Overpopulation

I found this little piece on the American Humane Association that ties into the over population.

"Each year, approximately 8 million stray and unwanted animals are taken in by shelters across the country. Tragically, about 3.7 million -- nearly half -- of these animals must be euthanized because good homes cannot be found for them. In fact, shelter euthanasia is the leading cause of death for both dogs and cats in the United States."

-American Humane Association ; Animals, Pet Overpopulation. 

Copyright © 2011 American Humane Association  6/12/2012

Describe: Animal overpopulation is mistreating animals by breeding ( not knowing what your doing), not adopting pets,  and not knowing where the animal came from ( no information about the animal).  
             Breeding-Some people in recent years have realized that it is a good idea to spay and neuter their pets. There are a few who bread their pets to get money and others do it for the experience and fun. If you  don't get your pet fixed you and the animal are at risk, your dog or cat could go to the neighbors down the street or simply just in the yard to do their business.  Spay and neutering come in to play when puppies and kittens are more the 5 weeks old. It's the right cautious path to go down to keep your animal somewhat protected. 
           Not adopting-  If there was no option to adopt these poor animals would sitting in cages  not getting the proper attention needing.  These animals need to get out of the cage run around and be loved.  By adopting an animal you are taken them to a loving home with everything included, meaning that the dog or cat has been fixed and is healthy.
        There are a handful of cases where animals come in unidentified.  Their are many that are stray and some who's owners wont come back. It saddens me that if your pet isn't home they won't try to find it and get it back.
 Interpret:  Based on what I have learned and observed while taken this course , animal overpopulation is ridiculous.   I feel like taken care of the animal in any way shape or form is common sense. With that being said there are steps if one would like to breed their dogs and cats. I would get all the information I could before taken on the responsibilities. Once in the processes of breeding , I would then get them all fixed and treated so that they are healthy before selling and giving them away.  I have seen a few examples of kittens and litters that have been brought in either found, could take care of, and of course none of them are fixed. It is important that these animals be fixed so there are no issues at home with breeding with the wild and spreading more disease. It kills me that people just breed for the fun of it not sure what they are really doing. Overpopulation is a big issue and if people are aware of what  they are doing I think there will be and even bigger decline of population. Today there was a small litter of puppies that were getting spayed and neutered. One step in the right direction, there are little steps that people can do to prevent overpopulation too.
Evaluate: I think that society is split on the issue of overpopulation of animals.  There are some people that will do whatever it takes to get there dog fixed and car for it. Then on the flip side there are the ones that just want  more to they can make a profit, not really caring about the animal.  There a various attemps liek getting the animal neutered/spayed , adopt for a shelter that knows what they are doing, and take in account the responsibilities at sake before diving in. 
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