Your "SNIP" contribution is appreciated and will be used to help reduce the pet overpopulation at the source of the problem, by preventing homeless pets through spay and neuter. Thank you for caring! Your actions today, can make a difference tomorrow!
Spay Neuter Incentive Program
Spay / Neuter, Saves LIVES!
Pet over population is out of control and is PREVENTABLE. Spay or Neuter your pets! Call us, we can help ... 882-1119, Ext. 0
Low Cost Spay / Neuter Programs for Klamath County Pets, brought to you by: The KLAMATH HUMANE SOCIETY, LOCAL VETERINARIANS, and COMMUNITY SUPPORT!
1. SNIP is funded through your donations and additional funding to help the animals is always needed! The program began in Fegruary, 2004 and the original funding was $15,000.00.
2. SNIP helps members of our community who otherwise cannot afford to have their pets spayed or neutered. Vouchers vary in price, down to zero, and are subject to application and screening . Some terms and conditions apply. Vouchers are given at the sole discretion of the Klamath Humane Society and is based off of the available funding. A short term loan program, requiring volunteer time, may also be available.
3. The Veterinarians in Klamath Falls make the program possible! The SNIP need-based voucher system is made possible through the participation of very dedicated, generous, caring Veterinarians in Klamath Falls who provide their services to the Spay Neuter Incentive Program at dscounted prices. They are saving lives through low cost spay / neuter and are GREATLY appreciated!
4. SNIP acts as a Referral Service, providing information on all knwn low-cost spay / neuter programs.
OTHER SPAY / NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: Spay USA 1-800-248-SPAY, National Spay 1-800-321-PETS, POPPA 1-503-626-4070 (Oregon Program).
SNIP vouchers are available ONLY at the Klamath Humane Society Animal Shelter, located at 500 Miller Island Road.
APPRECIATE THE VETERINARIANS THAT PROVIDE THE SPAY / NEUTER SERVICE AT A DISCOUNT! SHOW HONEST, SINCERE APPRECIATION. SAY THANK YOU!
VOUCHERS
Cat - Neuter Vouchers - $10.00, available to anyone in need that has a male cat.
Cat - Spay Vouchers - $15.00, available to anyone in need that has a female cat.
Attention Cat Owners: If you can't afford the Voucher, we will wave the fee. Kitty litter and kitten food is greatly appreciated!
Pit Bulls - Spay / Neuter - FREE!: Vouchers are available to spay or neuter Pit Bulls for FREE. To make the best use of available funds, please apply for vouchers ONLY if you cannot afford to pay for the service yourself. Pit Bulls and Pit mixes are constantly brought into the Shelter and arevery hard to re-home. PLEASE SPAY OR NEUTER!
Dogs Spay / Neuter - LOW INCOME: Vouchers, based on financial need, are available. An application defining the need and proof of low income is required for these vouchers. Vouchers vary in price down to zero. A donation of time, pet food, or loan repayment may be requested or required.
ASK ABOUT OUR LOAN PROGRAM FOR ANYONE IN NEED!
WHY SPAY / NEUTER?
- Pet overpopulation has reached a crisis point in this Country. You personally can make a difference by having your pet spayed or neutered.
- Spayed / Neutered pets will be healthier, live a longer life, and are less likely to develop uterine, mammory, or testicular cancer.
- Spaying / Neutering has a calming affect on many animals because it reduces the urge to reproduce.
- Spayed / Neutered animals are better behaved and far less likely to mark territory, fight, bite, scratch, or roam, which means that your pet will be less likely to become lost, injured or hit by a car.
- Spaying / Neutering can eliminate aggressive behavior. Don't confuse aggressiveness with protectiveness. A neutered dog protects his home and family just as well as an unneutered dog.
- American pets are dying for people to be responsible. We live in a society with too many pets for the homes available to them and more pets are born daily.
- See the tragic results of pet overpopulation. Visit any animal shelter in the United States. Instead of breeding, adopt a Shelter Pet!
- Stop the cycle. Some decendents of each pet that reproduces will become unwanted and the victim of human neglect, carelessness and / or bad judgement. These pets become part of the 5,000,000,000 (5 MILLION) homeless pets euthanized in the United States each year!
THE FACTS
About the CATS...
- One unaltered female cat and her off-spring can produce 420,000 cats in only 7 years.
- At 5 months, female cats can have their first litter.
About the DOGS...
- One unaltered female dog and her off-spring can produce 67,000 dogs in only 6 years.
- Nationally, 80% of dogs hit by cars are unaltered males searching for mates.
About NUMBERS...
- Pets can't add, but they sure can multiply!
- Every day in the United States, 70,000 puppies and kittens are born, while only 10,000 people are born. As long as these numbers continue, there will never be enough homes.
- As many as 30% of dogs entering shelters each year are purebred.
- Klamath Humane Society cares for an average of 3,000 homeless pets each year.
- Shelters in Oregon take in approximately 30,000 dogs and cats per year.
- Shelters Nation wide take in 8,000,000,000 to 10,000,000,000 (8 - 10 MILLION) animals per year!
- National feral cat population is estimated to be in the tens of millions!
- 4,000,000,000 to 5,000,000,000 (4 - 5 MILLION) unwanted animals are euthanized EACH year in the United States. A sad average of: 13,000 per day, 540 per hour, 9 per minute, 1 every 7 seconds!
