The UCAN Spay/Neuter Clinic officially opened for business today, performing its first surgery on a little Jack Russell-mix named Sugar. He came from a local county shelter, where he was spending what may have been his last hours alone in a cage before being euthanized. The staff at this overcrowded shelter were preparing to make some very difficult decisions - life and death decisions that are made every day - because they are forced to euthanize simply for space. Sugar narrowly missed becoming one of the 33,000 homeless shelter dogs who meet their end every year in Greater Cincinnati simply because there are too many of them and too few homes.
Today, 11 animals were spayed or neutered at the UCAN Clinic and tomorrow 15 more will be fixed. In the days and weeks to come, hundreds more will find their way to us, and very soon those numbers will climb into the thousands. And for every surgery we do, another litter of unwanted dogs or cats will not be born, only to wind up homeless and alone in our already over-crowded shelters.
If we are successful in fulfilling our mission of "Spaying Pets.Educating People.Saving Lives," Sugar's neutering may well go down as the historic turning point in this region's battle against pet overpopulation. This is our hope for all of the animals of Greater Cincinnati.
I for for the USPS and we will have our yearly payroll deduction drive(Combined Federal Campaign) again in November for 2008.
Please make sure you're on the list, so I can make my yearly contribution and inform my coworkers about you too.
Also could you possibly put me in contact with a NO-kill shelter? I would like to volunteer some of my time (I live in Clifton close to Deakoness) and also have old but clean sheets, towels and such to give away.
Any info would be very much appreciated. Thank you, Silvia Jackson
Posted by: Silvia Jackson | July 29, 2007 at 12:19 PM