Dear Editor,
Give your dog or cat a great gift this holiday season: Love.
Animals depend on us to play with them, take them for walks, change
their litter boxes frequently, get them veterinary care, and keep
them safe, healthy, and happy.
Dear Editor,
Give your dog or cat a great gift this holiday season: Love. Animals depend on us to play with them, take them for walks, change their litter boxes frequently, get them veterinary care, and keep them safe, healthy, and happy.
Here are some simple things everyone can do to bring peace and goodwill to animals:
– Have them spayed or neutered. Spaying reduces the stress and discomfort females endure during heat periods, eliminates the risk of uterine cancer, and greatly reduces the chance of mammary cancer. Neutering makes males much less likely to roam or fight, and helps prevent testicular cancer. Spaying and neutering also helps prevent animal overpopulation. To find out about low cost spay/neuter services near you, contact SPAY-USA at 800-248-7729.
– Let your dog live inside with the rest of the family. Many dogs are forced to live outdoors without shelter in all weather conditions. If a dog in your community is left outside all day, please do all you can to persuade his or her “caregiver” to bring the dog inside, or, at the very least, provide the dog with adequate shelter, food, water and enrichment. If he or she refuses, contact your local humane society.
Share some holiday cheer with needy animals – collect donated dog and cat food, bedding, toys, and treats for animals at your local shelter; volunteer to help walk dogs, clean cages, and play with the animals; make a contribution to a rescue group; or simply show some extra kindness to a neglected animal in your neighborhood. For more ways to be kind, visit HelpingAnimals.com.
Have a happy and humane holiday.
Heather Moore,
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
