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03-10-2015, 07:23 AM | #377 | |
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As for the countries who don't have such issues, it may have something to do with laws. I don't know. I don't look at others...I get enough thrown in my face on a daily basis that is going on here. I have often said that had I known then what I know now, I may not have been involved in rescue. It is a horrible world for so many defenseless beings. What I do to help seems meaningless at times...it is downright heartbreaking. I answer all of the YHR emails and it takes all I have some days to respond to some of them. Our country is horrible imo regarding animal welfare. The state I live in is so bad that I am frankly ashamed at what is allowed at times. I agree that there is no one size fits all; but, I would hope that the people who choose not to s/n are responsible which of course that is only but a dream. Not to say that everyone who does s/n are responsible because that is not true either. It all comes down to the fact that animals are not protected by our laws. I cannot stop anyone from what they post on this forum....I can only post my opinions and hope and pray they listen because I do think that sometimes we need to look at the population and think long and hard about what we are advocating if indeed it is animal welfare we are concerned with.
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Street dogs in Moscow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Here is an article about strays in the Caribbean Stray Dogs Impact on Tourism in the Caribbean|Cathy Kangas Italy.... Italy targets stray dogs after fatal attack - Telegraph http://www.esdaw.eu/stray-animals-by-country.html"]Annually number of abandoned [/URL]and homeless companion animals (stray animals) by country - There is no European (EU) central statistics on this, the information is in each country. Some countries have no control or statistics on the number of abandoned or homeless companion animals located in the country, therefore the following figures (¤) are estimated from our contacts in Europe. Moreover, wandering dogs and crosses national borders in neighboring countries with many abandoned dogs. Number of abandoned and homeless animals in Europe is estimated to be 100 million animals.
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03-10-2015, 08:57 AM | #379 | |
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03-10-2015, 09:06 AM | #380 |
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03-10-2015, 09:06 AM | #381 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
03-10-2015, 09:20 AM | #382 | |
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03-10-2015, 09:28 AM | #383 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
03-10-2015, 09:33 AM | #384 | |
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03-10-2015, 09:33 AM | #385 | |
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What I am for is the judicious decision of WHEN or if ever in some cases to spay and neuter, more research to understand the impacts of s+n by breed type. We need to separate out the real and un-biased facts of promoting and giving our dogs the best chance of a healthy life, which would include when we s+n, when and how often to vaccinate, appropriate and timely vet care, exercise, feeding and training. I was attracted to the Swedish study because of its sheer number of subjects. A very very large database of all breed types. And the fact that Sweden has a long history of not neutering and yet apparently no pet overpopulation problem...... It is as everything I post here a mere nugget of research that adds to the volumne of health information we have on dogs. WE need to differentiate between societal goals no matter how altruistic and the health of dogs. If s+n at six months or so old is NOT in the best interest of this breed of dog, then when - if ever? Is there an alternative to s+N and the answer is yes of course there is. But the vet community needs to see the need to secure that training in order to offer real choices by breed to each individual pet owner. .
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03-10-2015, 09:40 AM | #386 | |
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03-10-2015, 09:43 AM | #387 |
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| Anyway, getting back to that Swedish insurance records study showing that unspayed female dogs (Yorkies included) have a significantly increased chance of developing mammary tumors and pyometra... Here is a study that validates the methodology used in that study: Scopus - Cookies Disabled <--This link has the abstract. A. Egenvall, B.N. Bonnett, P. Olson, A. Hedhammar Validation of computerized Swedish dog and cat insurance data against veterinary practice records Prev. Vet. Med., 36 (1998), pp. 51–65 The link I gave should have the abstract. Evidently the methodology used is widely accepted by the veterinary community, because I came across a 2015 study analyzing Japanese insurance records: Breed, gender and age pattern of diagnosis for veterinary care in insured dogs in Japan during fiscal year 2010 Breed, gender and age pattern of diagnosis for veterinary care in insured dogs in Japan during fiscal year 2010. Mai Inouea, A. Hasegawab, Y. Hosoic, K. Sugiurad Preventive Veterinary Medicine, In press. This latter study included 10,622 Yorkies, and found that Yorkies were in the top 5 breeds at risk for the following major categories of illness: Digestive, Musculoskeletal, Dental, Hepatobiliary and pancreatic, and Neuromuscular. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic is especially interesting, since many Yorkietalk dogs have had liver and pancreas problems. The dogs at greater risk than Yorkies for liver and pancreas problems are: Maltese, Miniature Schnauzer, and Papillon. Pomeranian come next after Yorkies. These data are consistent with what we already know about Yorkies, both anecdotally, and from other kinds of studies. I've sent PDF's of both articles to Gail (Gemy). |
03-10-2015, 09:47 AM | #388 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
03-10-2015, 09:52 AM | #389 | |
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
03-10-2015, 09:57 AM | #390 | |
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I believe that there are birth control injections for dogs--I'm not sure how widely used and accepted they are. BTW, in answer to a previous comment, no, the chances of mammary tumors and pyometra aren't 100% in unspayed dogs, but do they really need to be? I think that a 20 to 40% risk is quite high enough for me to decide to spay my own dog(s). (Bella has already been spayed.) If this thread turns into an all-out food fight, please send the ceviche my way . | |
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