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Is neutering/spaying dogs/cats and other animals is healthy, why don't we do it for humans?

If dogs/cats and other animals will lvie longer and fuller lives by beign neutered/spayed, then why can't humans follow and be spayed/neutered too for improving their health?

Public Comments

1. we do its called a vasectomy or tied tubes(hysterectomy)
2. Because we think it's immoral. I don't know why, but..we do.
3. They do....it's called a vasectomy for men, and a hysterectomy for women :)
4. because humans can control themselves. wait....nevermind.
5. Some people do get um.."spayed and neutered" but unlike dogs, when we have children, for the most part the parents keep the child. Not to mention most people don't have between like 3 and 8 children at a time. And, children aren't put to sleep. They are put into foster care. Unlike dogs and cats in shelters. That's why.
6. Dido on the first peron's answer. Duh.
7. Humans are essentially spayed and neutered every day, only it is called sterilization. For a woman it would mean a tubal ligation and for a man a vasectomy.
8. good question! here is a partial answer for you: if a young woman (under 35) goes to her and wants to have a hysterectomy done, she will be told no, because she might change her mind later about having children. happened to me. doctors will not spay and neuter young people, because of the risk of a possible law suit later on if they change their minds and decide they want children.
9. One of the reasons we spay/neuter is to cut down on unwanted puppy litters. People have tubal ligations and vasectomies to cut down on undesired pregnancies. This involves tieing or cutting a part of the reproductive organs not removing them. Hysterectomy is removing the uterus. Tubal ligation ties off the tubes that carry the egg from the ovary to the uterus; not removing either. It is true that if we remove testes and ovaries those organs are no longer at risk for disease. But humans have sex for pleasure as well as reproduction. Most people want to keep the organs that give them the desire for sex and only remove the possibility of pregnancy. Dogs do not have sex unless the female is in the fertile part of her cycle (well almost always).
10. It's voluntary for people. Hysterectomy/vasectomy isn't something that our parents get done when we are little because we are "higher" beings, therefore we grow up and have a choice. Dogs are considered "dumb" in as much as they cannot by law make their own decisions on medical care, therefore it's up to their guardian. (I do not feel that humans are a higher life form nor do I agree that dogs are dumb because they don't speak a known human language.)
11. They can! Only if they have the onset of cancer (wish is why animals should be done).
12. Humans have a choice. Animals dont. You can't force a human. But I think if you have 8 kids and are on welfare it should be in the contract to get your tube tied.
13. Animals have sex solely for procreation. Humans have sex for pleasure, psychologicla well being, expression of love, etc. I don't know about you but I wouldn't trade the joy of sex to live longer. If you think it is a good idea then by all means get neutered!
14. we do, but it a personal choice, not yet controlled by the government. Give them time.
15. good question! i also think that people should have to take a test, and pass, in order for them to "pro-create"! i once saw a bumper sticker that said: " The Gene Pool Needs More Chlorine".......................i almost died laughing!!!
16. Men get vasectemies and women get tubal ligation all the time. Spay and Neuter is not so much about the pets living longer it is about population control. If all the animals were allowed to breed at will there would be so many dogs around we would all be knee deep in dog poo. There are already way too many dogs and cats being killed because there are not enough homes for them. Spay and neuter programs are just trying to keep the populations down to a manageable level and all responsible pet owners spay or neuter their pets.
17. we do but we have more sense to control our population through means of birth control and monogamous relationships,
18. Good question. When I've told my husband repeatedly that spaying a female cat lowers the risk of mammary cancer to almost nothing, and eliminates the risk of ovarian/uterine cancer completely, he asks wouldn't it serve the same purpose in women? He has a point, as do you. But humans want a choice in the matter, so it's not "routine" as it is with cats/dogs. We spay/neuter pet cats/dogs to prevent unwanted babies who are then tossed outside unaltered and continue to reproduce resulting in more and more unwanted babies who then become feral (wild). We also spay/neuter them to prevent undesirable behaviour. such as heat cycles, spraying and aggression. This makes them more suitable for pets living inside a house. Humans generally don't exhibit these behaviours and can live inside a house (most of them). Most human babies have homes to live in and are not abandoned and left to fend for themselves. We spay/neuter feral animals for population control. One unspayed female cat who produces only 2 litters per year, with only 2 surviving kittens from each litter who reproduce can result in a population of almost 60,000 cats in just 5 years. Diseases spread. Genetic disorders result from inbreeding in a colony. The whole situation quickly becomes a huge mess. Animal Control gets involved and euthanizes many of the cats. Because humans have laws, these situations don't occur. But would we as humans be healthier and liver longer if we had ovariohysterectomies or orchiectomy? Ovarian, uterine and testicular cancer would be eliminated. But the species would soon become extinct if we didn't reproduce. So, to answer your question, I guess that's the main reason why. One of these days, perhaps we won't have so many cats and dogs without homes and perhaps then, breeding will become popular again.