WHY SPAYED AND NEUTER?
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Spaying and neutering has a positive effect on your cat's/dogs
personality. Your cat/dog will roam less, fight less, and be more
focused on his or her human family.
Your cat/dog will live longer, with less chance of many common
cancers.
You will help prevent the suffering and deaths of unwanted
kittens/puppies.
It is a myth that your pet will become fat and lazy. Only too much
food and a lack of exercise will cause your pet to become obese.
Responsible pet ownership includes teaching your children
about the terrible cat/dog overpopulation problem. Show them
how to solve it by spaying and neutering your pet today!
Let us help you with spaying or neutering your cat or dog! The
programs below are designed to assist folks with veterinary
costs.

Friends of Animals: A nationwide program that offers assistance
via certificates. These certificates are available for any income
level. For more information or to purchase, please call
1-800-321-7387, or log on to their website,
www.friendsofanimals.org

State of Maine Help Fix ME Program: This program is available
to residents of Maine that are on certain forms on state
assistance. Call the 1-800-367-1317 number for more
information.

Cleo Fund: This program helps fix cats, mixed breed dogs, and
rabbits. Call 207-773-6221.

AWS Year of The Cat- It's Cool to be Fixed! We designated the
year 2001 as "The Year of the Cat" and our continuing program
is available to help low income residents in our contract towns
who cannot afford the Friends of Animals program (listed above)
and are on some form of financial assistance. We do not want
you to delay having your cat spayed or neutered, so please call
today for details.

If none of these programs meet your specific needs, contact us
at (207)985-3244 and we will do everything we can to help you.

From Oxford County Maine
HERE'S REALITY ABOUT THE ANIMAL SITUATION YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE!

1000'S OF ANIMALS ARE KILLED EVERY WEEK IN THE USA BECAUSE PEOPLE REFUSE TO
SPAYED AND NEUTER. SOME SHELTERS HAVE A 90% EUTH RATE.
SOME SHELTERS DON'T EVEN GIVE A PIT BULL OR MIX A CHANCE TO BE ADOPTED.
PIT-BULL TYPE DOGS GET THE WORST TREATED AND SENT TO BE FIRST TO BE EUTHINIZED
FRIENDLY OR NOT THERE ARE JUST SO MANY.
DOGS ARE SENT STRAIGHT TO BE KILLED WHEN DROPPED OFF BY OWNERS. RARELY ARE
THEY ADOPTED. RESCUES TRY TO SAVE WHAT THEY CAN BUT THERE IS JUST NO ROOM.
YOUR MIXED BREED PUP DUMPED AT A SHELTERS DOOR, MAY NOT EVER GET ADOPTED.
IF IT DOSE CHANCES ARE IT WILL BE DUMPED AT THE SHELTER WHEN ITS
OLDER,BECAUSE NOT ALL HAVE A FOREVER HOME.
PURE BREED DOGS ARE ALWAYS ON DEATH ROW. BREEDERS DON'T DO ADVANCED
APPLICATIONS THAT MAY WEED OUT A BAD OWNER. THEY DON'T CHECK BACK GROUNDS
OR VET INFO ON SOLD PETS. THEY END UP ABUSED OR JUST DUMPED AT A SHELTER
BEFORE THEY'RE A YEAR OLD BECAUSE THEY HAD TO MOVE, HAD A BABY, JUST DON'T
CARE AND  WERE NOT TRAINED.
YOUR DOG NEEDS TO BE FIXED!
EVERY PUP YOU BRING INTO THIS WORLD KILLS ONE WAITING IN A SHELTER.
EVERY TIME YOU BREED YOUR DOG THE DOGS HEALTH SUFFERS.
EVERY TIME YOU BREED YOUR DOG THE QUALITY OF THE PUPS GETS WORSE.
FOR EVERY PUP YOUR DOG HAS 7000 PUPS WILL BE IN THIS WORLD FROM THAT PUP. IF
NO ONE SPAYS AND NEUTERS. FIRST ITS HER THAT DIES. 6 WEEK OLD BLACK PUPS.
THEN ITS THEM
THEN ITS RUBY A
YEAR OLD
AMERICAN PIT
BULL TERRIER.
NO ONE
ADOPTED HER
ON TIME.
THEN ITS A 200 DOGS IN GEORGIA

1000 DOGS IN CALIFORNIA A WEEK

7MILLION IN THE USA A YEAR ARE DEAD

BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T SPAY AND
NEUTER!
EVERY SHELTER FULL
NO ROOM FOR A DOG SICK,
UNTRAINED, BARKS TO MUCH, IS
PREGNANT, HURT OR ABUSED.
SO THEY DIE FIRST.
SO KNOWING IF YOUR DOG HAS PUPS
KILLS.
WILL YOU PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER.
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THIS REALLY
LOOKS LIKE. SAD IS'ENT IT