February 2014 Share this email with friends!
February is BC
SPCA Spay/Neuter Awareness Month. Spay and neuter are procedures that pets
undergo to prevent unwanted litters – because there are already more animals
than homes available.
Want to join us in
learning and spreading the word about this important issue? Try these
activities:
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Fact or Fiction?
There are a lot of stories about spay and neuter floating around out there. Read
these three common stories, guess if they’re fact or fiction, then scroll to the
bottom to find the answers.
- “Spaying and neutering hurt animals.”
- “Male pets don’t need to be neutered because they don’t have
babies.”
- “Kittens can have kittens.”
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Cat Math
Want to know how easy – or difficult – it would be to find homes for an
accidental litter of kittens? Do our “Oh
my… kittens” activity to crunch the numbers!
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Colouring for a Cause
Tell others about the importance of spaying and neutering. Colour our Billions
of Bunnies colouring sheet or make an eye-catching poster of your own to
display at school or in the community.
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Be prepared in
case your pet goes missing! Make sure he or she has proper identification. That
means an ID tag and a tattoo or
microchip.
Did you know you
can create your own pet ID tag at home out of materials in your recycling bin? They’re
called Shrinky Dinks, and they’re a ton of fun!
Learn more about
why identification is so important by solving our Pet
ID crossword and spread the word with our ID
Your Pets colouring sheet!
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February's Furry Friends of the Month are guinea pigs Cocoa and Cinnamon.
These adorable sisters arrived at the Nelson SPCA together, and they'd like to find a forever home together, too! They enjoy gentle attention from people and just being guinea pigs! You can learn more about caring for a guinea pig (or two) with our Guinea Pig Care Guide.
Please note: Cocoa and Cinnamon were available for adoption at the time this article was written,
and may have found their forever home since then. Visit the BC
SPCA website to discover more furry friends currently looking for
homes.
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1. Fiction. The surgery is done after pets are given a drug to make them
sleep (anesthetic). They don’t feel the surgery at all and recover quickly.
2. Fiction. Males can be an even bigger part of the pet overpopulation
problem than females. Because they can mate with several females each year, they
can be responsible for many more babies than each unspayed female.
3. Fact. A kitten can have her first litter of kittens as early as five
months old. It is important to spay kittens early.
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