Save Taxpayer Dollars! New Website Dedicated to Homeless Companion Animal Advocacy Launched.

Hosting links to legislation, research, educational & advocacy materials, www.StrayPetAdvocacy.org highlights alternative methods of stray pet animal control that are cost-effective AND humane.

(PRWEB)Tuesday, September 16, 2003: Youve seen them everywhere. Patrolling our cities alleys, the neighborhood garbage cans, our backyards, our campgrounds, our farms. They are our pets that have escaped out a car window, broken through the screen, were let outside to do their business" while in heat and went in search of a mate, or thrown away when they werent cute or convenient anymore. They are the offspring of the animals that never found their way home. They are the pet overpopulation" problem.

According to The Humane Society of the United States (www.hsus.org), six to eight million companion animals are admitted to shelters each year. Three to four million of these are lucky enough to be adopted into new homes. The other three to four million are euthanized each year in order to make room for the new batch of animals. But many communities throughout the U.S. have implemented alternative companion animal control programs that have dramatically reduced their costs of animal control and the rates of euthanization. Free or low-cost spay/neuter programs have proven to reduce shelter admittance by 30-60% and have saved taxpayers over $3.00 for every dollar spent. Trap-Neuter-Release" (TNR) programs have at worst stabilized what were rapidly growing feral cat colony populations. These programs and methods work and save taxpayer dollars, but many people are opposed to these approaches. This is because they are misinformed about the behavior, supposed health threats, and predation characteristics of feral cats.

Education is the Key: Legislation is the Tool. The first and foremost problem of pet overpopulation" is our own education: it is the key to changing attitudes toward homeless companion animals. Legislation is the tool we have to ensure human accountability for problem we have created. We need legislation that supports methods of homeless companion animal population control that have proven effective, cost efficient AND humane. We need to educate ourselves, our communities, and our community leaders in order to use our laws and policies to implement the changes needed to stop the cycle of homeless animal procreation.

It is the goal of this website to consolidate sources of information that pertain to issues affecting homeless, stray and feral companion animals. The site provides links to citable research, hard data, and the tools needed to lobby city councils for new methods of animal control. The site also provides educational materials to help others understand the issues and to help those lobbying on behalf of our homeless animals combat the arguments they will face. Case after case, program after program, city after city has shown that we can help our homeless animals while saving tax dollars. It is time that we start educating and advocating for stray, abandoned and feral companion animals.

About StrayPetAdvocacy.org    

Our goal is to help change the fate of stray pets and feral companion animals everywhere. There are solutions to the very serious problem of pet overpopulation, and the first step is one of education. www.StrayPetAdvocacy.org and its sister-site www.SaveSamoa.org are dedicated to providing the knowledge and tools that are needed in order to help the forgotten or abused animals that live in misery and fear. There arent enough homes for them all. Please visit us on the World Wide Web at www.straypetadvocacy.org

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