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Recent Examples of spay
Lemonade’s wellness plan for puppies includes spaying/neutering, microchipping and vaccines, plus more wellness exams and testing for parasites and coverage for flea/tick and heartworm medication.
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Liz Knueven, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
The shelter notes that Dwayne isn’t castrated, so his new home should only have other males and/or females that have been spayed.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Shelters are striving to minimize euthanasia rates by promoting adoption campaigns, spaying and neutering programs, and behavior rehabilitation.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
All pets available for adoption have been spayed or neutered, as well as vaccinated and microchipped, Brown said.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Dec. 2024
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Liz Knueven, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
The shelter notes that Dwayne isn’t castrated, so his new home should only have other males and/or females that have been spayed.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Shelters are striving to minimize euthanasia rates by promoting adoption campaigns, spaying and neutering programs, and behavior rehabilitation.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
All pets available for adoption have been spayed or neutered, as well as vaccinated and microchipped, Brown said.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Spay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spay. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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