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Grainger County Humane Society in conjunction with the Prevent A Litter (PAL) Mobile Clinic, had a record
year for Spay/Neuter services in 2011. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of Marge Hoover, with the G.C.H.S.
and the PAL Mobile Clinic team, we finished with a total of 1,018 sterilizations. Female cats spayed totaled
320, male cats neutered totaled 186 and female dogs spayed totaled 329 while male dogs totaled 183.
Cats: Based on the assumption that a cat can produce three litters of kittens yearly with an average of four
per litter and half of each litter being female: 320 female cats could reproduce 3,840 kittens in one year and
1/2 (1.920) of them would be females that could also reproduce at least one time during the year an additional
7,680 kittens bringing the total kittens born in 2011 of the original females and their offspring to 11,520 if
female cats had not been spayed.
Dogs: Based upon an average of eight puppies born in a litter with half of those eight (four) being females;
186 female dogs could reproduce 2,976 puppies in a year with 1/2 (1,488) being females. Half of that number
(744) could also reproduce one time in the same year bringing an additional 5,952 puppies into the world for
a grand total of 7,440 new lives if female dogs had not been spayed.
This analysis is a conservative representation of the offspring that could have been produced by females in the
cat and dog population had they not been sterilized in 2011. If one considers the number of females a male dog
or male cat can impregnate in a year, the number of offspring soars exponentially beyond belief. The bottom
line is that in order to stop the euthanization of millions of unwanted dogs, puppies, cats and kittens at shelters across the country, spay and neuter of dogs and cats is not an option but rather, a necessity. | 
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