Today is Spay Day USA

The last Tuesday in February is the annual observance of Spay Day USA, which is meant to help decrease the population of stray dogs and cats throughout the United States, reports The National Day Calendar™. Spaying helps reduce the number of unwanted animals, says Angel Newman with the Oconee Humane Society. “If we are full now and then we’ve got dogs and cats having litters; 8-10 puppies and 6-8 kittens and you just multiply that by the number of pets that are out in our county and you see what we are going to be dealing with at the shelter. Spring is not a good season for us because we don’t want to see those pets come in and not be able to get a home. So, it is important to know facts like kittens can get pregnant at four months old and have a litter of kittens. They end up coming to the shelter and the sad static on cats across the nation more than half who come into the shelter never find a home. So, we want to avoid that and spay and neuter is the way. We have low cost vouchers available to any county resident, so it is very affordable to get any of your pets spayed or neutered.” This day was created by the Doris Day Animal League in 1994 as a day to bring attention to the pet overpopulation problem in the United States and to encourage animal population control by spaying pets. The National Day Calendar™ is the authoritative source for fun, unusual and unique National Days.