Comments on: Philanthropist Offers $25M for new pet Sterilization Technique

By: Me

Me — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:33 +0000

I have heard of Quinacrine being used with some success as a non-surgical method of sterilization in human women. I wonder if that could be adapted for use in female animals?

By: Sammy's Mom

Sammy's Mom — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:29:21 +0000

I am totally all for spaying and neutering and for the animals to have the least amount of pain and fastest recovery afterwards. This plan to sterilize cats and dogs with a shot or pill to stop overpopulation and euthanasia seems great at first glance, HOWEVER, it sounds like if all this research is done, then thousands of animals would be subjected to terrible, painful, invasive, and probably fruitless experimentation. That would be horrible

By: Daddy

Daddy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:47:32 +0000

I don’t understand why people are concerned about this being forced on people, we already have laws forcing people to have their pets physically desexed and the benefits of it are widely published and spouted by nearly all animal rights and many animal welfare organizations (these benefits would be the same for humans as well), but we haven’t had any problems with spaying/neutering for people. Personally I think it’s a great advance in veterinary medicine, and if it doesn’t take away all the growth hormones (thus reducing the risks of traditional altering) and only requires one injection, then I think that’s fantastic.

By: mrdprince

mrdprince — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:34:45 +0000

I was unaware of this topic but am now totally enthralled. My concern however is that with such a development I would hate to see this forced on the human population as well.

By: evasta

evasta — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:53:56 +0000

Sounds great, but the priority should be human overpopulation.

By: Will Leon

Will Leon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:41:56 +0000

like? a birth control? or like a hormone that would basically render all reproductive organs useless? would it also have the benefits of an OVH? or a neuter? such as, prostate cancer prevention, or mammary cancer prevention?