How many votes against spaying/neutering animals?

Question

I fully believe spaying/neutering animals is wrong and 100 percent unnatural. If you can't take responsibility of a sometimes aggressive dog, then you shouldn't own one, don't go and get it castrated.

I deem it abuse of power to determine whether or not an animal gets to keep his genitalia. So I guess this is just a poll:

All in favor say Aye

All against say Nay

Answer 1

What does aggression have to do with spay/neutering? You are not going to tell me that leaving a dog intact will make him/her more aggressive are you? If that's the case I have a german shepherd that is over 100 lbs I would like you to meet. He is not neutered and is the biggest wimp going, and it's not because he's a puppy, he's 5 years old. He has been backed into a corner by a minature poodle, and once peed all over himself because a leaf fell and blew across the sidewalk in front of him. However, I rescued an American Eskimo once, he was neutered and he's the most aggressive dog I've ever owned - he had to go on female hormone therapy.

You spay and neuter so there aren't so many unwanted pets in the world. Geez I hope you aren't breeding dogs.

Answer 2

It also wasn't "natural" to domesticate animals but we did..therefore we have to take the responsibility. It isnt just for sexual related aggression, it also helps them stay healthier longer and with a 60% diminished risk of reproducive organ cancers. Another animal that must me spayed and neutered are ferrets. If the females come into heat, and arent bred they can actually die from anemia. If you owned a male cat are you against neutering him to...or are you ok with his spraying because its 'natural'. If more people spayed/neutered their pets there wouldnt be 109,965 dogs sitting in Humane Societies across the country right now. Many of them who wont be around in 72 hours. There is nothing natural about that, and come to think of it, it also isnt 'natural' to even own a pet, put it on a leash, feed it commercially processed food...ect, ect, ect. We have domesticated them from wolves and other true wild dogs and with that comes the responsibility of keeping them cared for. Letting a female keep having puppies when they have no place to go, is not responsible. If you believe in all natural...it has to be accross the board. No deodorant, no cologne, no synthetics in your clothes, no haircuts for you or your dog, is killing another animal natural?, if you look around your home you will see plenty that doesnt fall into the category of natural. Your argument is an interesting one in theory but very few people live naturally or even can. Think of it, no more microwaves...or microwave popcorn.

Answer 3

Well... if you are an experienced breeder I say it is fine not to.... HOWEVER... if you cant commit to raising puppies (ESPECIALLY since there can be 2 or more litters a year)... than it is in your best interest to have them altered.


Just because a 13 (or younger) year old girl can conceive a baby, doesn't mean it is in her best interest to produce a child each year. Especially when she would not have the means to look after it as it should be looked after...

I know it is totally different... BELIEVE ME.... I am just trying to prove a point.....

I have a puppy that just entered her first season, and i have been trying to decide if she should be altered, or bred... and i know my husband and myself work full time, and live on a cattle farm which is a second full time job.... and there is NOOOOOO way we have the time to care for puppies.... even if we were planning to give them away..... just something to think about.

Best of luck

Answer 4

Nothing wrong with keeping dogs intact, mine all are. The problem is that your average pet owner is to stupid or lazy to manage their animals. You know, the people that ask questions like "Why are my dogs stuck together" and "My dog keep running away, what do I do". If pet ownership weren't such a struggle for many owners, few would need to be fixed. But instead we are now fighting MSN laws.


POSTERS - Altered dogs will not get some cancers. But they DO also have a 30% higher chance of BONE CANCER, the most prevelant type of cancer in dogs.

Answer 5

I think you are wrong.

We already violated the whole "natural way of doing things" by domesticating dogs in the first place. We unnaturally bred dogs in large quantities while taking away their natural predators as well as any prey shortages that would "naturally" keep their populations under control.

So now that we have created a situation beyond the scope of how dogs exist in nature, we must deal with our 'unnatural' situation responsibly by controlling the population. Spaying and neutering accomplishes that effectively & efficiently.

Answer 6

Spay/neuter is one of the most HUMANE things you can do for your pets. It keeps them from getting certain forms of reproductive cancer (both males and females) and keeps male dogs from getting enlarged prostates (can we say even MORE vet bills??) as they get older. It can also deter a male dog from roaming (can we say lost?) and becoming aggressive. And then we come to the largest reason: OVERPOPULATION. Do you have any clue as to how many animals are euthanized each year because shelters run out of room?(statistics say about one-half). Many nice, nice animals die each year because we do not have our pets altered. Our shelter works very, very hard with other shelters and rescue groups in a three-state area (or even further!) to send animals where they have a chance of being adopted. We have even flown animals across the country to adoptive homes! Of course, they are screened and approved applicants. So NO, it is NOT an abuse of power to spay/neuter, it is a KINDNESS. If you had power of attorney to decide a family member's health care decisions, do you consider THAT an abuse? My animals are FAMILY members and therefore, I am their advocate in every way, including making responsible decisions about their heathcare.

Answer 7

if no one spay or neuterd there animals there would be alot of unwanted animals out there striving, my neighbours don`t spay there pets and they always end up with more cats then they know what to do with.

i have spary and netured my cat and dog .

i know its unfair to them, but look at the humance society they are full and why because there is way to many animals out there, and because of that a lot of these poor animals get put sleep. Thats not fair either but what can we do, like myself i can only save a few of them at a time.

i get mad because i can`t save them all and i feel bad because these animals have done nothing wrong but are caged and then put to sleep cause no one wants them and it costs alot to buy a pet form the humance soceitey now.

Answer 8

ALL pet's need to be spayed or neutered. Oviously you haven't visited the pound's and seen the stat's on how many of these sweet, unwanted animal's are killed every day because there's not enough home's for them. Only an irrisponsible pet owner doesn't get it done. It's up to us, their owner's, to look out for them. Go to some dog pound's and some rescue group's and then come back and ask that question.

Answer 9

Nay. They should be spayed/neutered. Look at all of the poor animals who are homeless, sitting in shelters or dead because people won't take the first step in controlling the pet population. Shameful and disgraceful. The poor animals are the ones that pay, with their lives.

Answer 10

I'm not sure which Aye or Nay supports my opinion, but I will say, I think spaying and neutering is fine. It keeps baby animals from starving on the street.