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Click here for Previous TipsSaturday, July 15, 2000, From the American Humane Association How Do You Produce 80 Million Cats?
| 1st year= 12 2nd year= 66 3rd year= 382 4th year= 2,201 5th year= 12,680 | 6th year= 73,041 7th year=420,715 8th year= 2,423,316 9th year= 13,968,290 10th year= 80,399,780 |
Its simple. Just allow 2 cats and their surviving offspring to breed for 10 years. In that time, you'll have produced 80,399,780 cats assuming two litters per year and 2.8 surviving kittens per litter!
Humans simply do not produce at these outrageous rates. Nor does every human born want a kitten. And since every cat needs a human (that's what domestic means), this adds up to a great deal of unwanted kittens and cats in our community. Please help end this tragic overpopulation problem by spaying and neutering your cats.
If you want to see first hand what we mean, drop by the Humane Society and see the cages filled with kittens found and brought in. We are filled to overflowing. Click here to see some other good reasons to spay and neuter. Its a good thing for the community, and a good thing for your cat!