Attention Goodyear Residents!!

We are facing an epidemic that, if left unresolved, can result in the decline in our

economy and presents a danger to our local pets.

The epidemic is the overpopulation of stray cats and dogs

The overpopulation on the street has caused the local animal shelters to take in more animals than normal resulting in little to no vacancy

left for other animals.

The Threats

• According to the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society, “Yearly cost to U.S. taxpayers to impound, shelter, euthanize, and dispose of homeless pets: $2 billion anually.” This has a direct impact on our economy because our animal shelters and the animal rescue is paid for by our tax dollars.

• The increase in strays leads to an increase in disease among the animals. Local home pets are susceptible to these diseases through contact with the strays.

How we can fix the problem

• According to the ASPCA and almost all animal shelters across the U.S. the number one solution to this problem is a simple and safe surgical procedure.

• This operation safely removes the reproductive organs of the male or female stray. Here is why this procedure can be extremely effective:

• These numbers are accurate and sometimes unimaginable when you think about the number of stray animals that are out there.

• If we don’t take care of it now our animal shelters could be overrun and our streets more crowded than ever before.

• This not only effects our community, it also effects the lifespan of these poor animals. With the overpopulation in the animal shelters, some shelters have no choice but to euthanize, put down, their animals.

• So please remember that this procedure is safe and there are programs out there that make it affordable for the average household.

• You can go to azspay.com to find out more information on the affordability of the procedures in Arizona.

The way to fight this problem directly starts with you, the pet owner. Get your pets spayed or neutered so that they don’t get out and get pregnant or impregnate another stray.

• So please get out and spay or neuter you pets today, in order to save lives tomorrow.

Works Cited

• animal overpopulation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.oxfordpets.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61

• Trevizo, E. (2012, July 15). Buckeye, goodyear consider tighter animal laws. Retrieved from http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/07/14/20110714buckeye-goodyear-consider-tighter-animal-laws.html

• Pet statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.aspca.org/about-us/faq/pet-statistics.aspx