Cats and Kittens

[Monica]

When does the human gain authority to impose its will upon others regarding natural reproduction?

The answer is simple: domesticated animals are dependent on humans for their survival. If cats and dogs are allowed to multiply, they end up starving or killed at animal 'shelters.'

Rightly or wrongly, at this point in time we are their stewards. I would rather sterilize my pets than have them starve or die.

http://www.afocinc.org/html/how_2_cats_multiply.html

Statistics show 70,000 puppies and kittens are
born each day for every 10,000 human births.
There simply aren’t enough homes for all these
animals. As a result, 7,000,000 animals are
euthanized every year.
It’s easy to see how the numbers of dogs and
cats get out of hand. For example, if a cat has
two litters per year, that one cat and its
offspring will produce more than 11 million cats
in nine years.
Two litters per year, with 2.8 surviving kittens
per litter,can total:
 
1 year, 1 cat:---------12
2 years:----------------67
3 years:----------------376
4 years:----------------2,107
5 years:----------------11,801
6 years:----------------66,088
7 years:----------------370,092
8 years:----------------2,072,514
9 years:----------------11,606,077
More than 11 million cats !
 
Given these statistics, the only way to break this
chain is by altering our animals. But if that’s not
reason enough, there are many reasons
why spaying and neutering is a good idea.

http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/pet_overpopulation/

Four million cats and dogs—about one every eight seconds—are put down in U.S. shelters each year. Often these animals are the offspring of cherished family pets.

More:

http://www.almosthomerescue.org/spayneut...neuter.htm

http://www.paws.org/why-spay-neuter.html

Quite simply, spaying/neutering is the equivalent of human contraception. It's necessary.

I do so in full awareness that I impose my own power over a being of less power enslaving it to my desires.

I see it more as taking care of children. Sort of like taking care to not let one's 13-year-old daughter get pregnant.