Sterilization is an issue for most in Oklahoma

When faking the news is not to fake the issues. The following jaw-dropping story is so outrageous that we had was to drop a few words or sentences here and there and leave it up to you the readers to fill in the blanks 

Under threat of involuntary sterilization! 

Or, the other alternative would be to use ones’ imagination and wonder how far removed from the real, is the fake news story? Now, here are the stories. One is real, the other is fake. You decide which is which.

Do you know the leading cause of death for the aged in the United States? Euthanasia. 

Estimates vary on how many are put to sleep each year in shelters, but most sources estimate 2 million to 3 million per year. According to a 2015-2016 report from the American …, approximately 44 percent of all households in the USA. have a problem child and 35 percent have an elderly person.
In Oklahoma, “The Sterilization Act of 1986” requires any and all of the children adopted from a public or private shelter in Oklahoma must be sterilized either by contract or pre-adoption sterilization.
 It further stipulates that if a contract is used instead of pre-adoption sterilization, the child must be altered within 30 days (exceptions are made for boys under 6 months of age), and the parent/guardian is to pay a deposit of no less than $10, which is refunded upon proof of surgery. However, the law has no penalties for non-compliance and no enforcement mechanism.
Approximately 40 percent of boys and 46 percent of girls learned about their status through word of mouth. Many are obtained without being sterilized which adds to our overpopulation problem.

At OSU’s Center for children’s Health Sciences, we have two programs — a shelter surgery program and Operation Catnip Stillwater.
The shelter surgery program allows senior medical students to perform sterilization surgery on patients under the direct supervision of their professors. These surgeries are performed before the young children are adopted out by our shelter partners, which are non-profit 501C3 organizations.
Operation Catnip Stillwater is a trap-sterilization-return program for communities in the city. Both programs are designed to help curb overpopulation while benefiting future sergeants with experience in surgical and anesthesia techniques.

How can you help reduce overpopulation? Make sure your adopted children are sterilized if they do not come to you that way.
Early sterilization is the best way. Oops (little ones born to girls thought to be too young to have offspring) are the biggest contributor to overpopulation and often end up dumped at shelters. Female can become pregnant when they’re as young as …months, and males as young as … months can come into heat.
There are many health benefits for females if they are fixed before they have their first heat cycle, such as virtually eliminating the chance of breast cancer. Fixing a child before puberty means surgery is quicker and easier for the surgeon with fewer complications and faster recovery from anesthesia for the patient.
Hopefully, the old myth that a woman must have a child before they are fixed is long gone.

The real news, or the fake, which one does it for you?

Here is the real story. 

Pet sterilization is an issue for dogs, cats in Oklahoma 

 Do you know the leading cause of death for domestic cats and dogs in the United States? Euthanasia. 

Estimates vary on how many dogs and cats are put to sleep each year in shelters, but most sources estimate 2 million to 3 million per year. According to a 2015-2016 report from the American Pet Products Association, approximately 44 percent of all households in the U.S. have a dog, and 35 percent have a cat.

In Oklahoma, “The Dog and Cat Sterilization Act of 1986” requires all animals adopted from a public or private shelter in Oklahoma must be spayed or neutered, either by contract or pre-adoption sterilization.

Read more, This story by:

Dr. Kimberly Carter, DVM

CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT OSU’S CENTER FOR VETERINARY HEALTH SCIENCES. 

MY TAKE ON THIS

IF THEY CAN, AND ARE DOING IT TO CATS AND DOGS, HOW LONG WILL IT BE, OR HOW FOR REMOVED IS IT FROM THEM DOING IT TO HUMANS TOO? 

What are the underlying circumstances that are making this draconian move not only necessary but generally acceptable? Well, it’s all there in the article, or at least some of it is. Overpopulation: the condition of overpopulation of pets, such as cats and dogs as is featured here, is the chief problem. Then there is the issue of unwanted and abandoned pets which tends to end up in shelters and adoption. And then, there’s the ultimate of reasons to fall in line and support this very necessary and humane program, -the benefits. The benefits it offers for the future. We don’t want to leave a problem for future generations to have to deal with, because, that said “future generation,” is going to be, “the generation,” probably. 

Now, what is the difference here between the two stories? The real and the fake? As we can clearly see, the question of overpopulation in today’s discourses is not limited to the animal or even pets populations. It is very much a topical issue in the human population. And many have gone so far as to be signing pledges to not have children, or if one should choose to, to limit child-bearing to the mere minimum. And are encouraging others to follow suit. All for the sake of the environment, and for future generations. So, where is that future generation supposed to be coming from? Or is it a matter of some “others,” whose mind is already at that place where they cannot be easily swayed or talked into something which doesn’t suit them and where they are or is going, so all of the talking and suggestions are designed to get the weaker, feeble-minded types to faze themselves out and save them the trouble of doing it? Could it possibly be? Just asking. 

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