1. 54% of the patients are cats
  2. 46% of the patients are dogs
  3. 87% of the patients are sexually mature
  4. 59% of the sexually mature cats are female
  5. 59% of the sexually mature female cats have had litters
  6. 28% of the sexually mature female cats are in heat
  7. 16% of the sexually mature female cats are pregnant
  8. 59% of the sexually mature dogs are female
  9. 53% of the sexually mature female dogs have had litters
  10. 37% of the sexually mature female dogs are in hea
  11. 6% of the sexually mature female dogs are pregnant
  12. Our mortality rate in 2005 totaled 0.05%
  13. 82% of our patients are humane source adopted (stray, shelter, humane society, etc.)
  14. 89% of our clients have not taken their companion animals to a veterinarian in the past year
  15. 87% of our clients do not have a veterinarian
  16. 86% of our clients have never taken their companion animals to a veterinarian
  17. 11% of our clients visit a veterinarian once a year
  18. 2% of our clients visit a veterinarian twice a year
  19. 90% of our clients have not had their pets vaccinated against Rabies
  20. 78% of our clients are female
  21. 10% of our clients are referred by their private veterinarian
  22. 92% of the pets neutered at our facility are owned
  23. 86% of the owned pets were either strays and/or adopted by their owners
  24. 92% of our clients indicate that cost is a factor in the decision to neuter their pets
  25. Clients have paid 45% of the cost to sterilize their pet.
  26. 70% of the pets sterilized at our facility are delivered through our transport system
  27. 82% of the pets sterilized are direct referrals from our 32 non-profit partner organizations. The great majority of these organizations’ activities are executed exclusively by volunteers
  28. 86% of the patients were stray and/or adopted by the clients
  29. Only 5% of our clients select vaccinations other than Rabies
  30. About 8% of our low-cost neutering patrons appear to be in the middle to upper income bracket.
  31. The euthanasia rate at our local shelter is down by 70% since our clinic opened in 1994.
  32. Less than 5% of shelter budgets are spent on pro-active programs that PREVENT tomorrow's animals from becoming casualties.

Spay and neuter programs effectively reduce euthanasia rates and taxpayers' expense. People expect their government to be fiscally responsible, and to pro-actively address the issue of unwanted dogs and cats in their community. Spaying and neutering cats and dogs is not just an animal welfare issue; it's a public safety issue. People support spay and neuter programs.

The pet overpopulation crisis is a direct result of animals left unaltered in our communities. To succeed, we need to put more of our resources into preventing companion animals from becoming homeless in the first place. We will never stop the euthanasia if we continue to allocate 95% of our resources to treating symptoms instead of devoting more resources to the factors that cause the problem.

Updated May 2007