Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

I enjoyed reading about how a student rescued a kitten which united her and her roommates. 

However, it’s disappointing that when you have a platform to discuss an issue as serious as animal homelessness you don’t use it. 

Clearly Lil’ Homie’s parents are not spayed and neutered which is adding to the problem in our country of pet homelessness. 

The student did the right thing by housing Lil’ Homie, but the issue is so much greater than just one pet.

According to OneGreenPlanet.org, there are roughly 70 million stray animals living in the United States, of which, only six to eight million end up in U.S. shelters. 

Of the animals in shelters, only three to four million animals are adopted each year, leaving the majority of un-homed animals in the U.S. to be homeless or euthanized. 

What’s worse is that most of the stray animals are not spayed or neutered, which is adding to the issue of the number of homeless animals we have in our country. 

To top it off, taxpayers must shell out millions each year to aid in euthanizing unwanted pets in shelters.

I’m hoping my letter helps draw some attention to readers. 

We should always adopt pets from a shelter and always spay and neuter our pets. 

If we don’t, our country will be filled with even more pets than we already have which will lead to even more animal homelessness and euthanasia. 

The thought of that is not only really sad, it’s extremely costly.

Sincerely,

Shannon French

Corporate accounting and finance junior