Neuter your pet -- a no-brainer, right? Not so much, as research is showing some problems. I'll guide you to make the best decisions for your vital animal. Our breeding program includes DDR East German bloodlines with passing scores on Hips & Elbows along with exceptional temperament. Case Study: Companion Animal Over-Population Programs in New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Maine And A New Program for Maine By: Sharon J. Dahlia Bradshaw-Lynn August 2003. Below are programs that provide low cost or free spay/neutering, listed by state. Some programs work only with pets of people with low incomes. Some do not consider income but serve only pet cats. The breeders below are all members of TICA's Online Breeders. When you visit their cattery website, look for the TICA Online Breeders logo. Free spay and neuter, Free spay, Free neuter. Below. are programs that provide low cost or free spay/neutering, listed by. Some programs work only with pets of people with low incomes. But other programs serve all kinds of dogs and cats. We believe. the listing details below are correct at this writing, but call the program. A. Free Spay and Neuter program is the only key solution to reduce the number. We should stop killing and help pass a Free Spay and Neuter. By offering Free Spay and Neuter assistance to the general public. If you know about other low cost or free spay and neuter. Email us. If you don't find a service listed for your area, don't. First, call the offices of Spay/USA and of Friends of Animals. One of Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society's many programs is the Catmobile Spay/Neuter Clilnic. The Catmobile is a low cost mobile spay/neuter clinic for specifically for pets.Nationwidebelow). They have information about discount spay/neuter services. You can probably find other spay/neuter services - - maybe. Usually such groups keep informed of spay/neuter. If you have rescued a cat or you caretake ferals. Samaritan discount. Also, when discussing prices, be. For example, sometimes a clinic will require. For the latest. recommendations about what vaccinations to give and when and to whom. American Association of Feline Practitioners' Feline Vaccination Guidelines. DVM Newsmagazine's. Doesn't everyone get their cats spayed and neutered? There are millions of healthy cats and kittens put. U. S. Some people don't know this, or they don't. People put off spay/neuter due to issues of money, transportation. Some people believe it's more fair to allow the cat to mate . Also, some people. Cats. can start mating as early as six months. Even. indoor- only house cats often find ways to get outdoors when the sexual. Whether they disappear for good (due to panic, accidents. An. unaltered male cat can father hundreds of kittens a year. Statistically. speaking, even if a person finds good homes for a litter of kittens. Spaying. a female before her first heat protects her from risks of uterine, ovarian. Spaying. also protects her from the stresses of pregnancy. Spaying. reduces her frantic interest in the outdoors and reduces the chances. Spaying. reduces the chances she'll mark your home with urine when she's in heat. Unaltered. cats have urges that make them irritable and anxious. They yowl or whine. Neutering. a male reduces his risk from numerous health problems. Neutering. lowers his urge to roam and to fight, and thus lowers chances of disease. Neutering. also reduces his tendency to spray in the home. And. neutering eliminates the powerful odor of adult male cat urine. Help stop the suffering - - Spread the word in your neighborhood. You can help cats and people by distributing flyers in your neighborhood. Design an attractive flyer. Post the flyers in supermarkets and other public places. Distribute flyers to households in your neighborhood. Early- age spay/neuter. Some people delay spay/neuter for their pet because they've heard the. Although many older veterinarians. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) endorses. Due to traditions in some vet schools, some veterinarians. Also, the procedure requires the safer and. Here is some information about the benefits of early- age spay/neuter. For. veterinarians and others involved with spay/neuter programs, the American. Humane Association (Englewood, CO 8. Marvin Mackie produced a video on early- age. To learn more about the video or if you are a. Dr. Mackie at 4. 50 Arcadia Drive. San Pedro, CA 9. 07. Lost cost or free spay/neuter programs. Click on state desired. NATIONWIDEFriends of Animals. Post Road, Suite 2. Darien, CT0. 68. 20. Friends of Animals will send you an order form and a directory of participating. You pay Friends of Animals for a certificate. At this writing, cost for spaying a female. For neutering a male, it's $4. Veterinarians are invited. Spay/USANorth Shore Animal League Intl. Vanderventer Ave., Suite L- 1. Port Washington, NY 1. SPAY5. 16- 8. 83- 7. Call Spay/USA to get the names, phone numbers, and prices of services. Private veterinarians, community programs, and special. If your area needs additional spay/neuter services, request. Spay/USA's packet of materials to distribute to local vets and organizations. Also has a mobile. Alaskan communities. ARIZONAGood. Samaritan Program. Tucson, AZ5. 20- 3. Free spay/neuter for pets of qualified low income residents. Humane Society of Tucson. Low cost spay/neuter clinic. North Kelvin Blvd. Tucson, AZ8. 57. 16. Animal Crusaders of Arizona, Inc. PO Box 3. 15. 86. Tucson, AZ8. 57. 51. Low cost spay/neuter for animals of low income people and for rescued. Kitty Love. PO Box JScottsdale, AZ8. Free spay/neuter for ferals and low cost for pets. Spay and Neuter Assistance Program (S. N. A. P. Clinic) 1. West. Bell Road. Phoenix, AZ6. Low cost s/n for every one. Also low cost vaccination clinics held twice. ARKANSASHumane. Society of the Ozarks. N. College, Suite 7. Fayetteville, AR7. For low income people in any area. Call during business hours for details. Stop Cruelty to Animals. Now. Izard, Fulton, and Sharp Countiescontact Shorlyn at 8. Low cost spay/neuter, primarily for pets of low income residents. Click here for CALIFORNIACOLORADOHumane. Society of Boulder Valley. Pearl Street. Boulder, CO3. Low cost spay/neuter clinic for. Max. Fund Animal Adoption. Center. Low Cost Clinic. Galapago Street. Denver, CO 8. Low cost s/n and vaccinations for. Open Monday through Saturday. Dreampower Animal Rescue. Foundation. Colorado Springs, CO7. Low cost spay/neuter for pets of. CONNECTICUTCreature. Kindness. PO Box 1. Hamden CT 0. 65. 18. Gives advice about feral caretaking, trap- neuter- release (TNR), and lends. TNR. The Hope Alliancec/o LMR 8. Morse Place. New Haven, CT0. Information about low cost s/n services in the area. Help For Pets. Danbury, CT2. Low cost spay/neuter. Greater New Haven Cat Project. Low cost spay/neuter for ferals. Rehab- A- Cat. PO Box 3. New Haven, CT 0. 65. New Haven, CT 2. 03- 7. Seymour, CT 2. 03- 8. Low cost or free spay/neuter for ferals and pets and low cost testing. TEAMPO Box 5. 91. Westbrook, CT0. 64. Mobile spay/neuter clinic that. Kitty Angels. Tolland, CT8. Low cost spay/neuter for pets as well as good discounts on vet services. Statewide Veterinary. Clinic. Torrington, CT8. Also offers free one- way transportation for the cat (to or from Torrington). DELAWAREDelaware Humane Association. A Street. Wilmington, DE1. Low cost spay/neuter for all. Plus the Friends of Feral Felines offers. Dumpster Cats Bear DE 3. Delaware. 41. 0- 8. Marylanddumpstrcat@aol. Email Certificates for discount s/n at many local veterinarians. Click here for FLORIDAGEORGIAAtlanta Humane Society. Howell Mill Road, NWAtlanta, GA3. Spay and Neuter Team. Atlanta. Marietta, GA6. Email aadelage@aol. Spay. Georgia, Inc. Lilburn, GA7. 70- 6. Humane Society of Cobb. County. 10. 60 Al Bishop Drive. Marietta, GA3. 00. Cat. Care. Hospital. Marietta, GA7. 70- 4. Scheduled once a month, low cost spay/neuter services. Animal Welfare and Rescue Effort (AWARE)PO Box 3. Savannah, GA3. 10. Certificates for discount spay/neuter. HAWAIIHawaiian. Humane Society. Waialae Avenue. Honolulu 9. FAX 9. 55- 6. 03. Conducts drawings to give free spay or neuter each week to 2. Write. or fax them - - include your name, address, phone, and the cat's name and. IDAHOBonneville. Humane Society. PO Box 2. 76. 3Idaho Falls, ID 8. Humane Society of the. Palouse. 20. 19 White Avenue. Moscow, ID8. 38. 43. Discounts for residents of Latah or Whitmany county. Click here for ILLINOISINDIANASpay/Neuter. Assistance Program. Fort Wayne, IN2. 19- 4. FACE Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic. E. Massachusetts Ave. Indianapolis, IN4. Low cost spay/neuter, vaccinations, testing, and heartworm/flea medications. Humane Society of Indianapolis. Indianapolis, IN3. Lower cost spay/neuter for pets of qualified low income people. Humane Society of Morgan. County. Martinsville, IN3. Low cost spay/neuter for pets of qualified low income people. IOWAHumane. Society of Rock Island County. West 2nd Avenue. Milan, IL 6. Serving surrounding areas in Iowa and Illinois, Davenport, Bettendorf. Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, etc. Low costs for spay/neuter, tests. S. N. A. P. Muscatine, IA3. Helps pay for spay/neuter of pets of people who have low incomes. Humane Society of Scott. County. 21. 34 West River Drive. Davenport, IA5. 28. Noah's Ark. PO Box 7. Fairfield, IA5. 25. KANSASHumane. Society of Greater Kansas City. Minnesota Avenue. Kansas City, KS9. KENTUCKYHome. At Last. PO Box 1. 44. Salvisa, KY4. Spay/neuter assistance for feral cats. The Animal. Refuge. Center. PO Box 4. Vine Grove, KY4. 01. Offers certificates for low cost spay/neuter and vaccinations, from designated. LOUISIANASpay/Neuter. Intervention Program (SNIP)St. Bernard Parish Animal Shelter. W. Agriculture Road. Chalmette, LA 7. 00. Free spay/neuter of cats and dogs brought by retired residents and by. Low cost spay/neuter for cats. Jefferson SPCA 1 Humane Way Harahan, LA 7. PETSweb. site. For anyone in the community, Jefferson SPCA provides discount certificates. Serves Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, and Terrebonne. Southern Animal Foundation. Spay/Neuter Intervention Program (SNIP)PO Box 4. New Orleans, LA 7. Mobile clinic that visits sites in Hammond, St. Charles, Slidell, New. Orleans, Jefferson, Mandeville, Plaquemines, Amie, Abita Springs, and. St. PO Box 9. 4 Prospect Harbor, ME 0. Low cost spay/neuter for North and Central Maine. Animal Refuge League. Stroudwater. Street. Westbrook, ME0. 40. Spay/neuter program for pets of qualified low income people. Friends of Feral Felines PO Box 8. Portland, ME0. 41. Email Low cost s/n for ferals. Control Animal Population. Maine Federation of Humane Societiesc/o Denise Springer, Administrator. Animal Welfare Society. PO Box 4. 3West. Kennebunk, ME0. Discount certificates for people who demonstrate a financial need. Maine Veterinary Medical Association. PO Box 8. Rumford Center, ME 0. Low cost spay/neuter program. MARYLANDFeral Cat Program Spay/Neuter Clinic. Clinic location Northwest DCManaged by Metro Ferals. PO Box 7. 13. 8Arlington, VA 2. Alley Cat Allies 2. Low cost spay/neuter, testing. Montgomery. County Humane Society. Rockville, MD3. 01- 2. Persian cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Persian cat (Persian: . In Britain, it is sometimes called the Longhair or Persian Longhair. It is also known as the Shirazi cat or Iranian cat, particularly in the Middle East. The first documented ancestors of the Persian were imported into Europe from Iran (Persia) around 1. Some cat fancier organizations' breed standards subsume the Himalayan and Exotic Shorthair as variants of this breed, while others treat them as separate breeds. The selective breeding carried out by breeders has allowed the development of a wide variety of coat colors, but has also led to the creation of increasingly flat- faced Persians. Favored by fanciers, this head structure can bring with it a number of health problems. As is the case with the Siamese breed, there have been efforts by some breeders to preserve the older type of cat, the traditional breed, having a more pronounced muzzle, which is more popular with the general public. Hereditary polycystic kidney disease is prevalent in the breed, affecting almost half the population in some countries. The Khorasan cats were grey coated while those from Angora were white. From France, they soon reached Britain. The researchers stated, . As specimens closer to the later established Persian conformation became the more popular types, attempts were made to differentiate it from the Angora. He stated that the Persian differed from the Angora in the tail being longer, hair more full and coarse at the end and head larger, with less pointed ears. The coat of the Persian consists of a woolly under coat and a long, hairy outer coat. In summer it loses all the thick underwool, and only the long hair remains. The hair is also somewhat shorter on the shoulders and upper part of the hind legs. Now, the Angora has a very different coat, consisting of long, soft hair, hanging in locks, inclining to a slight curl or wave on the under parts of the body. The hair is also much longer on the shoulders and hind legs than the Persian, this being a great improvement; but the Angora fails to the Persian in head, the former having a more wedge- shaped head, whereas that of the modern Persian excels in roundness. Of course. Angoras and Persians have been constantly crossed, with a decided improvement to each breed; but the long- haired cat of to- day is decidedly more Persian- bred than Angora. Champion lamented the lack of distinction among various long- haired types by English fanciers, who in 1. Some organizations, including the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA), today consider the peke- face type as their modern standard for the Persian breed. Thus the retronym Traditional Persian was created to refer to the original type, which is still bred today, mirroring the renaming of the original- style Siamese cat as the Traditional Siamese, to distinguish it from long- faced modern development which has taken over as simply . TICA has a very general standard, that does not specify a flattened face. It was registered as a distinct breed in the CFA, but fell out of favor by the mid- 1. Despite this, breeders took a liking to the look and started breeding towards the peke- face look. The over- accentuation of the breed's characteristics by selective breeding (called extreme- or ultra- typing) produced results similar to the peke- faced Persians. The term peke- face has been used to refer to the ultra- typed Persian but it is properly used only to refer to red and red tabby Persians bearing the mutation. Many fanciers and CFA judges considered the shift in look . The shorter the muzzle, the higher the nose tends to be. UK standards penalize Persians whose nose leather extends above the bottom edge of the eye. In 1. 95. 8, breeder and author P. Soderberg wrote in Pedigree Cats, Their Varieties, breeding and Exhibition. This is a type of face which is definitely recognized in the United States, and helps to form a special group within the show classification for the . There are certainly disadvantages when the face has become too short, for this exaggeration of type is inclined to produce a deformity of the tear ducts, and running eyes may be the result. A cat with running eyes will never look at its best because in time the fur on each side of the nose becomes stained, and thus detracts from the general appearance . A nose of this type creates an impression of grotesqueness which is not really attractive, and there is always a danger of running eyes. The Persian breed standard is, by its nature, somewhat open- ended and focused on a rounded head, large, wide- spaced round eyes with the top of the nose leather placed no lower than the bottom of the eyes. It was not until the late 1. This crossing also introduced the chocolate and lilac colors into solid colored Persians. In 1. 95. 0, the Siamese was crossed with the Persian to create a breed with the body type of the Persian but colorpoint pattern of the Siamese. It was named Himalayan, after other colorpoint animals such as the Himalayan rabbit. In the UK, the breed was recognized as the Colorpoint Longhair. The Himalayan stood as a separate breed in the US until 1. CFA merged it with the Persian, to the objection of the breed councils of both breeds. Some Persian breeders were unhappy with the introduction of this crossbreed into their . This was to make it easy for breeders who do not want Himalayan blood in their breeding lines to avoid individuals who, while not necessarily exhibiting the colorpoint pattern, may be carrying the point coloration gene recessively. Persians with Himalayan ancestry has registration numbers starting with 3 and are commonly referred to by breeders as colorpoint carriers (CPC) or 3. The Siamese is also the source for the chocolate and lilac color in solid Persians. The crossbreed look gained recognition in the show ring but other breeders unhappy with the changes successfully pushed for new breed standards that would disqualify ASH that showed signs of crossbreeding. One ASH breeder who saw the potential of the Persian/ASH cross proposed and eventually managed to get the CFA to recognize them as a new breed in 1. Exotic Shorthair. Regular outcrossing to the Persian has made present day Exotic Shorthair similar to the Persian in every way, including temperament and conformation, with the exception of the short dense coat. It has even inherited much of the Persian's health problems. The easier to manage coat has made some label the Exotic Shorthair the lazy person's Persian. Because of the regular use of Persians as outcrosses, some Exotics may carry a copy of the recessive longhair gene. When two such cats mate, there is a one in four chance of each offspring being longhaired. Ironically, longhaired Exotics are not considered Persians by CFA, although The International Cat Association accepts them as Persians. Other associations register them as a separate Exotic Longhair breed. The generic terms are . Currently, they are not recognized as a separate breed by major registries and each breeder sets their own standards for size. Silver and golden Persians are recognized, as such, by CFA. In South Africa, the attempt to separate the breed was more successful; the Southern Africa Cat Council (SACC) registers cats with five generations of purebred Chinchilla as a Chinchilla Longhair. The Chinchilla Longhair has a slightly longer nose than the Persian, resulting in healthy breathing and less eye tearing. Its hair is translucent with only the tips carrying black pigment, a feature that gets lost when out- crossed to other colored Persians. Out- crossing also may result in losing nose and lip liner, which is a fault in the Chinchilla Longhair breed standard. One of the distinctions of this breed is the blue- green or green eye color only with kittens having blue or blue- purple eye color. As of 2. 01. 2, it was the 6th most popular breed, behind the British Shorthair, Ragdoll, Siamese, Maine Coon and Burmese. The Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) treats the Himalayan as a color- pattern class of both the Persian and the Exotic, which have separate but nearly identical standards (differing in coat length). The breed was originally established with a short muzzle, but over time, this characteristic has become extremely exaggerated, particularly in North America. Persian cats can have virtually any color or markings. The Persian is generally described as a quiet cat. Typically placid in nature, it adapts quite well to apartment life. Himalayans tend to be more active due to the influence of Siamese traits. In a study comparing cat owner perceptions of their cats, Persians rated higher than non- pedigree cats on closeness and affection to owners, friendliness towards strangers, cleanliness, predictability, vocalization, and fussiness over food. If classified as the Himalayan sub- breed, full point coloration is required, the fourth TICA color division, with a . The four TICA categories are essentially a graduated scale of color distribution from evenly colored to mostly colored only at the points. Within each, the coloration may be further classified as solid, tortoiseshell (or . TICA- recognized tabby patterns include classic, mackerel, marbled, spotted, and ticked (in two genetic forms), while other patterns include shaded, chinchilla, and two tabbie- tortie variations, golden, and grizzled. Basic colors include white, black, brown, ruddy, bronze, . Not counting bi- color (piebald) or parti- color coats, nor combinations that are genetically impossible, there are nearly 1,0. TICA system for which the Persian/Himalayan qualifies. The Exotic Shorthair sub- breed qualifies for every cat coat variation TICA recognizes. CFA base colors are white, black, blue, red, cream, chocolate, and lilac. There are around 1. CFA coat patterns for which the Himalayan qualifies, and 2. Himalayan subbreed. Any Persian permissible in TICA's more detailed system would probably be accepted in CFA's, simply with a more general name, though the organizations do not mix breed registries.
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