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• v  remove the ovaries of
  Is your cat spayed?
• s  (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed

• The effect upon female laboratory animals: restored typical mating reactions in spayed (sterilized) specimens; enlarged organs; sped up physiological reactions.
• The market should be large because half of all female dogs have not been spayed.
• One gram of comparatively crude hormone-containing substance is sufficient, if injected with properly minute doses, to make 30,000 spayed mice rut again.

• alter
• neuter
• spay
• castrate

News & Articles

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• June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
  June is 'Adopt a Shelter Cat Month.' Many spayed/neutered adult cats are available who are healthy and would love to be lap cats. These adult cats have no adoption fee for approved applications.
  June 16, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
• Adoptable Pet of the Week
  Jewels is a beautiful 2-year-old spayed female blue pit bull terrier.
  June 15, 2013 - Santa Barbara Independent
• Pets of the Week: June 16, 2013
  Available this week at the St. Johns County Pet Center: Bella is a 5-year-old declawed female spayed all black with a short tail. Very sweet and loving. Bella is very good with other cats and loves to play and give you affection.
  June 15, 2013 - The St. Augustine Record

Quotes

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• Bob Barker in International Herald Tribune
  The next time that you hear me say, 'Help control the pet population, have your pet spayed or neutered,' I can add, 'It's the law in Los Angeles,'a jubilant Barker said.
• Antonio Villaraigosa in PressZoom (press release)
  When you drive down the street and see a gang-banger with all kinds of gang regalia walking along with two or three pit bulls, it's pretty simple for the policeman to raise the dog's tail and see whether or not it's spayed or neutered. If it's not,... Edward Burke http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Burke&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNECPQ5rVU2aAuHG3sWVwYHF-OQSLA Southtown Star http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.southtownstar.com/news/951171,051508dogneuter.article&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHbAZkhv7yv1vKuFKiYFli8YhxnZA May 15, 2008 92846 123382 spayed By requiring that all cats and dogs be spayed or neutered, we can help to humanely decrease the number of pets abandoned and euthanized each year," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "This ordinance, which contains clear guidelines...