for all those people who are pro-"fixing" pets. if everyone did it won't animals face extinction?

Question

why is it called "fixing"? God doesn't give us broken things

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Answer 1

The God argument sort of falls flat if you've ever had the horribly sad experience of seeing healthy kittens and puppies put to death just because there's no one to own them and the shelters can't hold any more pets.

Domestic animals, especially cats and dogs, are certainly in no danger of extinction; not only are there feral colonies to continually produce more animals, but there are responsible breeders who perpetuate the best of the various breeds.

If you allow your pet to breed, you're adding to the problem of unnecessary euthenasia since people who would have otherwise rescued the pets from shelters where they would have died, are instead adopting your animals. Unless you have the background knowledge and commitment to a specific breeding programme, and have a list of people who are waiting to adopt any litters that are born, you're not doing any of the animals a service by keeping them fertile.

Answer 2

No, that is what breeding programs are for, they're overseen by registering bodies.

There aren't enough homes for the pets that already exist, more being born takes up homes those cats could have had, instead they're euthanased for not being wanted.

It costly to the environment and the community to leave cats entire. Too many cats living on the streets is a threat to public health.

I don't know what it's called 'fixing' it's not a term that is used where I live.

There are lots of other reasons too but that is the short answer to your question.

Over here across the pond, God didn't give us cats, man did! They were imported and are now a problem and a real threat to the environment. I don't have any issue with people having pets but they need to be responsible.

Here's how many pets can be created from just a male and female of the species An unspayed female cat, her mate and all of their offspring, producing only 2 litters per year, with 2.8 surviving kittens per litter can total:
1 year: 12
2 years: 67
3 years: 376
4 years: 2,107
5 years: 11,801
6 years: 66,088
7 years: 370,092
8 years: 2,072,514
9 years: 11,606,077
An unspayed female dog, her mate and all of their puppies, if none are ever neutered or spayed, add up to:
1 year: 16
2 years: 128
3 years: 512
4 years: 2,048
5 years: 12,288
6 years: 67,000

In the case of cats, they're able to have about 4 litters a year.

So I don't think we need to worry about extinction.

Answer 3

Tell that to the 4 million or so pets that will euthanized this year in the US alone because their is not enough homes for them , and that number does not include the thousands being sold to research labs by pounds

And God did not create pets, he created wild canines, and put in place checks and balances to prevent overpopulation, for example only the alpha 's of a pack mates and creates puppies the rest of the pack simply becomes the aunst and uncles and share in the duties if raising and protecting the pups.

It was man who created pets and in his greed used them for profit by forcing them to breed without regards to whether the dog is fit to breed.

So you are half right, but God did allow one broken thing to continue to exist and that was man, and we are born based on original sin, it was greed then with the apple and greed now that that has many forcing animals to reproduce for profit. The fixing term is a slang for neutering and problably was originally use as means to say we are fixing a problem man created

Answer 4

Your comment about "fixing" is a good one. This is just a particular turn of phrase.

You don't deny that there are too many feral and unwanted cats in the world, do you? You've seen mistreated cats and ignored cats, and momma cats who have 4 litters a year and many kittens that don't make it. That's a lot of unnecessary suffering. That's why the advocates of spay/neuter are putting out the word.

You also know that there are all sorts of irresponsible people out there who don't take care of their pets and no amount of talking to them will get them to do it. So don't use the argument that cats will go extinct because there will be too few left to breed. It'll never happen. Heck, we can't even get everybody to vote, so why would you think everybody would spay/neuter their cats?

Answer 5

Not everyone will. There are strays, wild dogs, feral cats, etc. I have no idea why it is called fixing except that the term was probably coined by someone who couldn't remember the differance between spay and neuter. "Fixing" pets would reduce the number of unwanted animals, and therefore, the abuse rate.

Answer 6

I think you’re a little confused. Maybe more than a little.

Should pro breeders, seriously interested in devoting their LIVES and all of their resources to bettering the breed, and with the necessary knowledge and high quality animals at their disposal to be successful, breed their animals? Yes.

Should the Jones family down the street who saw puppies being born on TV last Saturday, with a Lab and a Poodle of questionable genetics, breed them? No. If they happen to have two Labs instead, does that change anything? No.

Do you really not see the difference between these two scenarios?

No one in their right mind would suggest that every companion animal on the planet should be fixed. No one. What we ARE suggesting is that animals in the hands of irresponsible, clueless people who just want money/cute pups or kittens/or the “experience” should get their animals fixed. There is a long list of pros, and absolutely no cons, and it is insanity to argue the hard, proven facts that animals benefit greatly from being spayed/neutered.

And yes, God gives us plenty of broken things. There would be no need for any type of surgery or doctors, police, or therapists if he only gave us only perfect things.

Answer 7

Obviously everyone doesn't do it. And in response to your last post, spaying and neutering are operations preformed by liscenced professionals who have received 8+ years of training in the care of animals. Having them spayed or neutered is no more abusive than having any other surgery. Abuse is not the correct term; I think what you are more concerned with is whether or not it is ethical.

Also, it's not that God doesn't give us broken things. My nephew was born with a condition that causes seizures and therefore delays his learning ability. God made him the way that he is so that our family can become closer to Him. God gives us broken things on a daily basis so that we can prove our faith by trusting in Him. I suppose that doesn't have anything to do with the current post, but I thought you should know.

Answer 8

I have a suggestion go volunteer at one of your local animal shelters for awhile or if you don't care to offer your services just visit. Them come back on in a month and you will be able to answer your own question. I did volunteer for 10 years and it took it's toll watching all the innocents that were killed every single day just to make room for the new arrivals.There just aren't enough homes for them all!!!!

Answer 9

Would they face extinction?! Ummmm....not in our lifetime! With millions being euthanized every year in shelters, it would probably take us YEARS to reverse the overpopulation problem even if ALL dogs & cats were fixed.

Maybe it's called "fixing" because it's the only way to "fix" our country's pet overpopulation problem.

Answer 10

But God DID give us brains and left it to us to figure out how to use them. In the beginning, according to literalists, there was one man and one woman and they were told to have lots of kids. Well, thousands of years later, when population exploded and continued to and continues to, he gave people brains to invent birth control and to perform vascectomies so we wouldn't over burden the planet. Same brains developed natural pest control like lady bugs released on crops to eat the aphids that destroy it.
And then there was the beginning of spaying and neutering animals that ultimately saved more lives and gave a better quality of life to a larger number of dogs and cats because there were so very many unwanted pets and strays that died of starvation and disease and by being killed either by accident or on purpose. People in days before spaying and neutering that lived in the country used to routinely drown baby kittens and puppies to control their populations.
So I am glad for brains over brutality and I understand your sympathies, but as a woman, I was really glad for being able to have alternatives to birthing child after child until I dropped dead. Instead, I was able to have a few children I could take care of. I volunteered in an animal shelter when I was a kid and one day I walked through the wrong door and saw the weekly pick up of dead dogs that had been gassed. There had to have been at least a hundred of them piled high up over the dumpster and spilling on the ground around it. I will NEVER FORGET that sight. I cherish what is here, but I also cherish that science provides a better quality of life and health and also provided spaying and neutering to help lessen that pile..