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The Alabama Animal Alliance, Inc. has opened a groundbreaking
facility to combat our area's severe pet overpopulation problem. It is
well known that there are far too many healthy, adoptable dogs and cats
than there are responsible homes for them. As a result, every day
animals are euthanized in area shelters or left to fend for themselves
along our county roads. The clinic provides low-cost spay/neuter
services to the cats and dogs of central and south Alabama.
Visit their website-Alabama
Animal Alliance, Inc.
Have you
heard about the Spay Montgomery program? Spay Montgomery is a new
program that enables qualified Montgomery County residents to have their
pets spayed or neutered for $10. To be eligible, residents must be
Montgomery County residents and meet one of the following criteria:
1. Aged 65 years or older - identification required.
2. A full-time college student - current college schedule required.
3. A Medicaid recipient - valid Medicaid card required.
4. A annual household income of $28,000 or less - proof of income
required.
The $10 fee includes everything - the surgical sterilization procedure,
anesthesia, pain management medications, and rabies vaccination, if
needed. This program is limited to two pets per household and will run
while funds are available. At this time, this program is only available
to Montgomery County residents.
The Spay
Montgomery program is the result of an incredible grant provided to the
Alabama Animal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic. The Alabama Animal Alliance
Spay/Neuter Clinic is Alabama's first high quality, high volume, low
cost spay/neuter clinic. We opened in October 2007 with the primary
focus of reducing the number of unwanted animals that are euthanized in
central and south Alabama by providing affordable surgical
sterilizations of cats and dogs. Since opening we have performed more
than 11,000 surgeries. Based on statistics from the Humane Society of
the United States, we estimate that we have prevented more than 160,000
unwanted animals from being born in the year and a half we have been in
operation.
The Alabama Animal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic is a 501 c 3 non-profit
organization that works closely with the Montgomery Humane Society,
Humane Society of Elmore County, various rescue groups, and thousands of
Alabama residents. Knowing that you are an animal lover, I was hoping
that you might be willing to help us spread the word about this new
program that is saving lives by preventing unwanted animals from being
born.
For more information, visit our website www.alabamaspayneuter.com
or call us at 334-239-7387. Please feel free to share this information
with anyone you think might be interested.
ALVMA Low Cost Spay/Neuter Options
Why You Should Spay and Neuter Your Pets
Over 5,000 animals are brought into the Humane Society of Elmore County
alone each year because of domesticated pet overpopulation! Of these only
thirty to forty percent are adopted. And the same is true all over the
United States.
Every day in the U.S. thousands upon thousands of puppies and kittens are
born because of uncontrolled breeding of pets. Add to that the number of
offspring of stray and abandoned animals, and the total becomes even more
staggering. Every year MILLIONS of animals enter U.S. shelters; at least
half of them are euthanized because there are no homes for them. On a larger
scale, over 5,500 puppies and kittens are born every hour in America. This
is compared to only 415 people born every hour in America. There are simply
not enough homes! We must act responsibly and help control this
overpopulation spaying and neutering is the Answer!
Some people refuse to spay or neuter their pet because they think it would
be nice for their pet to have puppies or kittens. Each responsible home that
is found for these means one less home is available for the many shelter
animals waiting to be adopted. Each day animal shelters are forced to
destroy thousands of dogs and cats due to a lack of responsible homes.
Please, do your part and spay and neuter your pets! Spaying and neutering
can drastically improve your petıs health and life expectancy. The idea
that pets become fat or lazy when they are spayed or neutered is a myth.
Sterilized pets lead healthier, longer lives. Spaying a female eliminates
the possibility of uterine and ovarian cancer and greatly eliminates the
risk of breast cancer, not to mention the mess and stress associated with a
pet in heat! Females in heat can also attract potentially dangerous males
who often climb into ³secure² fences! Neutering a male reduces the risk of
both prostate enlargement and prostate cancer. Neutering will also make
your pet more affectionate and less likely to want to roam, get in fights,
or become lost.
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EVERY litter makes a difference!
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