 Baton Rouge Parish euthanizes over 80% of the animals impounded yearly. If we continue to euthanize as a method to control our pet overpopulation problem, we will continually be playing catch up with animals that produce on average 10 offspring per year. Spay Baton Rouge is a non-profit organization established in 2004. We recognize that the pet overpopulation problem in our parish is a community problem. With more animals than homes, the only logical way to slow down the overpopulation problem is to stop the production of the problem at the source.
If we continue on the same path of using euthanasia as a method to control the pet overpopulation problem we will not be addressing the dilemma head on and will never gain control of the problem. The most effective way other communities have used to reduce their euthanasia rate was to provide affordable spay and neuter surgeries for pets to people who would not otherwise be able to provide this surgery for their pet. To make the spay or neuter surgery for pets affordable to qualified applicants, we will effectively fix the problem head on. |
