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Why I hate the All-Dogs-must-be-Spayed/Neutered movement Part 2

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The Myth of Pet Overpopulation (HSUS Edition) : Nathan J Winograd

If no one breeds dogs, then they will go extinct.
Pet overpopulation is a myth, in the USA at least.
In the county where I live, the shelters have an adoption rate of at least 97% for dogs. Dogs are only euthanized for severe aggression or health problems.
Private owners still breed their dogs; it doesn't create a problem.
I realize that not every county has such an excellent shelter system; but I suspect that it is lack of community effort/lack of good employees/lack of funding that creates shelter problems in other counties. Debunking Pet Overpopulation : Nathan J Winograd

I really believe that in the USA the amount of puppies produced follows the law of supply and demand, and if private owners no longer breed, it just means more business for puppy mills. (or dog extinction).

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83% of dogs in the United States are spayed/neutered, in contrast Sweden reported 99 percent of the dogs were intact. In Hungary, 57 percent were intact, and in the U.K., 46 percent.

I am of the belief that you should not alter a dog that is not presenting a problem. It's in any animals nature to procreate, and anything that is in that animals nature is not the fault of the animal. I could never really understand why people are so quick to surgically alter their animals (slight exception for those that rescue both male and female dogs) in order to "remove" a behavior that is well within their means to curb.

If there is in fact an overpopulation problem in the United States it is our own doing, I will not punish my pets for it.
 

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