Veternary colleges and their students should be sponsoring spaying clinics EXCEPT their graduates are more concerned with keeping the fees high.
In the long run spaying can save a lot of money and aggravation.But liberals in or out of government are more concerned with controlling people than actually helping solve any problems.
I’m thinking he wanted a new cat now and then to replace the older ones - rodent control. I’m sure it was a matter of cost, and attitude. Farmers/ranchers have a whole ‘nother attitude towards animals. Not mean - just different.