Why desexing is so Important

To get this message across we have to look at statistics. I'm not a fan of numbers but these we will delve into speak for themselves. We will focus on financial year 2011/2012. To narrow it down further we will focus on HVCH home turf, the Hunter region. To shrink the numbers further we are looking only at council run pounds.

We have used the Publicly available Analysis of Council Data Collection for
Seizures of Cats and Dogs. Division of Local Government, NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.

1158 cats across the Hunter ended up in council run pounds.
51 were released to owner.
28 were re homed/sold.
390 were released to re homing organisations such as ourselves.
655 were euthanized.

Yep you read that right a whopping 58% were killed, a high proportion of which would be young cats and kittens. With the pounds themselves only re homing 2% and organisations like ours managing to take on 35% .

HVCH usually has around 90 cats in care either on site or with our volunteer foster carers. Usually with a waiting list of over 20 cats waiting to come into care at any given time. Thats an awful lot of cats.

Now are you beginning to see why its so vitally important to desex?  We must do what we can to reduce the number of animals, Re home from rescues or pounds and desex there are so many animals needing homes already. This applies to dogs as well.  Support TNRR of unowned cats living in colonies That's Trap Neuter Release or re home

Desexing is also vital for maintaining their health, increasing their life span and preventing antisocial behaviour. If you are experiencing financial difficulty there are many subsidised desexing programmes available in NSW to help you meet these costs. Vist http://www.ndn.org.au/apply-for-low-cost-desexing.html