How to Use neuter in a Sentence
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In honor of Bob: please remember to spay and neuter your pets.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
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Spay and neuter services, microchips and adoptions are free.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
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Lots of communities do have spay and neuter programs, and there are rescues out there as well.
—Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
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The foundation helps fund low-cost spay/neuter clinics and voucher programs.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
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Frequent clinics allow owners to spay and neuter their pets.
—Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2023
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Some cities have required owners to spay or neuter their pets, but often such policies aren’t enforced.
—Michael Hill, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
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The city has started a low-cost spay and neuter program to help remedy the problem, and since June last year has altered about 1,400 animals.
—Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
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The solution to the issue varies from residents who help feed the animals to private and public spay and neuter programs.
—The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
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The program has also helped spay or neuter nearly 4,000 animals.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2023
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Over the last five years, the shelter received more than $2 million for the spay and neuter, veterinary expenses and outreach accounts.
—Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 9 June 2023
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His weather segments always ended with a reminder for people watching at home to spay or neuter their pets.
—cleveland, 4 Aug. 2020
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The people who trap, neuter, and release them—a process known in the animal-rescue world as TNR—are a motley crew of passionate volunteers.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 5 July 2023
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The plan to neuter hurricanes involved a series of observations and deductions, with each step built upon the last.
—Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2017
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Other programs ease the financial burden of owning a dog or a cat, through pet food pantries and veterinary services like spay and neuter clinics.
—Michael Hill, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
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Federico, a dog Barker found on the side of the road in Riverside, California, appeared with him in a photo promoting a spay and neuter campaign.
—Angela Serratore, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
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That’s why shelter officials are waiving adoption fees for dogs, which includes spay or neuter surgery, a microchip and vaccinations, to make space for the new arrivals.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024
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Like his predecessor, Bob Barker, Carey encourages viewers to spay or neuter their pets.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
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Experts call it the holy grail of pet contraception: a single shot or pill that would permanently sterilize cats and dogs without the need for expensive and time-consuming spay/neuter surgery.
—Bydavid Grimm, science.org, 6 June 2023
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Meanwhile, most private veterinary practices are booking spay and neuter appointments months in advance.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2023
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Whether that possibility would spur productivity as more skilled employees took over from less skilled ones or neuter it as a result of mass unemployment remains to be seen.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
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Spay/neuter laws Mandatory spay/neuter laws are aimed to prevent animal overpopulation, and are often enacted at the local level.
—Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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Adoption fee includes spay/neuter and up-to-date vaccinations along with micro-chipping for identification.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023
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Adoptions include spay or neuter surgery, vaccination and microchipping — a $300 value, according to Fulton County.
—Jim Gaines, ajc, 2 Aug. 2023
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The nonprofit is dedicated to promoting pet adoption, advancing spay and neuter access to pet owners, and sharing resources to help people be responsible pet parents.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
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Additional collaborations with Chula Vista, Cortez-Martinez said, include the possibility of opening an off-leash dog beach, training lifeguards and park rangers, and holding spay/neuter and vaccine events.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023
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In theory, saving kittens shouldn’t preclude increasing support of spay/neuter and educating communities about its importance.
—Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
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In honor of Bob: please remember to spay and neuter your pets.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
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Spay and neuter services, microchips and adoptions are free.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
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Lots of communities do have spay and neuter programs, and there are rescues out there as well.
—Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
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The foundation helps fund low-cost spay/neuter clinics and voucher programs.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
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The first was pushing for spay-neuter laws to shrink the number of homeless dogs.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2022
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There are several groups that can help you with the neuter and spay.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019
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The process of trap, neuter and return is popular with cat lovers across the country.
—David Streitfeld, New York Times, 26 May 2018
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Schedule a reduced-cost spay/neuter from Feb. 19 through March 16.
—Michelle Jenkins, idahostatesman, 12 Feb. 2018
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Offers free spay and neuter for Laurel cats and cat adoptions.
—Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com, 27 Nov. 2019
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At the moment, Special Pals does not offer its low-cost spay and neuter program.
—Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2019
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The majority of our costs are vet expenses to spay and neuter.
—John Benson, cleveland, 9 June 2021
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Note: Viewer discretion advised, as the spay/neuter surgery will be shown.
—Hannah Drown, cleveland.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Proof of spay or neuter is not required, but lowers the cost of a dog’s licensing fee by 50 percent or more.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2021
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Besides their breed and parents, a few things may affect your dog's growth including the age of their spay or neuter.
—Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 6 July 2021
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Early spay/neuter surgery short-circuits the development of hormones that cause males to spray, mark and fight.
—Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
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Funds are to help with adoption, spay and neuter services and vaccinations.
—The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2021
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The trap-neuter-release strategy isn't exclusive to Mesquite.
—Maria Elena Vizcaino, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2019
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Luckily, the wiggly, very social pup was mostly healthy and just needed a groom, along with his neuter surgery.
—Arizona Republic, azcentral, 20 Mar. 2020
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There is no city or state funding for organizations that trap, neuter and return cats to the streets.
—New York Times, 15 Jan. 2021
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All spay/neuter contract obligations are still in full effect.
—Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 18 Oct. 2017
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The facility, open since March 2017, provides low cost spay and neuter services for dogs and cats to the community.
—Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2018
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Adopters will get free license, vaccines, spay/neuter surgery and microchip for all adult animals.
—Angela Forburger, azcentral, 12 July 2018
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The rescue/shelter pays for vetting fees such as spay/neuter, heartworm treatment, and vaccines.
—Detroit Free Press, 4 Feb. 2021
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The process, known as TNR (trap-neuter-return), helps keep the population of stray cats in check by preventing the birth of unwanted kittens.
—Kate Elizabeth Queram, Laurel Leader, 21 Mar. 2018
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These cuties were old enough to be weaned and separated from their mom but needed some time to get bigger and stronger prior to their spay/neuter surgeries.
—Arizona Republic, azcentral, 19 June 2020
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San Marcos clearly needs more transfer partners and more low-cost spay-neuter services.
—Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2018
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The fees will cover spay/neuter services, vaccines, a 2023 dog license, microchip and current rabies tag, the shelter said in a news release.
—Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
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Get your cat fixed, stop abandoning cats and learn how to do trap-neuter-return to help San Antonio catch up on these feral cat surgeries in 2021.
—Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 9 Oct. 2020
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This sweet rabbit’s story is a perfect example of the importance of spay and neuter, as just a few pets can quickly become too many to care for.
—The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023
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The shelter also offers spay and neuter surgeries and low cost vaccinations to the public, Burriscano said.
—Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2020
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The program now also has a mobile clinic in order to offer spay/neuter procedures.
—City News Service, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
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Adoption fee includes spay/neuter and up-to-date vaccinations.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2019
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The Street Team includes someone to trap, neuter and release stray cats, and there are times when conditions warrant that the cat be brought back to Corridor Rescue’s shelter.
—Julie Cornell, Houston Chronicle, 2 May 2018
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Services range from dog licensing, spay and neuter, behavior and training assistance, including a free Behavior Helpline to a community pet pantry, and lost and found.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2023
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His jaw healed enough so the vet could neuter him and remove a rotted tooth.
—Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2019
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Too many in the media now seek to neuter free expression in the name of saving it.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 27 Nov. 2022
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The level of access the hacker achieved was enough to neuter just about any defense.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2020
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The alternative is to first get the hostages out, then figure out how to neuter Hamas.
—Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
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If there are other pets in the home, those pets need to be spayed or neutered and up-to-date on all vaccines.
—Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2019
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The third time a dog or cat gets lost and goes to the shelter, its owner must spay or neuter it in order to get it back.
—Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2022
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Dogs that are not neutered or spayed can produce a line of thousands of puppies in the span of only a few years.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
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In most cases, however, the best age to neuter a dog is between four and six months old.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
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In an attempt to neuter the courts, Forsythe hobbles the other branches as well.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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All the dogs will be spayed or neutered, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations, the release said.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2023
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Crash wasn’t neutered and had no microchip, Cutler said, and no one came looking for him.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
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Mendo passed all health tests and was neutered before two volunteers took the dog to Reno, Nev., to start his new life.
—Katherine Lam, Fox News, 27 Aug. 2018
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In the end, a willingness to neuter himself was the price McCarthy was forced, and proved sadly willing, to pay.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
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Feral cats are trapped, neutered and then returned to their colony – and can no longer sire new kittens.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2024
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The entire process took about two hours to remove the arrow, clean the infection, insert drains, sew up the wound and neuter him.
—Francisco Guzman and Brian Ries, CNN, 18 Feb. 2020
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The puppy, named Chops, was neutered there and got its vaccinations.
—Joe Robertson and Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, 27 June 2018
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Many, if not most, dog owners in the United States never confront the question of whether to spay or neuter their pets.
—Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
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For five years Hershey and a growing team trapped and neutered practically around the clock.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2020
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De Blasio aides viewed this as a direct effort to block the mayor and neuter his power.
—Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2021
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Inmates are also fostering the kittens that are too young to be spayed and neutered.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
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Cities that once rounded up feral cats and killed them now spay and neuter them and give them veterinary care.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2022
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Muggs, 8 months, is a 50-pound neutered male German Shepherd mix.
—Peggy Calhoun, idahostatesman, 20 June 2018
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All of the felines studied were male and female adult domestic shorthairs that had each been neutered or spayed, the study said.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
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Contracts often stipulate that the buyer must spay and neuter their cat, and that no cat will end up in a shelter.
—Alexandra Marvar, Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
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Even so, that first and second group still need to neuter the backdoor to prevent future access.
—Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 19 Dec. 2020
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The licensing fee for cats is $10, or $5 if neutered, according to the mayor’s office.
—Gregory Tejeda, Post-Tribune, 11 July 2018
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Democrats helped create the agency in 2010 and argue that GOP leadership is trying to neuter it.
—WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019
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Discounted prices are given to spayed and neutered canines.
—Jasmine Johnson, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2019
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The agreements were signed in February before the district takeover by the DeSantis appointees, who claim the contracts neutered their powers.
—Mike Schneider, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
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