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Why [insert name of your community] Needs Accessible Spay/Neuter

Why [insert name of your community] Needs Accessible Spay/Neuter. [name of organizations presenting] [date]. Canada has a companion animal overpopulation issue. Shelters across the country are at or near capacity to care for the animals that are brought to their doors.

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Why [insert name of your community] Needs Accessible Spay/Neuter

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  1. Why [insert name of your community]Needs Accessible Spay/Neuter [name of organizations presenting] [date]

  2. Canada has a companion animal overpopulation issue • Shelters across the country are at or near capacity to care for the animals that are brought to their doors. • More than 60 000 shelter animals were euthanized in 2012 • [Include the number of cats and dogs who are homeless and in shelters in your community] • [Include the number of local shelter animals that were euthanized]

  3. Animal care professionals widely agree that increasing spay/neuter rates is key to reducing companion animal overpopulation • More than 70% of humane societies, SPCAs, municipalities, rescues, spay/neuter groups, TNR groups, veterinarians responding to Canadian Federation of Humane Society survey • Veterinary organizations, such as Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA), Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV)

  4. What is accessible spay/neuter? • Spay/Neuter • collective term for sterilization surgery for cats and dogs (females are spayed and males are neutered) • standard medical procedures that can be performed prior to sexual maturity to prevent reproduction of the animals • Accessible spay/neuter • means available to as many pet guardians as possible; • includes subsidized surgery, high-quality/high volume clinics, and mobile and transportation programs that bring clinics closer to the animals or vice versa

  5. Accessible Spay/Neuter has been shown to have many benefits • Fewer animal control complaints • Reduced spending for animal control, picking up, impounding, euthanizing animals • Reduced spending by animal sheltering organizations • Reduced injury and death of livestock, wildlife, • Reduced suffering and death of homeless animals • Promotion of veterinary services • Behavioural benefits for pet guardians (e.g., less roaming, aggression, house soiling, vocalizing) • Health benefits to the animal

  6. [Describe the specific issues in your community] • [What are the key barriers in your community –for example, high cost, no clinics close to neighbourhoods where spay/neuter needed most]

  7. [What do you want decision-makers to do] [For example: • Host a meeting with animal stakeholders in the community to explore the issue and solutions • Invest in specific proposed spay/neuter initiatives ]

  8. For more information Go to the CFHS’s Accessible Spay/Neuter webpage www.cfhs.cawhere you will find: • the CFHS’s detailed, referenced document, The Case for Accessible Spay/Neuter in Canada (funded by PetSmart Charities of Canada) • other summary documents of the state of spay/neuter in Canada • perspectives from a city official and veterinary private practitioners who are supporting accessible spay/neuter initiatives in their community

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