking of homeless, why don’t we spay homeless people against their will? We humans have taken overpopulation to a whole new level ourselves. Going, again, by the logic of the people who support spaying and neutering, we should go spay and neuter all the starving in Africa, the homeless in Canada, the overworked and underpaid in China, against their will. Why not? It prevents overpopulation, so why shouldn’t we? Now, secondly - pet's health. There is absolutely NO proof that spaying and neutering prolongs health. None. That was a scam made up years ago to get people to spay and neuter their pets. The last main reason is behaviour. Intact pets spray, chew and scratch furniture, and are more active. It’s a fact. Don’t change the pet to suit the environment, change the environment to suit the pet. 

  Spaying and neutering is dangerous and painful. Have you ever noticed whenever anyone is giving you reasons to spay or neuter your pet, they always mention health benefits, but can never seem to present evidence to support them? They also fail to acknowledge the health risks involved in the surgery. Hmm... Now isn’t that odd? Long-term health risks include increased risk of osteosarcoma (A form of bone cancer), extremely common in medium and large sized spayed or neutered dogs. Spaying also creates urinary 'spay incontinence' a urinary tract disease that requires tremendously expensive urinary tract food, and monthly x-ray checkups. Neutering a male dog quadruples the risk of prostate cancer, and doubles the risk of urinary cancers. In ALL spayed and neutered pets, obesity is a huge issue. Spaying and neutering upsets a pet's hormonal balance, which make them less active and therefore drastically increases obesity. These operations make dogs three times more likely to be overweight, and cats 2 times. Every day, thousands of pets getting spayed or neutered will die on the operating table, or from complications. Don’t take the risk! This surgery is also very painful. Many people will argue this, saying it is completely painless. I ask those people: Have you ever watching someone spay a pet? Have you watched them sit in a cage as the anesthetic wears off, howling and yowling in pain? I have, and it's utterly heartbreaking.

  Furthermore, the only reason we spay or neuter is to make pets more manageable. Female animals go into heat. People getting a pet need to know that. Its life and it’s nature. Male cats spray (And it is not guaranteed neutering will stop it), but we need to understand, it's what a pet does, and it's what a pet is. People say responsible owners spay and neuter their pets. I say no, responsible owners understand that a pet is a pet, and they shouldn’t change it to make it more manageable. If caring for a natural, intact animal is so difficult, don’t get a pet. It’s that simple.

We need to stop the horrible cruelty that is spaying and neutering, stop the pain and danger and violation of animal rights. There is no argument for mutilating pets for owners' sakes. Save lives-Don’t spay!