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    Why aren't farmers and reguar people allowed to take a few semesters to learn how to spay and nueter the "wild" dogs and cats?

    I've got my share of strays that I feed, but can't afford to "fix". Seems like one smester of biology coupled with one or two medical classes could help humanely reduce the population of strays.

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    Surgery is a big deal. You have to know where organs are, and where to cut, how to sew shit up, it has to be sanitary, etc., etc. I'd imagine if you worked at a vet clinic and learned how to do everything properly you could go out and start doing itwithout animal rights activists going up in arms... but also, anasthesia, what-to-do if things don't go according to plan...
    Its probably a job best left to professionals.

    A lot of vets do free spays and neuters for shelters. Perhap you could contact your local shelter and ask if they know of a veterinarian who might be willing to perform the surgery on ferals in your area if you brought them in for a minimal fee.

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    in alot of hospitals techs do some of the surgerys...mostly neuters,because feline neuter is easy and non invasive

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    Default Re: Random ass idea...

    a lot of cities have low cost surgeries available, or even free clinics for strays or vouchers that one can get from animal control.

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    Yeah. It just depresses me seing so many "barn" cats. And watching the population go so high. They're cute, but they need birth control. I like that places will do it cheap. My dog came from the shelter, and got nuetered for free. By the local veterinary college

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    FYI "farmers" DO castrations on animals - just the "worthless" animals that most people eat, and don't care about except for that purpose, so they don't even bother with anesthesia
    http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_pigs_mutilation.asp

    Pigs aren't any less feeling or sentient than dogs or cats. I suppose they could do this to dogs and cats too, but it might be illegal, and it's certainly cruel to do to any animal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BirdofEden View Post
    I realize that this was an innocent idea, but hope that you will realize that it's not realistic or one that's ethical. You wouldn't allow a human who's only had a few semesters of education perform a surgical procedure on you I'm sure.
    (Not to threadjack), but seriously, they do exactly that on farm animals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fancygirl View Post
    a lot of cities have low cost surgeries available, or even free clinics for strays or vouchers that one can get from animal control.
    Yup, they have this in my city.

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    Default Re: Random ass idea...

    um its surgery, sheesh. yeah ill learn that in a 2 hour course at my local community college....

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    Just a random thought. I know most people couldn't or wouldn't go to med school just to humanely fix farm animals and strays. But humans have a lot of birth controll options, maybe animals should to.

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