Do you remember the pet overpopulation statistic, once published by the Humane Society of the United States and other groups?
That number is still spread by many local animal welfare organizations and cat spay/neuter advocacy groups.
If you are not sure about what I am talking about, the number refers to the offspring of a single unspayed cat which was that within five years might add up to 420,000 cats.
Christie Keith did a great job on this article and had a mathematician run the numbers in a couple of different ways PLUS he also consulted a number of experts in veterinary medicine and wildlife management.
The real number? Somewhere between a low of 98 and a high of 5,000 cats in seven years.
That is a big difference! Read the entire cat overpopulation article here: http://www.sfgate.com/columns/yourwholepet/#ixzz0x0kxOGU1
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