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The Importance of Desexing Your Pets
Do you have undesexed
pets at home? Has your pet had a litter of puppies or kittens?
If so, you could be
contributing to the overwhelming pet overpopulation problem
in Australia. Shelters across Australia cannot cope with the
amount of unwanted cats and dogs.
Shelters across
Australia are forced to euthanse (kill) 200,000 cats and dogs
each year or 547 animals per day.
As a pet owner, it
is your responsibility to not contribute to the shocking statistics.
Please contact your local vet or RSPCA and have your pets
desexed today.
Auxiliary Desexing Program
 The
RSPCA NSW Auxiliary is only accepting a limited number of
genuine welfare cases at the
moment. Please contact the following organisations first.
They may be able to assist you.
National Desexing
Network (www.ndn.org.au)
Animal Welfare League (www.animalwelfareleague.com.au)
DABS (http://dabs.org.au)
Hunter Animal Watch (www.hunteranimalwatch.networksmm.com.au)
Benefits
Cats and dogs start their reproductive
lives at a very young age, and throughout their lifetime can
potentially deliver many litters of offspring. This problem
underlines the importance of desexing pets at an early age
and reducing the number of unwanted animals in our communities.
In addition to preventing animals coming
into season (oestrus) regularly and having unwanted litters,
desexing may result to varying degrees in a positive behavioural
change in your pet. A desexed pet is less likely to:
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Wander, run away,
roam or get into fights. This reduces injuries such as
abscesses, car injuries and infected wounds |
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Suffer from anti-social,
aggressive and other behavioural problems |
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Spray and mark
its territory and other sexual behavioural problems |
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Suffer from some
serious and potentially life-threatening health problems,
such as pyometra (infection of the uterus) |
 Undesexed
male cats are at severe risk for acquiring Feline AIDS through
fighting with other undesexed male cats.
Desexing is the surgical removal of an
animal's reproductive organs (the testes in males, and the
ovaries and uterus in females). It can be done on animals
as young as eight weeks of age. The operation can only be
performed by a veterinarian, and is a reasonably straightforward
procedure, causing minimal discomfort to the animal.
Female and male dogs and cats can be desexed
from 8 weeks of age.
Downloads
Please pass the following
information onto friends and family who can benefit from our
services.
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Desexing
Benefits Info Sheet (pdf)
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Generic
Desexing A4 Poster (Cat picture, pdf) A3
Poster
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Generic
Desexing A4 Poster (Dog picture, pdf) A3
Poster
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fundraising is vital to help the RSPCA provide care and assistance
for each and every animal that passes through their doors.
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The
RSPCA Yagoona Shelter is always in need of responsible and
caring individuals to help rear kittens and puppies until
they are old enough to be adopted.