Completely accurate and comprehensive statistics are difficult to acquire for any social study, but especially so when measuring the ambiguous hidden, and erratic reality of homelessness. All figures given are estimates. In addition, these estimates represent overall national averages; the proportions of specific homeless communities can vary substantially depending on local geography.[16]

Some factoids-
-When you nneuteryour dog, you are making sure that dog cannot reproduce, therefore reducing the unwanted pet population that gets put to sleep every year.
-Did you know that the amount of dogs and cats that never get adopted and are euthanized in shelters has reached 3 MILLION pets?
-Every single day between 11,000 and 16,000 homeless pets are put to sleep, and one animal in a shelter is killed every 1.5 seconds.
-70,000 puppies and kittens are born every day in the U.S.
-Only one animal in 10 born in the U.S. gets a good home that lasts a lifetime.

-NNeutergreatly reduces the chance of your dog getting a number of cancers that can kill him.

- Male dogs that are neutered when young are much less likely to roam, mark their territory (and your belongings) with urine, and show aggression toward other male dogs. Intact (uNeutering male dogs will go to great lengths to get to a female dog in heat—they will dig their way out of yards, break fences and leashes, and cross streets in heavy traffic if a female in heat is in the area.

Here are some myths about spaying and neutering-

Altering makes a dog fat
Spaying or neutering at the youngest possible age—before the dog has reached sexual maturity—generally has no effect whatsoever on weight. Dogs who undergo the surgery after reaching sexual maturity may show an increased appetite because altering affects hormone balance. However, dogs who are fat are usually fat because they are fed too much and/or do not get enough exercise.

Altering makes a dog lazy
Neutering reduces a male dog’s desire to roam (often over long distances) to find female dogs in heat, and altering can somewhat reduce a dog’s energy level. Altering does not make dogs lazy. Altered dogs are as playful and energetic as intact dogs.

Altering changes a dog’s personality
The only personality changes that result from spaying or neutering are the positive changes described above—no roaming, less tendency to mark territory, and less aggression. Aside from these changes, your dog will be no less like himself than humans are after undergoing vasectomy or oneutering(removal of the ovaries).

Here are some websites that can help you find a low-cost neuter program!

http://www.spayusa.org. A national referral service that can direct you to more than 900 clinics that offer spaying and neutering at reduced prices.

animalconcerns.netforchange.com. Will provide a list of veterinarians in your area who do low-cost spay/neuter procedures.

http://www.paw-rescue.org/sn.html. Lists low-cost spay-neuter clinics in a number of states and nationwide.

I do not know why she does not want to write her own letter but she can certainly hire someone to compose a letter for her and that person could be you.

Many school districts have form letters for this kind of thing. If every person going to school had to write their own letter, and get the landlord to sign it the school district would go batty trying to read all the different letters.

The only thing that I do wish is that they could manufacture vaccines without formaldehyde, antibiotics, human diploid cells, monkey cells, ect. I feel like the government should be working towards safer alternatives for creating vaccinations. There are enormous problems in the manufacturing process. Remember the recent HIB recall?

I'm morally opposed to using aborted fetal tissue in vaccines, so my biggest concern is not really Autism, but the over all process of vaccine manufacturing, and marketing.

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