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Why is a neutered dog considered alive if it cannot reproduce?
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∙ 13y ago
Surprisingly males can live without intercourse and producing offspring. Dogs are begging to be overpopulated, some have no homes, some are being killed because there is no homes for them to live and shelters cannot possibly keep them all. So they either become neutered and cannot produce or they become over populated. All male dogs are not neutered.
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