New Drug ‘Chemspay’ Could Sterilize Female Dogs Without Surgery
- Posted on July 21, 2011 at 6:44pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A new drug could be the non-surgical alternative to spaying female dogs and a major change for animal shelters.
Chemspay is a contraceptive drug that can either be administered orally or through injection, and based on trials significantly reduces the number of eggs in a female dog’s ovaries, making them sterile.
The Arizona Republic reports:
Dr. Loretta Mayer was looking for a way to artificially induce menopause in mice so they could be used to study human diseases when she and another scientist developed a drug that they realized also could be used to sterilize female dogs, removing the need for expensive and painful surgery.
The first drug they developed, dubbed “mouseopause,” eliminated the eggs in a mouse’s ovaries. Mayer looked for ways to adapt the drug for other animals, including “ContraPest” in rats, as an alternative to poison in areas where animal overpopulation is out of control.
“I would really like to see us do things that improve our environment and are compassionate to other beings,” Mayer told the Republic. “My passion, without question, is to stop killing animals, however we might do that.”
Mayer began testing Chemspay on dogs in 2004 on Arizona‘s Navajo Reservation when the tribal animal shelter’s director asked for her help with their feral and stray dog problem.
“He said to me, ‘If you could do for a dog what you do for a mouse, I wouldn’t have to kill 400 animals a month,” Mayer said. “This technology, if successful, will really have a huge impact on unwanted dog populations.”
In Arizona, thousands of dogs and cats are euthanized in overcrowded animal shelters every year. According to the Republic, the Arizona Humane Society performed nearly 20,600 surgical sterilizations on dogs, cats and rabbits in the past year, at a cost of almost $2 million.
Food and Drug Administration approval is still at least six years away, but Mayer hopes to begin FDA trials in Arizona within the next few years.
Chemspay is not the first drug alternative to surgical sterilization: Neutersol, for male dogs, was approved by the FDA but taken off the market in 2005 due to a manufacturing dispute. GonaCon is a contraceptive currently used on deer populations, and is being studied for use in dogs and cats.
Check out this 2009 report in which Mayer discusses the development and use of ContraPest in curbing rat overpopulation in rice fields:
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Comments (53)
Secessionista
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:37pmLooks like this program was “shovel ready”…
Report Post »DizziNY
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 3:20pmYou make us look bad, get out, jerk.
Report Post »docvet
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 2:56pmActually, it sounds pretty good to me. I’m sure the same OMG comments were made when the female birth control pills were developed. Obviously there hasn’t been a problem so far. Yes, yes, I realize that this is permanent and BCP is temporary, but a bit more research might have made to two medicines similar. I understand your concern, Nevertheless, it might reduce the thousands of dogs (and cats?) killed yearly by overcrowded shelters.
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 4:37amPersonal responsponsibility in the ownership of pets could also reduce the numbers of “unwanted pets” immediately. Don’t allow your pet to reproduce, don’t get a “throwaway” pet, don’t breed your pet just because you “love it,” realize that your pet (or “breeding animal”) is NOT PERFECT and breed only those animals worthy and needed to be bred.
I am a sheep and cattle farmer and a working dog trainer and breeder for over 45 years and in contact with (and consider myself still responsible for) any puppy I have produced during that time to it’s loss, hopefully in very old age!
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 2:37pm3 strike rule. For welfare queens it’s 3 strikes and your out. Too bad for the libs and their dependency and abortion industries…
Report Post »SageInWaiting
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 1:31pmIf it works on dogs, a variant for humans isn’t far behind. THIS is an “ultimate solution” drug… genocide within a generation, and nobody know.
Report Post »psalms
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 12:10pmThe scariest part is “administered orally”. Can you say goodbye safe drinking water.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 2:14amLord Almighty, Help us!
Report Post »hgaut
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:43amI had heard about this kind of drug before and thought it’d be better for controlling the wolf population then shooting them dead for sport. I’m also into animal rescue and the euthanization of unwanted pets and ferrals is astounding. Rescues pay for spaying and neutering unwanted pets before finding good homes for them and this would cut down on their cost as well as taxpayer cost. As far as using this on unsuspecting humans; may God NOT have mercy on their souls.
Report Post »hamanns
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 12:42amMassive sterilisation is really scary idea, but it is not excluded. Remember “swine flu” vaccine?
Report Post »Mandatory vaccination!! or else…….my theory was that that was dry run for something bigger.
ShamanWorld
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 7:15amGoogle: “Chem-trails” The government is already trying to spay and neuter us!!!
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 12:35pmScale back the size, scope , and force of the government if you want to reduce the power gov’t has over our daily lives. This government is screwing us plebs into the floor anyway and many on the left believe wholeheartedly that population control of humans is necessary for planet survival. I am sure Environmentalists will embrace this technology as it hold promise in the human population problem.
Report Post »JEANNIEMAC
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:41pmBill Gates, of Microsoft, is working on a sterilization vaccine, and a method of using ultra sound on male scrotums to render males sterile for up to six months. He was also working on a substance that could be applied to the skin for the purpose of sterilization. The one world government people intend to reduce the surplus population of the earth, making it more habitable for the elite and their progeny.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:00pmMakes one wonder if this chemspay can or will be used on unsuspecting women. This could be the fix that the socialists who wish to sterilize women through the drinking water.
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:16pmBy the way – who said anything about this drug as a “SPRAY”?? SPAY was the word used – not spRay… see the difference – the R…….
The article said it had to be injected or taken orally…. not spRayed…..
Report Post »ShamanWorld
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 7:17amGoogle: Chemtrails lady. Wake up. Government sponsored population control is in full swing.
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:13pmOnt thing that needs to be studied (and probably will not be considered for study) is whether the drug passes thru the urinary tract in a complete enough form to sterilize fish, frogs etc. Or how much might get into the water supply that eventually makes it’s way into our drinking water.
Scary thought isn’t it??
Report Post »traveler08
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 4:15pmThis is scary stuff. You already can’t attend school without certain vaccinations. I don‘t know how applicable to humans this drug would be but with centralized mandated health care alot of things could be done for the individual and society’s ‘good’. They could just tell you it‘s something else or include the drug with some other ’preventative therapy’…
Report Post »safbham
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 3:39pmwhy is it these things are only developed for females?????? Wondering if Dr. Ezekiel Emmanuel is instituting government policies already? It’ll be a sure thing with Obamacare.
The citizens of the Republic are in danger of a totalitarian government.
Report Post »SoCalConservative88
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 2:30pmthat reporter is hot!
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 3:41pmCalm down there SoCal, Easy now! :-)
Report Post »Socialism_Is_The_New_Black
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 2:15pmWe all knew it was just a matter of time.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:23pmThis sounds like a wonderful advent for controlling animal populations, but it sends a chill down my spine at the thought of it being used against human populations. If all it took was a quick seizure of a woman, pry her mouth open, and then spray the drug into her mouth to dose her with enough to kill all of the ova in her ovaries, this is genocide in an aerosol can.
I’m sure the eugenicists still running around would deem it humane to come out with grape, strawberry, and banana flavoured ChemSpay cans.
Report Post »sbwebb
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 1:02pmit might be the answer to our welfare mom problem.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 6:05pm*shudders*
Report Post »Jim
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 1:56amYeah…we could give it to all lesbians. It would be a good start.
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 12:39pmJim- Are you just being an a$$ for the heck of it? Obviously gay people have already instituted their own population control mechanism. I am sure that pregnancy is not on the top of the list of things that can happen in their lives. LOL
Report Post »sheria-never
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:37amI’ve got the perfect solution to the Muslim problem.
Install a spray unit in the doorway of every mosque
install another spray unit inside every burka
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:04amSounds like the John Holdren(obama science zcar) is getting one step closer to his population control measures. I’m sure this sterilizing drug will be coming to a flu vaccine near you within the next 5 years. He won‘t be sterilizing drinking fountains you’ll line right up to get your shot like good little lemmis.
Report Post »HumbleCitizen
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:26amSterilents coming to a chemtrail near you. The majority of Americans have no clue about chemtrails and the government says they do not exist.
Report Post »DNT Tread On Me
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:31amNext time you are outside on a clear day, ask someone who doesn’t think they are real ” How come the clouds are in perfectly straight intersecting lines?” My wife thinks I am the only one who looks up and swears at the gov’t for filling the atmosphere with chemicals. Glad to know I am not alone.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 3:00pmClouds on a clear day? So, not tooo clear, right?
Report Post »LadyLibertykicksASS
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:56amGeorge Soros and the rest of the Bilderbergs are thrilled !!! Now They will have the perfect way to begin cutting populations of what they’ve decided are the “Undesirable People” of the World.
Report Post »The U.N. will be offering vacinations for a cure all to a litney of illnesses……voila…a drastic drop in children being born. Hillary and Obama’s minions will be gleefully rubbing their hands, dreaming of being able to wipe out the Conservatives in USA by vacination of young girls! Think about it Folks!!!!
DNT Tread On Me
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:28amYou hit the nail on the head. Load a few thousand gallons in to the jets that the use for Chemtrails and let the Human Spaying begin.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:30amSadly they desire the population of the planet to be 200 million or less.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:42pmHillary and Obama…I’m not waiting for them, hell I’m rubbing my hands together right now at the prospect of that!
Report Post »momsense
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:56amPerverted dreams of the Progressive tree hugging left–John Holdren should be proud.
Report Post »huckleberry, 1 ea.
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:54amThis is the scariest story i have read in a long time…coming soon to a FEMA camp or mental hospital near you – FDA testing. Why is is so easy for something developed for good gets eventually hijacked into something evil?
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:28amHow about a few liberal chemtrails over the east and west coasts?
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 1:52amYup; the ultimate desires of the anti-population crowd is about to be fulfilled. I say Rosicrucians be d@mned. :)
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