100,000 homeless pets are put to death each year in Virginia. A staggering number...

Healthy, well-adjusted puppies, kittens, cats, and dogs, including purebreds and "designer dogs", are among those put to death. The shelters cannot support and save the large number of accidental litters, strays, and family pets that are brought to the shelter doors every day.

Adopting a pet from a shelter or rescue can reduce this number.

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Spaying or neutering is one of the best things you can do for your pet, your family, and the community.

Spaying or neutering your pet will prevent them from having offspring, which will help with pet overpopulation. Pet overpopulation is a huge problem around the world, and leads to approximately 3 to 4 million animals being euthanized in the United States every year. In Virginia alone, 100,000 animals in shelters were killed last year. Many of these pets were euthanized because shelters simply do not have enough resources to care for them all. Over the course of a few years, a pet and her offspring can give birth to hundreds of animals. There are just too many animals born. The only way to stop this cycle is to have your pet spayed or neutered. Spaying and neutering saves lives!

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When dogs are kept continuously chained, they become neurotic, unhappy, anxious, and often aggressive. In addition, chaining is a threat to the safety of the dog, other animals, and humans - particularly children. Furthermore, chaining a dog continuously is inhumane.

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Suffolk Humane Society has two service announcements that are currently airing on cable channels within Suffolk to help raise awareness of responsible pet ownership. Click below to watch the videos.