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Rabid Betta Activist
I just got back from several hours of preforming presurgical exams on dogs and cats waiting to be altered. The Johnson College Animal Care Center is offering worming, vaccines, frontline, and a spay/neuter free to anyone making under $18,000, and for 30 dollars for anyone making over that. The day isn't even half over and our little clinic alone has had 20 patients!
The cheap/free sterilizations are part of Spay Day USA, a nation-wide effort contributed to by humane societies, vet offices, and animal control centers. It is being carried out as part of an effort to reduce the number of unwanted homeless pets being euthanized in shelters every year; about 8 million to be exact. Spay/neuter campaigns work; the number of animals being put to sleep was once far, far higher and breeding was very commonplace.
Spay Day is a great opprotunity to educate owners as well as help animals in situations where the person could not normally afford surgery (30 is usually how much a standard cat neuter, the cheapest sterilization, costs, so getting that rate for a 90lb american bulldog is awesome!). I'm really glad I got to help out this year, even though some of our patients were less than mannerly (there were a few nips and scratches from fractious patients).
So, did anyone else participate in spay day in some way (s/a working at a clinic/shelter, getting your pet altered, refering people to clincs, etc.)? If you have a pet needing surgery, today's the day to call your vet about openings.
I told my cat this morning I was going to re-neuter him because he was being such a brat.
The cheap/free sterilizations are part of Spay Day USA, a nation-wide effort contributed to by humane societies, vet offices, and animal control centers. It is being carried out as part of an effort to reduce the number of unwanted homeless pets being euthanized in shelters every year; about 8 million to be exact. Spay/neuter campaigns work; the number of animals being put to sleep was once far, far higher and breeding was very commonplace.
Spay Day is a great opprotunity to educate owners as well as help animals in situations where the person could not normally afford surgery (30 is usually how much a standard cat neuter, the cheapest sterilization, costs, so getting that rate for a 90lb american bulldog is awesome!). I'm really glad I got to help out this year, even though some of our patients were less than mannerly (there were a few nips and scratches from fractious patients).
So, did anyone else participate in spay day in some way (s/a working at a clinic/shelter, getting your pet altered, refering people to clincs, etc.)? If you have a pet needing surgery, today's the day to call your vet about openings.
I told my cat this morning I was going to re-neuter him because he was being such a brat.
I dont think there is anything like this in the UK, I got a quote from my vet for a ***** spay, and it was for £120, with two bitches to do, that is very expensive 
