STUDY REPORTS:
the facts and figures!

Statistics show that pet overpopulation is on the decline.

Projections indicate that it will take approximately twenty-five years to achieve the end result. These numbers can decrease significantly faster with programs such as the TTVAR program. Efforts must continue to educate the public on the benefits of spaying/neutering all companion animals (not used in responsible breeding programs), prior to six months of age, and for those who feed stray cats, to catch and alter them. The following studies, conducted by the NPA, contain actual facts and figures that support this.

• A Report on Trap-Test-Alter Programs
• San Diego County - Survey and Analysis of the Pet Population
• San Jose 's Spay/Neuter Voucher Program
  • 1997 Update: Do Spay/Neuter Vouchers Work?
  • 1999 Update: City of San Jose Spay/Neuter Voucher Program
  • 2000 Update: Voucher Program Five Year Update NEW!
• Survey Report on Santa Clara County's Pet Population
• Summary of Program Costs vs Incoming Cats - Humane Society of Santa Clara Valley and the Cities of San Jose, Milpitas, Santa Clara, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Saratoga, and Sunnyvale NEW!
• Figures on Cat Euthanasia at Shelters in Santa Clara County 1994
• Feral Cat Conference, Denver CO, Aug 9-10/96
• A Survey of Changes in HSSCV Shelter Population from 1994 to 1996: Do free spay/neuter vouchers work?

Other Related Links:

• San Francisco SPCA Position Paper on Cat Licensing
  (a report by the San Francisco SPCA)
• The San Mateo County Pet Overpopulation Ordinance: A Legislative Failure
  (a report by The Animal Council)