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Does anyone know the source for the Halacha that you are not allowed to neuter or spay an animal? Thank you.
to ‘neuter’ a mail animal is one of the 365 laavin.
the posuk (perhaps in emor, I am at work and don’t have seforim)
is uv’artzechem lo saasu’.
I am not sure about spaying a female.
A Pasuk in Vayikra (Emor)
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good grief! I actually wrote,”A mail animal”.
I am very ashamed of myself.
It is very bad for animals if they are not spayed or neutered. Unwanted animals are destroyed all the time.
If you want a pet, its best to get them already spayed or netured so there wont be any unwanted litters.
As far as I know there is nothing halachically wrong with getting an animals already fixed
My Cloud (zochor) and Fluffy (nekeva) are both intact. However, there always is and always will be a market for polar bear cubs, so I do not have to worry about abandoned offspring.
Actually, I kept pure-bred Siamese for that reason – I had no desire to make even a penny on selling highly desirable kittens, so I knew I would always be able to place them. For some strange reason, my female had only one viable litter, so it hardly mattered.
Maybe you could sell it to a vet during Pesach with the “understanding” that it will come back “fixed”??
Chana: Nope. Neutering is Assur even for a Goy so giving it to a vet to neuter is Lifnei Iver. They say that Lifnei of Lifnei is Muttar, so you could give it to someone else to give to a vet, but I think some Assur that as well. Just buy a pet that’s already “fixed”. There’s nothing Assur whatsoever about that.
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