The Problem Of Pet Overpopulation - 1475 Words

I. Attention Getter: We all see them, those sad little faces that look up at us with their sad eyes. They need homes and families that love them, they are stray animals. II. Introduce Topic: Stray animals and pet overpopulation is a serious problem in today’s society. III. Relevance: Every person in this room will either own or come in contact with an animal. We need to know how we can keep our own animals from contributing to the problem and other ways we can help solve it. IV. Credibility: I am a volunteer at one of the local humane societies, I see stray animals come in and out all of the time. We need to do something to fix the problem of pet overpopulation. I also found my dog as a stray animal. Bullet jumped in my car while I†¦show more content†¦That is one every 13 seconds. Only 25 percent of animals in shelters get adopted. b. Animals that enter shelters are either lost pets that don’t have ID tags or microchips or stray and feral animals who have never known the love of a human. Transition: Now that we know what a problem animal overpopulation is, let’s talk about how we can help to solve this issue. II. The best way we can help solve the issue is by getting our own pets spayed or neutered. a. Spay is the term for female animals while neutering is used for male animals. Both are surgical procedures to remove the reproductive organs of the animal. By performing these procedures, our pets cannot contribute to the problem because they cannot reproduce. According to Northwest Spay and Neuter, if every pet was fixed then the overpopulation problem would be fix in less than 10 years. If we put it into these terms is it easier to understand: just one female dog and her puppies can result in 67,000 dogs in six years, and one female cat and her kittens can lead to 370,000 cats being born in seven years. b. There are several benefits to having your own pet spayed or neutered besides helping solve this crisis. The benefits include reducing the risk of some of the most common types of cancers, making it likelier for animals to live a longer and healthier life, and nixing aggression problems. This causes animals mark their territory with strong-scented urine. And contray to common