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Yes, it's morally wrong No, it's not morally wrong
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Is it morally wrong to neuter or spay pets?


Yes, it's morally wrong

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No, it's not morally wrong

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yes, it is a form of adverse selection.

The "responsible" owner who will spay or neuter purchases the best dogs, thus removing those desirable alleles from the gene pool.

101 days ago | Tagged As: Yes, it's morally wrong
- Pineapple(1063) Disputed
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"Best" is debateable.

People who purchase 6 or 7 thousand dollar dogs don't neuter them.

People who adopt dogs, do.

It's not so black and white. Money does not equal responsibility.

101 days ago | Tagged As: No, it's not morally wrong
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Yes, it is immoral to remove the reproductive organs of an animal. The single thing that is universal and fundamental to all life is its ability to reproduce and provide for the next generation. I find all arguments justifying the act simple contrivances that betray a deeply underlying selfishness on the part of humans who think they have a moral obligation to cut out genitalia.

105 days ago | Tagged As: Yes, it's morally wrong
- Pineapple(1063) Disputed
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Humans do not fix animals selfishly.

Animals are spayed because the pet population is so great that all of the animals cannot be cared for.

I don't know if you understand what actually happens when an animal is fixed, but the dog keeps his penis or her vagina. They can still have sex. They aren't mutilated, or harmed.

They certainly aren't concious of their balls to begin with, nor do they care that they are gone.

My dog had balls one day, then the next he had a big plastic cone. All he cared about was the cone and the fact that he had a home with a loving owner.

A lot of animals would have to go without homes and vet care and love of a human if it weren't for spaying and neutering.

It's what's morally right.

105 days ago | Tagged As: No, it's not morally wrong
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It's not morally wrong but I wonder what animals would say to each other in the vet's waiting room if they could speak? Probably something like...

Three dogs are sitting in the waiting room at the vet's when they strike up a conversation.

The black Lab turns to the chocolate Lab and says, "So why are you here?"

The Chocolate Lab replies, "I'm a pisser. I piss on everything.. ..the sofa, the curtains, the cat, the kids. But the final straw was last night when I pissed in the middle of my owner's bed."

The black Lab says, "So what is the vet going to do?"

"Gonna cut my nuts off," comes the reply from the chocolate Lab. "They reckon it'll calm me down."

The black Lab then turns to the yellow lab and asks, "Why are you here?"

The yellow Lab says, "I'm a digger I dig under fences, dig up flowers and trees. I dig just for the hell of it. When I'm inside, I dig up the carpets. But I went over the line last night when I dug a great big hole in my owners couch."

"So what are they going to do to you?" the black Lab inquires.

"Looks like I'm losing my nuts too, the dejected yellow Lab says.

The yellow Lab then turns to the black Lab and asks, "Why are you here?"

"I'm a humper," the black Lab says. "I'll hump anything. I'll hump the cat, a pillow, the table, whatever. I want to hump everything I see. Yesterday, my owner had just got out of the shower and was bending down to dry her toes. I just couldn't help myself. I hopped on her back and started hammering away."

The yellow and chocolate Labs exchange a sad glance and says, "So, nuts off for you too, huh?

The black Lab says ...."No, I'm here to get my nails clipped." ;)

106 days ago | Tagged As: No, it's not morally wrong

No, it's not morally wrong to neuter or spay dogs and cats. Every organization I can think of advises you do just that. The unwanted, uncared for population is so out of hand that we cannot afford not to neuter as a precaution to more unwanted pets.

106 days ago | Tagged As: No, it's not morally wrong
- Mahollinder(364) Disputed
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No, it's not morally wrong to neuter or spay dogs and cats. Every organization I can think of advises you do just that. The unwanted, uncared for population is so out of hand that we cannot afford not to neuter as a precaution to more unwanted pets.

China for dogs, huh?

105 days ago | Tagged As: Yes, it's morally wrong
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China? I'm not getting your reference Mahollinder. I don't think the Chinese care as much about neutering as we do here and perhaps in other places.

105 days ago | Tagged As: No, it's not morally wrong
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well if we didnt fix our pets we would have a much much larger animal overpopulation problem. Thats just the simple truth.

104 days ago | Tagged As: No, it's not morally wrong
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No, it's morally wrong to adopt a pet and mistreat it and abuse it. It is also morally wrong to put these animals to death because people can't take care of them and leave them to starve. Why bring new animals if they are going to get abused. Also, stray animals have diseases and rabies can kill your child. Keep these pets under control.

102 days ago | Tagged As: No, it's not morally wrong
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No, it's morally wrong to breed your animals (un/intentionally), bringing more unwanted animals into a world that is already overflowing with them.

(Bear in mind that I find this also to be greatly true for human animals as well as non-human animals.)

31 days ago | Tagged As: No, it's not morally wrong
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