Florida Animal Friend Grant Offers Spay Neuter Services
Cape Coral Animal Shelter is the proud recipient of a Florida Animal Friend grant from the spay/neuter license plate program. Funds from every purchased plate allow Florida Animal Friend to grant up to $25,000 each to dozens of Florida non-profit animal organizations each year in an effort to end animal homelessness. According to the Humane Society of the United States, on any given day, 70,000 puppies and kittens are born. That’s thousands of newborn litters left without a home. By spaying and neutering our pets, we truly can “fix” the problem of pet overpopulation.
As a result of this grant, CCAS is able to provide free spay/neuter services to qualified individuals who cannot afford this procedure. To apply, please contact our veterinary clinic at 239-573-2002 Ext. 106.
Further, in collaboration with Cape Coral Pet Vet and Dr. Cecilia Fisher, CCAS is sponsoring 75 Free Spay/Neuter surgeries for TNR cats (Trap, Neuter, Release) for Community Cats. All cats must be in traps and will receive a rabies vaccine and be ear tipped. To schedule an appointment, please contact Cape Coral Pet Vet directly at 239-772-2009.
CCAS is also promoting this invaluable license plate program so that more funds can be granted to organizations like ours whose mission is to help control the pet population and decrease the number of unwanted and abandoned animals throughout Florida. Any person who purchases a “Florida Animal Friend” license plate from now until April 30th and shows us their application will be entered in a drawing to receive some amazing door prizes and special gifts, compliments of the Cape Coral Animal Shelter and Veterinary Clinic.
“Our shelter sees firsthand the crisis we are facing with unwanted puppies and kittens,” said Executive Director Liz McCauley. “We cannot adopt our way out of this crisis. We are grateful for this Florida Animal Friend grant and will use it to provide spay/neuter services to those who cannot afford our already low fees and to help with community cats. It is our goal to get to the root of the problem, and that begins with spay/neuter.”
