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Americans aren't the only ones who do this, though it is high in America. As for why, there are benefits for doing so. People have to weigh the benefits vs the detriments and their beliefs, but the US already has a large stray/feral issue. Choosing to just let them roam can also endanger other lives, as cats kill so many birds.
Some of said benefits: https://www.bpah.net/blog/top-9-reasons-to-spay-or-neuter-your-cat
You can have a pet mutilated almost anywhere, but vets don't usually push it in other places and its therefore done to a minority.
Why are you conflating it with letting cats roam? Very different issue.
Where as to actual, scientifically backed benefits, it boils down to not having gonad cancer. Which is also true for humans, but you don't see doctors recommending us to have our own removed. The idea that we would mutilate ourselves to avoid a disease that might show up is ludicrous to us, but apparently the opposite is true for animals.
I don't think y'all are ready to look yourselves in the mirror that hard though. Because if you convince yourselves you're wrong, there's no undoing or even saying sorry. And so it's easier to just keep on mutilating them pets.