Neuter & Spay

In modern culture, castration is a means of preventing domesticated animals from breeding. It is very common for pets to be neutered and spayed. Some animal welfare organizations pushed this into modern culture in order to establish a normalcy amongst pet owners. This has been a successful endeavor in many countries, as feral domesticated animals, such as dogs and cats. Smaller domesticated animals, such as the rock dove, are allowed to be pests rather than have people trying to give them surgeries. However, this is in part because they are passerine birds, a common sort of wild animal that always finds themselves in cities. Due to this pushing cities no longer have wild animal exterminations, except in rare instances in which many cats are trapped to go into kill kennels or when the U.S government decided to capture and slaughter a ton of mustangs for meat to sell in foreign countries.

Some English-speaking people can become extremist over the cause, deeply frowning upon backyard breeding (sometimes any breeding!) and insisting lies that castration improves animal health overall and that it even makes the animal happier. The intent was to keep mangy cats and dogs off of civilian's streets, both for safety reasons as well as disgust and property damage or annoyances that could hypothetically occur (such as with raccoons and rats). However, in order to do that they had to "groom" people into believing that there is no possible way to be responsible while having an "intact" pet. Thus, they had to believe that surgeries are good for dogs and cats. Fake facts and old/outdated science continues to be distributed by animal welfare activists, however they have done their job and they are less likely to do so nowadays than they did in the 90s and 2k. Or perhaps it's just not trendy anymore.

As a result of this, men who were hesitant to neuter their dogs due to sympathetic feels (as they have nuts too) can now neuter their dog and give them a "nut job", in which a dog recieves fake testicles. Just as how a woman who's breasts have been cut off (such as for breast cancer treatment) might receive fake boobs, so too can a male dog get fake balls.

It is illegal in Norway to castrate an animal for non-medical reasons, including as a preventative to keep males from getting loose and chasing female's tails. In Scandinavia in general a more responsible response comes about, so that some owners prefer using "diapers" and good fences to keep dogs inside. I think that this must be in part an American problem, as American dog owners are very irresponsible, as are Americans in general. Do you know how many low or beaten up fences I've seen dogs in? Is it because dogs are neutered that they can get away with that? Even though the dogs are this close to biting me?

In Judaism, God forbids neutering. This has been much debated by rabbis and other Jewish people. However, it seems it didn't stop Israel for deciding to open a spay/neuter program to feral cats in 2015.

I didn't mean to, but apparently today is National Animal Control Officer and National Dog Bite Prevention day today. Hilarious. And people say spirits aren't real. Animal control has to grab male dogs all the time for going loose, and I ranted about dog bites. Funny.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/judaism-and-the-treatment-of-animals
2. ↑ https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/animals-in-judaism/
3. ↑ https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2015-11-19/ty-article/.premium/does-jewish-law-permit-neutering-animals/0000017f-e26c-d804-ad7f-f3febbf50000
4. ↑ https://nationaltoday.com/animal-holidays/