CHENANGO COUNTY – The best way to control the animal population is to spay or neuter your pets.

Your community will also benefit. Unwanted animals are becoming a very real concern in many places. Stray and feral cats can easily become a public nuisance, soiling parks and streets, ruining shrubbery, frightening children and elderly people, creating noise and disturbances, causing automobile accidents, and sometimes even killing or harming other animals and birds. (The American Veterinary Medical Association)

It can be very costly to taxpayers to capture, impound or euthanize unwanted animals. Local animal organizations spend a lot of their funds working every day to care for and improve the lives of neglected, abused, and abandoned companion animals. It can also be costly to the County to treat people for rabies when bitten or scratched by a stray or feral cat. The situation can quickly become a public health hazard.

Here are some of the Benefits of Spaying and Neutering Cats:

• Sterilization will increase his/her chance of a longer and healthier life.