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ANIMALSAVE'S LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC AND FOSTER/ADOPTION PROGRAM PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT PREVENT DOGS AND CATS FROM ENTERING THE MORE COSTLY AND ALREADY OVERBURDENED SHELTER SYSTEM.

ANIMALSAVE'S LOW-COST SPAY NEUTER CLINIC IS ITS PROACTIVE EFFORT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DOG AND CAT OVERPOPULATION. OPERATING ONE OR TWO DAYS PER WEEK, IN 2022, 1,128 DOGS AND CATS WERE ALTERED USING THIS SERVICE. SINCE THE CLINIC BEGAN IN MARCH 2008, OVER 23,000 ANIMALS HAVE BEEN SPAYED OR NEUTERED. WE ESTIMATE THIS HAS PREVENTED THE UNWANTED BIRTH OF OVER ONE MILLION DOGS AND CATS. CLINIC REVENUES INCLUDE FEES FOR THE LOW-COST SURGERY SERVICE, VACCINATIONS, TESTS AND DONATED FUNDS RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS THAT SUPPORT THIS WORK. CLINIC EXPENSES INCLUDE VETERINARY AND SURGICAL COSTS, SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, INSURANCE, AND OTHER OPERATING COSTS. A COMPONENT OF THE SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC IS THE TRAP NEUTER RETURN PROGRAM. THE TNR PROGRAM PROVIDES LOW-COST SURGICAL FEES, TRAPS, TRAPPING GUIDANCE AND VOLUNTEER HELP TO INDIVIDUALS WANTING TO TRAP AND ALTER STRAY CATS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ANIMALSAVE'S APPROACH TO PREVENTING CAT OVERPOPULATION AND THE RESULTING NUISANCE, HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES THAT COME WITH LARGE FERAL CAT COLONIES. YOUNG KITTENS TRAPPED IN COLONIES ARE OFTEN TAKEN INTO THE FOSTER/ADOPTION PROGRAM, PLACED IN FOSTER HOMES, SOCIALIZED, AND WHEN OLD ENOUGH, ARE ALTERED AND AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

IN RESPONSE TO AN UNACCEPTABLE EUTHANASIA RATE AT LOCAL SHELTERS, ANIMALSAVE'S FOSTER/ADOPTION PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1999. SINCE THAT TIME OVER 5,800 DOGS AND CATS HAVE FOUND LOVING HOMES. IN 2022, 186 ANIMALS WERE RESCUED, PUT IN FOSTER HOMES WHERE THEY RECEIVED NECESSARY VETERINARY CARE AND REHABILITATION, AND THEN ADOPTED INTO PERMANENT HOMES. THE FOSTER/ADOPTION PROGRAM IS MANAGED BY ONE STAFF PERSON AND MANY VOLUNTEERS INCLUDING FOSTERS, VOLUNTEERS WHO CLEAN AND CARE FOR CATS AND KITTENS IN THE CAT ADOPTION ROOM, ADOPTION COUNSELORS, VOLUNTEERS WHO SOCIALIZE CATS AND KITTENS, RECEPTIONISTS AND OTHERS. REVENUES ARE DERIVED FROM ADOPTION FEES AND DONATED FUNDS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS. EXPENSES INCLUDE FOOD, MEDICAL, STAFF AND OTHER COSTS OF OPERATING THIS PROGRAM.

HUMANE EDUCATION PROGRAM. BY VISITING SCHOOLS, SPEAKING AT CLUBS, FACILITATING WORKSHOPS AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION ABOUT RESPONSIBLE PET GUARDIANSHIP, ANIMALSAVE EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY ON ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES AND THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ANIMALS.