A female pet will be healthier after one heat cycle.
FactA pet does not need a heat cycle or a litter before being spayed. Ask your veterinarian about the right timing for your animal’s age, breed, and health.
Community program
Spay and Neuter
Reducing pet overpopulation one animal at a time
Serving pets since 2006 Southern Utah
Practical help
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BAM's Commitment
BAM works with local veterinary clinics, including clinics associated with Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab and the Humane Society of Utah's St. George clinic, to ensure animals placed for adoption are spayed or neutered.
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Low‑Cost Public Services
The Humane Society of Utah's St. George clinic offers public vaccine and spay/neuter services. Confirm current costs, hours, and appointment requirements on the clinic's website.
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Myths and Facts
Explore common questions about spaying and neutering. Ask your veterinarian about the right timing and care for your individual pet.
Spaying or neutering automatically makes a pet gain weight.
FactWeight is primarily managed through appropriate nutrition and exercise.
A purebred pet should reproduce to pass on its genes.
FactPurebred animals also enter shelters and rescues; preventing unplanned litters helps reduce overpopulation.
Neutering will make a dog less protective.
FactPersonality and protective behavior are shaped more by genetics, environment, and training than by sex hormones.
Children should experience a pet giving birth.
FactFamilies interested in helping mothers and litters can volunteer or foster through a rescue instead of creating another litter.
A male pet will feel less male after neutering.
FactNeutering does not create a human‑like identity crisis or erase a pet's basic personality.
One animal at a time
Be part of their next chapter.
Adopt, foster, volunteer, donate, or simply share the mission. Every action moves an animal closer to safety and home.