Sterile Pets, No Surgery

Over the past 40 years, it’s become pet-owner orthodoxy in the U.S. to spay or neuter your pet (thanks, Bob). But how many of us ever stop to consider the fact that we are reflexively performing elective surgery on all our pets, and not for something that particularly benefits them. It turns out, there are several effective non-surgical sterilization options out there, including one that could be available in the U.S. any day. Here’s a piece I wrote looking at the realities of pet sterilization and the obstacles to changing them.