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1. Cheryl
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   Read this article in the newspaper over there today. How many people are going to rush out to save one of those cuddly sweet kittens and in months to come put it outside and then it has kittens of its own, which in turn will be taken to sit on death row?

   I don't know about your volunteer rescue groups over there which work 24/7 attempting to save mother cats with litters just days old or tiny kittens by placing them in private homes until ready for adoption. However, our rescue groups are out of room and out of homes to place the mothers with kittens and/or kittens in. Majority of State and County animal shelters here take them when a person turns them in straight to the back to be put down.

   I read ten ads last night placed by volunteer rescue groups in my area begging people to please take in litters of puppies and litters of kittens just temporarily, as they are scheduled to be put to death this weekend in the kill animal shelters.

   When will people learn to be responsible pet owners and get their pets spayed and or neutered before it comes to this!

   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1224123/The-60-kittens-just-days-live---wants-home-credit-crunch.html

   Posted 3 weeks ago #

2. June
   Member

   It costs money - was at the vets last pm and the quote for a dog castration was £159.64 .
   People are very surprised just how much a pet can cost - the double immunisation injection for a start, but they get kittens and puppies never even thinking of whats needed.

   We (the dog charity I worked for) used to get overwhelmed with waifs and strays, some never even brushed or their eyes/ears wiped. The pets abandoned at holiday time, and people really shocked that they cannot look after themselves.

   All pets should just be sold by the breeder and fully vaccinated, the date for neutering given on pick up and the cost reflected in the puppy/kitten price. Also included in that would be a licence. It would stop all irresponsible breeding and selling.

   We have had a beautiful lab bitch stay here, she was 30 months old last time and had had two litters in that time, neither were planned but the owners didn't realise that having a bitch and an entire dog around while on heat is going to result in puppies.

   But then here in the UK people are allowing their teenage children to breed, so what hope is there for their animals?

   Posted 3 weeks ago #

3. June
   Member

   an update

   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8335305.stm

   Posted 3 weeks ago #

4. Cheryl
   Member

   Great people opened their hearts and made donations!

   Over here, June, spaying and neutering is quite expensive also. However, what many people here fail to realize are the programs offered to all by Spay Inc. and some humane societies. All vets honour it (even one's own), and you pay pennies, compared to the real costs, for a certificate and take it to a vet and get the spay or neuter for that price. Example, to get Prince neutered at the vets I was quoted $250 plus because of his large size (and that was the cheapest quote I was given). I went to the Humane Society paid $75 for a certificate and the vet did it for that price. Spay Inc. will arrange free neutering or spaying for a person who can't afford to have their animal fixed and a big discount for those who can afford to pay.

   Many Vets offer their services free to Humane Societies and to rescue groups and will neuter and spay the animals before they are adopted out.

   As for breeders, June, it is becoming more and more the norm they actually will have neutered or spayed young puppies starting at 8 weeks before selling them. Many vets are in an uproar over that but nothing can be done to stop it, since the breeders own the puppies until sold and have their own private vets willing to do it. I have heard of a vet who travels around (from out of State) to breeders and will neuter or spay their puppies for them and dock ears, tails, etc. (Not legal to come from out of state but the vet hasn't been 'caught at it' yet.) Majority of Vets refuse to neuter or spay an animal before 6 months of age.

   Posted 3 weeks ago #

5. June
   Member

   Far too young isn't it? I would let a bitch have a heat , and a young male 'grow up' before neutering,that way their skeletons and hormone/glands are settled and their coats are true to type, and for the owner they have matured.
   Puppies are lovely but like us they do need to progress beyond childhood.

   The laws on docking here are somewhat NuLab, but the ear cropping has been made illegal some while back.

   Our vets a while back had a litter of boxers in when the owner had 'docked' them and their tail stumps were infected, even after strong antibios some died, and she was prosecuted.

   Posted 3 weeks ago #

6. Cheryl
   Member

   Yes, it is way too young and why ethical vets refuse to neuter or spay a puppy that young.

   The owner obviously didn't know what she was doing and shouldn't have docked the tails herself. Docking of tails and cropping of ears on breeds is legal over here but only should be done by Vets. However, many vets now refuse to crop ears on puppies which breeds have the cropped look. Then some vets will crop ears only if the puppy comes from show lines and is going to be shown when old enough. Then, of course, you have those breeders who crop the puppies' ears themselves. I can look at a dog with cropped ears and instantly know if it was a professional job done on those ears or a 'home cut' job!

   Posted 3 weeks ago #

7. June
   Member

   She shouldn't have docked their tails anyway, then the vet wouldn't have had to intervene.
   Its meant to be illegal, but with Nulab the law is full of loopholes, as usual

   Posted 3 weeks ago #

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