Neutering cats provides several behavioral benefits beyond preventing overpopulation. Neutering male cats decreases aggressive instincts that cause them to fight over territory and mates. It also reduces their urge to roam in search of a mate, keeping them safer at home rather than crossing roads. Neutering can also decrease or eliminate spraying behavior in male cats.

1. Behavioral Benefits of
Neutering Your Cats
By: Emal Nessary

2. Behavioral Benefits of Neutering Your Cats
Los Angeles, California, professional Emal Nessary works as an operations administrator
with Writers Guild of America, West. A longtime advocate of animal rights in Southern
California and beyond, Emal Nessary helps to end the feral cat crisis by contributing to
Stray Cat Alliance, which seeks to help cats in the LA area.

3. Behavioral Benefits of Neutering Your Cats
One of the most important objectives of ending the feral cat crisis involves spaying and
neutering domestic cats and community cats. In addition to preventing overpopulation
and reducing the incidence of disease, neutering cats produces a number of behavioral
benefits that ultimately keep cats safe and healthy.

4. Behavioral Benefits of Neutering Your Cats
Neutering male cats decreases the hormones that cause them to defend their territory
and fight competitors for mates. By reducing these aggressive instincts, cat owners can
prevent fights and reduce the likelihood of physical harm. Similarly, neutering cats
reduces the urge to roam in search of a mate, which exposes cats to injury as they cross
roads and highways. Male cats also tend to spray their urine on surfaces to mark their
territory, a behavior that can be reduced or eliminated by neutering them.