Contact:     Elaine Greene                                                          Tony Meyer
Executive Director, Shelter and Animal Services         Public Relations Volunteer
(313) 943-2697                                                         cell: 586-201-9765

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 19, 2006

 

Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter 
Announce Spay/Neuter Vouchers for Spay Day USA

 

The Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter are joining thousands of other shelters around the United States in celebrating the 12th Annual Spay Day USA on February 28, 2006.

Pet overpopulation is a problem that requires immediate and continued attention not just in Dearborn, but in all communities throughout the United States.  According to the Human Society of the United States (HSUS), between 8 and 10 million dogs and cats enter a shelter each year, and between 4 and 5 million of these animals are euthanized, without the chance of becoming a loving companion within a household.

Consider that two unaltered cats and all their unaltered descendants can number as many as 420,000 in just seven years, and two unaltered dogs and their unaltered descendants can number 67,000 in six years – these numbers reveal the urgency with which spaying or neutering must be addressed in the United States.

With this in mind, Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter are again working to reduce the overpopulation of cats in the community by sponsoring a Spay/Neuter Clinic and offering vouchers of $30 for the neutering of a male and $40 for the spaying of a female at select local veterinary clinics.  In addition to the spaying or neutering, the veterinary visit will also include a distemper and rabies vaccination, and the insertion of a microchip identifier along with registration. 

Veterinary clinics participating in the Spay/Neuter Clinic include Caputo Animal Hospital, Cherry Hill Animal Clinic, Dearborn Family Pet Clinic, Dearborn Veterinary Hospital, Ford Road Animal Clinic, Lincoln Park Veterinary Hospital, Morrison Animal Hospital, West Warren Veterinary Hospital, VCA Allen Park, VCA Southland, VetSelect Dearborn and VetSelect Dearborn Hts. 

Vouchers will go on sale January 23, and supply is limited – to purchase one, please contact the Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter at (313) 943-2697.  The Dearborn Animal Shelter is located at 2661 Greenfield Road, Dearborn (one mile south of Michigan Avenue; 1/2 mile south of Rotunda; just south of the viaduct under I-94 on the west side of Greenfield at the intersection of Butler Road).

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The mission of the Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter (FFDAS) is to provide loving care and sanctuary to animals, encourage adoptions and reunions, and promote respect, responsibility and compassion for all animals. 

Animals are the heart of our mission.