SHELTER UPDATES
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Now taking appointments for Spay/Neuter
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Looking for a unique way to help out the animals? Check out our new Sponsor a Kennel
program. For more information visit our Sponsors page.
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Clinic hours are from 10-1:30
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Thinking about Breeding your Pet?
Know the Facts:
Would you kill a happy, healthy, loving pet?
If you answered "No", then spaying or neutering your pet is absolutely essential.
- Every hour, thousands of puppies & kittens are born in the U.S.
- A dog abandoned in the street has a life expectancy of 1 year; a cat, slightly longer.
- Each year, between 4 & 6 million animals are destroyed in animal shelters because there are no homes for them.
- If a dog or cat has 4 offspring every year, 2 of them female...& each of these females has 4 offspring a year, 2 of them female...by the 7th year, the original mother will have 4,372 descendants!
Many people truly believe they will find homes for the litters they allow their pets to have, but all too often that is not the case. We get calls here at the shelter every single day from people with litters that they could not find homes for and want us to take them. Not to mention the fact that for every new animal that is brought into this world, there are many others waiting to be adopted from humane societies and shelters.
We must ALL work together to stop the uncontrolled and irresponsible breeding of our pets. We can help to stop the suffering of these innocent creatures by reducing the number of unwanted pets being brought into this world.
The Midland SPCA offers a low-cost spay/neuter clinic...
Please call today to schedule an appointment to have your pet spayed/neutered
432-687-PETS (7387)
If you have any questions or would like to know more on the importance of spaying/neutering your pets, please feel free to give us a call or email us
Puppy Mills & Pet Shops
A puppy mill is a large-scale breeding operation that produces massive numbers of puppies for profit. Most are inhumane in their treatment of breeding dogs & puppies. Many puppy mills are filthly & are run by people who have no idea about or concern for the genetic implications of breeding or about what dogs require in terms of basic health care & socialilzation. These dogs are kept in awful conditions--confined to very small cages for their entire lives, fed inadequately & denied basic vet care. The females are forced to produce litter after litter until her poor body just gives out. Most of the breeding dogs are sick, wounded & malnourished and their lives are miserable.
So why should you care whether the puppy you buy comes from a place like this? Because the chances that the puppy you buy will have genetic defects that will cause disease are extremely high. Because puppies in mills are so poorly socialized that they often develop severe fearfulness and shyness. And because the money you pay for that cute puppy in the window will go right back to the mill owner. And finally because there are already so many wonderful pets in animal shelters that are in need of a good home.
