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 Are you considering breeding your pet? Do you wonder why you should have your pet sterilized?
It is impossible to determine how many stray dogs and cats live in the United States; estimates for cats alone range up to 70 million.
Ever wonder where shelters get all their animals? Sometimes people let their dogs and cats have litters, and then can't find homes for the babies..
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Each day 10,000 humans are born in the United States... |
Spay and Neuter Clinics
Animal Aid
2266 N. Dixie Highway
Boca Raton, FL 33431
561-393-1463
They have a new spay/neuter clinic at their adoption site that operates on a limited schedule.
Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control
7100 Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Spay Shuttle #: 561-233-7729
Pahokee Clinic #: 561-924-5657
The county has three programs available for its residents: (1) a low-cost clinic service through their Spay Shuttle, located at their site on Belvedere. For those on public assistance, fees are waived; and (2) a new spay/neuter clinic in Pahokee. Surgeries are free to all county residents with nominal charges for required rabies shot and licensing.
PAWS 2 Help
2061 Indian Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
561-712-1911
Paws2Help
Offers an in-house clinic with very few requirements. Also provides basic veterinary procedures. Special emphasis on helping to spay/neuter ferals.
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
Humane Society of the Palm Beaches
3200 N. Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
561-686-3663
Humane Society of the Palm Beaches
Has a low-cost clinic which is made available after a deposit is paid. All animals welcome but cats cannot be wild, must be handleable.
Safe Harbor Animal Rescue
185 E. Indiantown Road
Jupiter, FL 33477
561-747-1598
Safe Harbor Animal Rescue
Has a low-cost clinic with a few requirements. Also offers an all-inclusive feral package.
Stray No More
P.O. Box 6106
Lake Worth, FL 33466
561-683-4537
Stray No More
Offers a low-cost voucher program which is accepted at several private veterinary clinics in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast.
Get Your Animal Friend License Plate Today!
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Floridians interested in reducing pet overpopulation can purchase the FLORIDA ANIMAL FRIEND SPAY/NEUTER LICENSE PLATE. The specialty license plate is available at any local County Tax Collectors office. The SPAY/NEUTER LICENSE PLATE has an annual cost of $25.00 above the standard renewal fee.
The great news is that you do not have to wait for your license plate renewal notice; you can replace your current tag at any time! Simply bring your automobile registration and driver’s license to any local County Tax Collectors office and you can walk away with your new SPAY/NEUTER LICENSE PLATE and the knowledge that you will have prevented the birth of an unwanted litter of puppies and kittens. |
Supporting the SPAY/NEUTER LICENSE PLATE will help reduce the number of dogs and cats that are killed simply because they do not have a home.The $25.00 that is raised from each purchase of the SPAY/NEUTER LICENSE PLATE will be distributed through grants to nonprofit and government animal control agencies to fund spay/neuter programs statewide. The goal is to raise enough money to prevent unwanted births of puppies and kittens and thereby reduce the number of animals abandoned on the streets and the number euthanized in shelters.
Florida Animal Friend, Inc. is a coalition of the Florida Veterinary Medical Association, the Florida Animal Control Association, The Humane Society of the United States, and local animal advocates.
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