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Re:How to Clear 500k Feral Cats from New York’s Streets by Dylan16807 on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:29PM (#36260266)
> Do you know how traumatic spaying is

How traumatic is it? The surgery and recovery doesn't look that hard. And heat's not exactly pleasant.

> how absolutely trivial it is to not get your dog knocked up unintentionally

I wouldn't say it's trivial to guarantee your dog never gets out or has a visitor to the yard. (And your own track record here is just an anecdote.)

> Until you snip all your own tubes and those of all your children

I can control myself, and if my child gets pregnant that's their responsibility. A dog can't be responsible for its own babies.

> keep your euthanasia propaganda to yourself.

The fuck?

Re:How to Clear 500k Feral Cats from New York’s Streets by basil-rash on Friday June 09, 2023 @06:19PM (#36265013)
Eugenics, I should have said. The point remains.

Have you ever even had a dog? You speak as if you’re pretending to be an expert in canine physiology but everything you say is just plain wrong.

For one, my dog can control herself just fine around studs while she’s in heat. And her being in heat is a minor, annual, occurrence. Contrast that to humans, whose heat is painful and monthly. Would you advocate for forced snipping of all human tubes as you so callously do re canines?

Glad to hear that you’ve somehow managed to “look” at a dog post invasive surgery and determine “idk probably not bad”. I assume you didn’t notice the months-years-lifetime of depression following?

Re:How to Clear 500k Feral Cats from New York’s Streets by Dylan16807 on Friday June 09, 2023 @07:39PM (#36265835)
A period isn't heat, snipping tubes doesn't stop a period, and humans are able to decide for themselves. And keeping your dog from breeding without spaying is exactly as "eugenics" as spaying.

> I assume you didn’t notice the months-years-lifetime of depression following?

If there are any long-term effects I will easily bet they're because of hormones, not trauma from the surgery, and if you actually did get the tubes tied then you would avoid hormonal changes.