Today is Word Spay Day 2016!
According to the ASPCA:
- Approximately 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, approximately 3.9 million are dogs and 3.4 million are cats.
- Each year, approximately 2.7 million animals are euthanized (1.2 million dogs and 1.4 million cats).
- Approximately 2.7 million shelter animals are adopted each year (1.4 million dogs and 1.3 million cats).
- About 649,000 animals who enter shelters as strays are returned to their owners. Of those, 542,000 are dogs and only 100,000 are cats.
- Of the dogs entering shelters, approximately 35% are adopted, 31% are euthanized and 26% of dogs who came in as strays are returned to their owner.
- Of the cats entering shelters, approximately 37% are adopted, 41% are euthanized, and less than 5% of cats who came in as strays are returned to their owners.
- About twice as many animals enter shelters as strays compared to the number that are relinquished by their owners.
Note: These are national estimates; the figures may vary from state to state.
Why Spay / Neuter your pet?
- An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and 2-3 litters per year
- During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens.
- A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
Kitten season is around the corner. Now is the time to get your cat spay / neutered.
Where to get your pet Spayed / Neutered?
Besides the obvious of checking with your local veterinarian, there are groups out there that will help you if you can not afford to fix your animal. With these options, there's no reason not to spay / neuter.
Purrsonalities Pet Sanctuary The Foundation offers a low-cost spay/neuter program for cats and kittens at a veterinary clinic in Morton every week.
- Owners bring their cats to the veterinary clinic in Morton in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon.
- In addition, the Foundation transports cats from locations in Peoria to the clinic in Morton for the spay/neuter program.
- The cost for the program is $30 for males, $40 for females, and $10 for a rabies shot if the cat is not currently vaccinated.
The spay/neuter programs have been made possible in part by grants from the Jean M. Ligon Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Illinois and by the Rex and Nelle Jackson Foundation.
Call (309) 360-7455 or e-mail at purrsonalities4peoria@yahoo.com for information or to schedule your cat or kitten today! Save lives by spaying and neutering your cats.
Animal Protective League's Spay/Neuter Clinic addresses companion animal overpopulation in Sangamon County and surrounding communities.
- This unique high-quality, high-volume, low-cost spay/neuter program performs 52 or more spay/neuter surgeries daily.
- As a regional facility, we partner with animal control agencies, shelters and rescue groups within a 90-mile radius.
- Our goal is to defeat the tragedy of companion animal overpopulation by targeting the most prolific populations ... ferals, strays, and other unaltered animals whose owners often cannot afford the cost of spaying or neutering their companion animals or don't have any idea why they should.
- Since its opening in 2006, the spay/neuter clinic has performed over 96,000 surgeries and the number of euthanasia's at Sangamon County Animal Control has dropped by nearly 60%!
The Spay / Neuter Transport center for Tazewell County is TAPS - No Kill Animal Shelter in Pekin. They can be reached by Phone: 309-353-8277
Who we are!
Tazewell Humane Society is a non-profit 501c3 organization that gives abandoned, abused, and unwanted animals another chance at finding loving, permanent homes.
We help at risk animals in our community through fostering, funding for medical support, social media, special adoption events and general support to Tazewell County Animal Control. Tazewell Humane Society is funded solely by donations, fundraising events, grants and tributes.If you have any questions, please let us know. You can find Tazewell Humane Society on Facebook
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