THE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS FOR STRAY ANIMALS
In this post I'd like to discuss about some of the causes, problems and some of the solutions directly linked to stray animals.
WHERE DO STRAY ANIMALS COME FROM?
Humans have played the biggest role to this question. Without humans, the term 'pets' wouldn't exist. Therefore, there is only one cause - Irresponsible animal ownership & uncontrolled breeding that derived from the irresponsibility.
Irresponsible Animal Ownership
· Some
owners allow their animals to roam outside the house compound unsupervised. (PLEASE KEEP YOUR PETS INSIDE THE COMPOUND)
· These
animals then become part of the stray population because some might get lost or mate with other strays causing an uncontrollable stray population.
· Owners
may also abandon their animals in the streets when they no longer want them.
This can be a common fate for unwanted litters of puppies.
Uncontrolled Breeding
Basically, owned
animals may be allowed to breed uncontrollably which would lead to the problem of
abandonment. Should one is not keen on breeding their pets then they should spay/neuter them as soon as possible. Breeding
within the stray population can produce the next generation of stray animals (UNSPAYED/UNNEUTERED PETS WILL GO OUTSIDE AND BREED WITH STRAYS AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED).
SOLUTION
- SPAY/
NEUTER YOUR PET IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BREED THEM!
- Adopt a pup rather than buying one
(mix/local breed are as good)
-
Sponsor a stray around
your home. Help to spay/neuter and release them back to where you found them if you can’t
keep them. If the society contributes little by little, change can come in greater numbers.
HOW DOES SPAYING/NEUTERING YOUR PET
BENEFIT YOU?
- Prevents the problem of unwanted puppies and kittens that may become part of the stray population.
- Spayed/neutered animals are less likely to leave the house and will stay home more to guard the house.
- Helps the health of the individual animal by reducing the chances of getting sick (eg: STDs).
- Pyometra is an abscessed, pus-filled infected uterus. Toxins and bacteria leak across the uterine walls and into the bloodstream causing life-threatening toxic effects.
- Mammary tumour – breast cancer in animals.
Male
disease -
- Prostate disease and testicular cancer.
In short, animals are exactly like humans. They live, breathe, eat, poop and mate the same. The only difference between us and them is that we have a larger brain and we have COMMON SENSE. If we do not take action with our own pets then who is going to be responsible for our irresponsible actions? Who will clean the streets full of strays that our pets have produced? In this case, I believe you can judge and think about it yourself.
“We must be the
change we wish to see in the world”. – Mahatma Ghandi
Love,
Sarah.
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