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ply because there are not enough good homes for them.

They are sentenced to death for the “crime” of being bom. Thank heaven most shelters at least try to, administer that sentence in the most merciful manner possible.

But there is an alternative. Doesn’t it make infinitely more sense to prevent pet overpopulation through reproductive control than to try and “cure” it by killing these poor animals? Of course it does.

Especially when you realize that two uncontrolled breeding cats, plus their kittens and all their kittens’ kittens if none are spayed or neutered, have the potential to multiply to more than 80 million cats during a, 10 year breeding life; * I

In addition to making sense from humane perspective, it also makes sense from an economic perspective. Every dollar spent by a community today on spaying and neutering dogs and cats can save $18 in the next 10 years.

Let’s urge officials to act immediately to promote more aggressive spaying and neutering programs to stop this killing of innocent animals.

RACHEL DINSMORE

Rixeyville

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