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P.O. Box 1015 Waldorf, MD 20604-1015
Phone: 301 645-8181

Sunday, September 17, 2000. From the American Humane Association
Is Your Cat A Floosie?

Spaying and neutering is the humane thing to do.

Do you "let your cat out"? Does she occasionally get overly affectionate and roll about seductively? Does she hang out with an undesirable lot of feisty, aggressive Toms who yowl and hiss and fight through the wee hours? Does she disappear for long periods and come back with a suspicious smirk on her face? Is she spayed?

Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? and No?

Then you are the owner of a feline floosie. A dubious distinction indeed, for her and for you.

Why? Because cats breed like rabbits. That's why. An uncontrolled mating pair will beget twelve cats in a year, which will beget sixty-six cats in two years, thus begetting three-hundred-eight-two cats in three years, thence two thousand cats in four years, seventy three thousand in seven years, and thereby begetting - gasp - eighty million cats in only ten years!

Result? Inevitable suffering for millions of our friendly, fluffy friends. Homelessness. Starvation. Disease. And death from cars, larger animals, pranksters, and more.

You can help stop these generations of suffering. Have your female spayed. And your male neutered. Don't allow indiscriminate and uncontrolled breeding.

If you find cats in the wild, living outside without an owner, call Animal Control or the Humane Society (301) 645-8181 after 11 AM.