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Desexing
- A Humane Responsibility for Pet Owners
"There are not
enough homes now for pets, so why produce
more?" quips Jill of the Humane Society.
The Humane Society of NZ has desexing of pets as one
of their core aims. They provide fostering and
rehoming of needy dogs and cats.
Financial assistance
in genuine hardship cases towards the cost of
desexing a pet is available. In fact since
inception of the scheme in the last few years, the
Humane Society have assisted over 6500 owners to
desex their pets through their assistance scheme.
That's on top of all the pets they rehome, which are
all desexed prior to adoption also. For forms &
information about the assistance available, please
contact the Humane Society.
"The reason we do this is so we don't promote
the ongoing cycle. We're better off desexing at our
end than picking up the unwanted puppies and kittens
at the other end".
"Desexed pets are healthier too", says
Jill. "A male pup neutered between the age of
3-5 months will not mark his territory, which is
healthier and cleaner and sometimes a
"reason" people don't want their dog later
on. Neutered cats and dogs are far less likely to a
wander and then get hit by cars. Females are less
likely to develop mammary tumours and males less
likely to develop prostrate cancer."
To enquire about an application for assistance to
desex your pet, please phone or write to the Humane
Society - see contact details at the top of this
page.
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Adopting
a pet from the Humane Society
The Humane Society advertises their dogs for
adoption on petsonthenet.co.nz, see this link for current
pets for adoption. Type in Humane in the search box to bring up all
Humane Society pets for adoption only if you wish. We try to keep this up
to date but being volunteer based (and an impossible task to keep records
up to the precise minute, the availability of these pets is subject to
change!).
Dogs are desexed prior to adoption and are fostered in private homes with
volunteer families until adoption takes place. There is a very reasonable
fee to adopt which helps the Humane Society to cover costs of desexing and
caring for pets etc.
Humane Society is well known for adopting delightful dogs, often they are
purebreeds (no papers!) rescued from death row at pounds, or rehomed due
to owners changed circumstances. There have been many happy successful
adoptions via petsonthenet.co.nz and the Humane Society...!
You may also join the Humane Society waiting list (see contact details at
the top of this page). We recommend you check petsonthenet.co.nz daily for
new Humane Society pets for adoption, as they are quickly adopted in most
instances..
You will of course have to be a good, responsible owner prepared to
provide for the needs of the dog from annual registration to adequate
fencing, housing, love and attention and vet care etc over the dogs
lifetime.
Pets on the Net and the Humane Society
Pets on the Net is
pleased to sponsor this site for The Humane Society
of NZ Inc.
Since April 2002 we've provided ads at
no charge via our "Pets
for Adoption" section which
the Humane Society have used consistently and
with great success to rehome many pets in their
care.
"We get an awful lot of calls who say
they saw a pet for adoption on Pets on the
Net. We also tell people to use your website
if they have lost or found a pet. Even if
the pet they called about is already
adopted, we can often find something
else!
"We used to get three or four calls a week, now
that is up to three or four a day!"
Pets on the Net is excellent and has been
very beneficial to the Humane Society"
Jill, Humane Society of NZ Inc.
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Humane Society Website is provided by
Humane
Society Website of the Year 2002
and NetGuide Best New Website 2002,
www.petsonthenet.co.nz
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