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Roy Halladay, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, has filmed a promotional video for spaying and neutering pets for the Humane Society of the United States.

“As pet owners, we can help end the suffering of millions of dogs and cats,” said Halladay at the beginning of the video PSA. “Animal shelters struggle to assist the huge numbers of animal litters; many more suffer on the streets, never reaching the safety of a shelter. My family does our part in making sure our pets are spayed and neutered.”

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Lance Bass PETA

Lance Bass says we should all take a lesson from Bob Barker.

“You know when I was a kid watching ‘Price Is Right,’ I would always hear Bob [Barker] say, ‘Help control the pet population: Get your dogs spayed or neutered. People are not spaying and neutering like they should be, and there’s just so many dogs that really need a loving home.”

Bass stars in one of PETA’s many ads urging animal lovers to adopt to reduce the millions euthanized in shelters every year. But adoption is just one step, as Bass points out. Spaying and neutering a pet, especially a pet that ever comes in contact with other animals or goes outdoors is another important step in solving the unwanted animal population problem. Spaying and neutering does more than lessen the number of animals euthanized in shelters each year. It also provides health benefits for the animal. More on those benefits and the interview with Bass below.

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Smart USA PETA Spay and Neuter Wrap

An environmentally friendly car with a message to save millions of cats and dogs from euthanasia? Only the marketing folks at PETA would think of something so clever!

Smart USA, the maker of the compact, fuel-efficient two person vehicle, has partnered with Sanrio to bring treehuggers car wraps with the Hello Kitty logo on them.

PETA is asking Smart USA to take things a bit further and place a message about spaying and neutering pets on the wraps.

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Simon Cowell is a year older, and unfortunately, Americans will no longer be able to follow him into his golden years on American Idol now that he’s left the show.

However, animal lovers know Cowell never gave an animal a bad review about its performance, numerously citing his love for pets and being the face behind several campaigns regarding their welfare, such as not leaving dogs in hot cars and working with the World Society for the Protection of Animals in hopes of getting universal protection for them.

PETA decided to celebrate Cowell’s 51st birthday by spaying and neutering 51 animals in their “Spay and Neuter Immediately, Please!” (SNIP) mobile veterinary clinic.

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Katherine Heigl has pledged to donate $1 million dollars to spay and neuter programs in Los Angeles.

The “Life As We Know It” actress kicked off an initiative in collaboration with the Jason Debus Heigl Foundation called “The Compassion Revolution,” which aims to reduce the number of animals in LA area shelters.

If compassion for animals does not appeal to some, the costs of such a tragedy should be enough to make even the biggest cynic turn their head. According to The Hollywood Reporter, each year, 500,000 animals are sheltered and euthanized in California, which costs the state $250 million dollars. Heigl has emphasized to the media that many people are completely unaware of these numbers, as well as the statistics on how easily animals that aren’t fixed can multiply.

“They have no idea that a litter of 10 means a litter of, like, 400 in the future,” Heigl said. “We can tell them and educate them, and provide a way for them to spay and neuter their pets.”

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Betty White "Bucks For Balls"

Sitting on the board of directors, Betty White is the face of the latest campaign by Actors and Others for Animals to control the unwanted pet population.

The non-profit organization is asking for donations, and next year, when it reaches its 40th anniversary, the funds will be used to spay and neuter as many animals as possible for free in a campaign titled, “Betty’s Bucks for Balls Spay/Neuter campaign.”

“I am deeply flattered to say the least with all of the wonderful attention I have been receiving lately,” White is quoted as saying. “It certainly makes me feel like one lucky old broad!”

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Octomom Nadya Suleman‘s attorney Jeff Czech said he was offended by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals comparing his client to a cat when they offered her money in exchange to hang a banner on her home promoting spaying and neutering.

Truth is, Suleman’s reproductive activities are a fraction of what real cats and dogs can do without in vitro fertilization.

As soon as cat reaches sexual maturity, it can breed and have up to five litters per year.

The average size litter is anywhere from 3-6 kittens, so that puts alley cat Fluffy with the ability to add 30 children to her family tree a year and give The Duggars some stiff competition.

Plus, cats don’t go through menopause and they can have these litters every year well into old age.

Eww. Old mammals having sex.

And now it’s evident why 4 million cats and dogs are euthanized each year in shelters because homes can’t be found for them.

Do what the PETA sign says: Don’t let your pet become an Octomom!

Get active in their sex lives and spay and neuter, taking advantage of several low cost Spay/Neuter programs in your state if you’re short on cash like Nadya.

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