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As a veterinary receptionist, I get so many calls every day from people who tell me about a pet that needs help, or that needs to be spayed or neutered, and when they hear what my hospital charges, they say “Well, I can’t afford that.”
The other day I was volunteering at a food pantry, giving out pet food as we do every third Friday of the month, and some ladies told me that they were trying to feed 15 cats that were just dumped on them. The daughter seemed at her wit’s end, having called a few different organizations and not hearing back, or being told no over and over. And I was at a loss not knowing of some low-cost spay and neuter clinics, but I did give her the names of some foster care programs if she could trap the cats. Being a former librarian, that just didn’t sit right with me!!
I went to an outdoor festival on Saturday and met a volunteer with Animal Protection of New Mexico. Their literature states that there are about 40 different spay/neuter programs in New Mexico alone, so I made a note to find that information and spread it on here. Please note I’m not intending for these few paragraphs to be all inclusive of every single organization that helps out with low income spay and neuter clinics — that’s impossible to do for the entire globe.
For those of you reading this in New Mexico, click here for a list of spay and neuter programs listed by county, in alphabetical order. Also, check out the SpayNM spay and neuter program website for another listing of spay and neuter clinics. SpayNM also provides information on TNR (trap-neuter-return) programs to help deal with feral cat colonies, and PACA (People’s Anti-Cruelty Association) is also helpful in the area of TNR. And in case those don’t have enough information for you, then check out Love That Cat’s listing by state of spay and neuter programs (note that some only work with pet animals and some only work with feral cats).
Not in New Mexico? That’s fine. Here is the link to the ASPCA’s website that has a listing of clinics and programs which you can search for within 50 miles of your zip code.  Not in the US? That’s ok – go to this listing compiled by the HSUS that includes TNR programs in Canada too!!
If you are reading this from outside of the US or Canada and know of similar type programs in your country, would you kindly drop a comment below so I can share that information on your behalf? I’m thinking of creating some pages on this blog with helpful resources like this. It could be a lot of work but the librarian in me will be happy to be kept busy and have her brain engaged. Do you think something like this would be helpful? Please drop me a line and let me know your thoughts.
And enjoy this video below of my two nut job dogs (Morgan and Snuggles) playing!
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