Today, after meeting with a wonderful woman named Susan, at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter (where you can adopt the adorable cat shown above), I decided to do a little research on spaying and neutering animals.

The most astounding fact I came across, was that For every person born each day, there are 7 cats/dogs born as well. This means that there is no possible way we can provide homes for all of these poor animals. Even worse, this is a huge crisis that is causing thousands of animals to either die of suffering and starvation, or be euthanized every day.

We must work together to stop this from happening. Puppy mills and breeders are the enemy and they must be stopped. At the same time, we must do everything we can to spay and neuter as many pets as possible.

Currently Squishycute.com is working on redesigning our site completely. We hope to inform as many people as possible on how to help spay and neuter pets in order to help SAVE THE ANIMALS! For now here are some facts we found on <a href = “http://www.nafacares.org/Spay%20Neuter/why_spay__neuter.htm”>NAFA’s</a> website that were quite shocking:

1. Every day 70,000 puppies and kittens are born in this country while only 10,000 people are born. It’s simple math - there just aren’t enough homes for all of these animals.

2. Every year over 6 million animals are euthanized in shelters for lack of available homes.  If the number were “only” 7 million, that would mean 135,000 PER WEEK, or 20,000 pets euthanized EVERY 24 HOURS.  365 DAYS A YEAR!

3. An animal is euthanized in the U.S. every 2 seconds.

4. On average, 64% of all animals taken into shelters nationwide have to be euthanized for this reason.

5. The animals at animal control shelters are not “problem” animals. The animals available for adoption have been picked up as strays or taken from the owner for abuse, or neglect. They are truly in need of a loving home and are greatly appreciative for a second chance at life.

6. At least 50% of the overpopulation problem is non-neutered males.  Females can’t do it alone.

7. Purebreds account for 30% off all the animals in shelters.  “Papers” don’t mean an animal should be bred.

8. For every home you find for an animal that you have bred, a home is lost for a shelter animal.

9. Breeding to “see the miracle of birth” demands that you also “see the tragic results”.  Visit a shelter and watch a puppy being euthanized for every puppy your “miracle of birth” delivered.

10. Animal overpopulation has reached a crisis point in this country.