LAS VEGAS – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® recently awarded a grant to the Animal Welfare Coalition of Northeastern New Mexico to help fund a low-cost spay/neuter clinic for low income residents.
The $5,000 grant will fund a three-day sterilization clinic to be held June 29 through July 1, 2012. “The most effective way to end the pet overpopulation problem is through an aggressive spay and neuter campaign,” said Martina Holguin, president of the Animal Welfare Coalition board. During 40 spay/neuter clinic days in and around Las Vegas in 2011, over 1,200 dogs and cats were sterilized. “Given that one female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 dogs in six years, and one female cat and her offspring can produce 420,000 cats in seven years, quite a dent has been made in the dog and cat population of Las Vegas and surrounding areas,” said Holguin.
The Santa Fe Animal Shelter mobile spay/neuter van costs the Animal Welfare Coalition approximately $6,600 for a three-day clinic.
“We are very grateful to the ASPCA® for their nationwide work and their generosity in helping us solve the area’s pet overpopulation,” said Holguin. The ASPCA, founded in 1866, seeks to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States, and is recognized as a national welfare organization.
