Does your company or group support mandatory desexing? Show your logo!

Many organizations have shown their support for this program. In the coming weeks we will publish many of these supporting groups on the supporters web pages.

It is only through effective engagement with community, council and corporations that we can drive change. Vets, animal groups and other organisations are encouraged to support this program by showing their logo and/or comments on our supporters pages.

Click here to see the petition

If you have comments on proposed changes we would like to hear from you.

Some comments collected so far:

"Council generally supports the mandatory desexing principle with the obvious exception of animals that are owned by registered breeders. In Council's experience, it is the unowned dogs and cats which cause the most problems for councils. If we can reduce the number of unowned animals in the community then a fair proportion of the problems associated with these animals would disappear." - NSW COUNCIL

"it is council’s view that there should be an increased effort to encourage cat owners, and dog owners to desex their pets which could include compulsory desexing" NSW COUNCIL

"Council is currently working on an animal management strategy and I would suggest that the desexing of cats and dogs would be of great benefit for our community in terms of the environment, amenity of the area as well as general animal control and safety and , and council would support the compulsary desexing of these animals if it was to be proposed in an amendment to the legislation." NSW METRO COUNCIL

If you have a direct comment or would like to discuss please email kd@catrescue.com.au

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Every year over 100,000 animals are euthanased in pounds and shelters across Australia. Many of these animals come from unwanted litters born to undesexed pets. Rangers, Rescue groups and shelters can only do so much and without effective legislation this will be a never ending problem.

Compulsory desexing would benefit:

Local Government, by reducing the ongoing costs of trapping, management, storage and euthanasia of thousands of animals every year.

Cat Welfare, Every year thousands of unwanted animals are born. Many of these become stray and live in poor health. Compulsory desexing would reduce this number of unwanted animals.

The Environment, Stray cats often become wild which can impact wildlife and the environment. Compulsory cat desexing would impact the number of cats that become wild.

The Community, Undesexed cats often colonise around community areas, litters can grow exponentially and cause health and community issues. Compulsory cat desexing would reduce stray cat populations and remedy this problem.

This petition is sponsored by

CatRescue.com.au, a network of carers and vets who give up space in their own homes to care for and rehome neglected and abandoned animals. We work closely with council and community and rely on goodwill & donations to assist hundreds of animals.

DoggieRescue.com.au is committed to rescuing neglected, abused and abandoned dogs from the death rows of Sydney pounds, and finding them loving homes.

Apply for low cost desexing: Fill out our short application to find out how you can receive a discount on desexing your cat, and ultimately help save lives. (National Desexing Network)

Learn the benefits of desexing: There are many reasons why people should desex. As well as helping to stop overpopulation, the following are
some of the other benefits associated with desexing cats and dogs

Say no to Animals in Pet Shops: The practice of selling animals from pet shops promotes impulse buying and irresponsible breeding for profit. Please help us to stop it. We already have far too many dogs and cats without homes.

Monika's Doggie Rescue: Committed to rescuing neglected, abused and abandoned dogs from the death rows of Sydney pounds, and finding them loving homes.

Become a CatRescue Carer: a network of carers and vets who give up space in their own homes to care for and rehome neglected and abandoned animals.