New Procedure Offers Shot-Based Alternative to Traditional Dog Neutering

[doxydad]

Looks promising!

If you are an animal lover you may be aware of the stray dog problems in many cities across the country. The solution to limit the population of these homeless animals is to spay and neuter them. However, the cost of the procedure has hindered the surgical process. Now, there is a new way to neuter dogs that reduces the cost to shelters, which gives the institutions more funds to care for sick and injured animals.

The new product is called Zeuterin and it was developed by Ark Sciences. It contains the zinc gluconate compound, which is an natural ingredient already present in dogs. All it takes is one virtually painless injection for the animal to become neutered. According to Ark Sciences, 97.7 percent of dogs didn't make a noise exhibiting pain while the shot was being administered during testing.

"It has the potential to really revolutionize the way spay and neuter is done," Dr. Cindy Mitchell, medical director at the San Diego Humane Society

http://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/new-procedure-offers-shot-based-alternative-to-traditional-dog-neutering/?ORIGIN=FK_Trivia_5-22-2014&utm_source=fk&utm_medium=C4M&utm_campaign=dog-neutering

[Kingofalldems]

1. Kick

[joeybee12]

2. KNR...wonder why it doesn't work on cats...

Or maybe it does...article is only about dogs...hmmm...good news, though.

[LisaLynne]

6. Forget cats....

what about humans???

[joeybee12]

8. Hell, just get to 50 and it naturally kicks in apparently...

Sadly, I'd rather spend a Saturday night now with my cats than do anything else!!!

[hamsterjill]

3. I wonder how safe it is?

There was a product around several years ago for male cats, and it never caught on.

I sincerely hope that this product is as good as expected, and I hope it is put into use. I live in San Antonio, Texas and we have a horrible stray dog problem because of irresponsible pet owners. Spay/neuter is the only long term solution.

[Callmecrazy]

4. So what happens to the dog's balls?

Do they shrivel up and fall off like a dead leaf? Or plucked like ripe fruit? Do they have to rub their balls along the ground to scrape them off?

[narnian60]

5. Tacky.

[Callmecrazy]

9. Tacky them?

I'm asking a legitimate question. If you don't have an answer just read along. I didn't ask for snark.

[jmowreader]

7. Will it work in a dart gun?

You'd have to create a dart gun that didn't look like a high-powered rifle to keep people from thinking "OMG they're SHOOTING DOGS TO DEATH DOWN BY THE PIGGLY WIGGLY!!!" but imagine being able to neuter strays without having to catch them.