Why does Pug Rescue of Austin feel so strong about having pets spayed/neutered?

Spaying and neutering reduces the population of unwanted and homeless animals in the world.

Some 70,000 puppies and kittens are born every day in the U.S. As long as these birth rates exist, there will never be enough homes for all the animals.

As a result, roughly 15,000 pets are euthanized each DAY simply because they are homeless. Most of them would be wonderful companions. Most don’t deserve to be abandoned in a shelter. Many animals that enter shelters die there because no one wants them.

Only one animal in 10 born in the U.S. gets a good home that lasts a lifetime.

Simply put, the widespread failure to spay or neuter dogs results in homelessness, misery, cruelty, and death.