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Originally Posted by momof2pigs  Do rescues and shelters "contribute" to pet-overpopulation by not ensuring each small animal THEY adopt out is spayed/neutered?? Hmmm. |
Because of the cost and often because of inexperience. My exotic vet spays/neuters the rabbits that come into my local SPCA, at HIS cost! The vet at my SPCA is allergic to rabbits, doesn't have the experience and the SPCA does not have the funds to buy expensive Isoflurane anesthesia for the exotic animals.
Most people can get a dog or cat neutered/spayed for under $70. A Guinea pig costs around $200, often more.
The rescues I know of can get their dogs/cats neutered for $10 at the SPCA or vets that work with them. The lowest "rescue cost" I know of to neuter a
GP is $50. People won't blink an eye to pay an adoption fee of $10-$50 for a dog or cat but find it ridiculous to pay that same amount or more for a
GP.
Most rescues simply cannot afford to spay/neuter all of their small animals because they need that money just to feed them.
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Originally Posted by momof2pigs Should bars not sell alcohol because some people CHOOSE to drink too much and go off and drive somewhere totally smashed?? No. The PERSON is held accountable, not the BAR where the alcohol came from. |
Actually you are wrong there. Laws were passed quite a while ago that if a bar, or homeowner/party host, serves a person enough alcohol that they are legally drunk, the person drives and gets into an accident or is simply stopped by the police, the bar or person who served the alcohol can also be held responsible to the point of being sued, getting fines and/or jail time
I think similar laws could and should be applied to petstores too.