![]() Joplin Humane Society is a busy, bustling place the shelter is open seven days a week offering pet adoptions, we provide daily access to owners whose pets are lost or missing and we offer low cost spay/neuter to owned pets 1-2 days each week. Our shelter receives between 500-1200 animals every month. If you have an animal that you need to have picked up, or wish to report animal abuse or neglect, please contact your local animal control officer, police department of sheriff. We are not empowered to investigate animal cruelty complaints or enforce state or local animal ordinances. JHS is a "Receiving Shelter" which means that we accept pets that are brought to us from Animal Control Officers and/or residents from specific towns and cities we do not pick up animals or provide animal control services ourselves. It’s possible to spay a female cat while she’s in heat.Joplin Humane Society provides contracted animal sheltering services to various municipalities in the Four State Area, as well as offering a safe haven to area residents who are no longer able to keep their pets. In an effort to avoid the start of urine spraying and eliminate the chance for pregnancy, it’s advisable to schedule the surgery before your own cat reaches five months of age. ![]() For cats: Kittens as young as eight weeks old to be spayed or neutered.Dogs can be neutered as adults as well, although there’s a slightly higher risk of post-operative complications in older dogs, dogs that are overweight or dogs that have health problems. ![]() For dogs: Puppies as young as eight weeks old can be neutered as long as they’re healthy.The effects of neutering are largely dependent on your dog’s individual personality, physiology and history. Neutering will also not reduce behaviors that your pet has learned or that have become habitual. Although the surgery will reduce the amount of testosterone in your dog’s system, it won’t eliminate the hormone completely. Neutering is not a quick fix for all behavior problems. Although neutering your pet often reduces undesirable behaviors caused by a higher level of testosterone, there’s no guarantee that your dog’s behavior will change after he’s neutered.Your pet will remain fit and trim as long as you continue to provide exercise and monitor her food intake. ![]()
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