Spay Day Event Appeals To Veterinary Community.
February 25, 2014 is World Spay Day, and the Venice Cat Coalition has organized a quad-county event to celebrate by promoting more spaying and neutering for local cats and dogs in Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, and DeSoto counties. Veterinarians and animal welfare groups in this area agreed to donate approximately 200 surgeries for cats and dogs this year.
World Spay Day is a national campaign sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International. Last year’s event resulted in more than 50,000 donated surgeries to sterilize cats and dogs around the globe. The Venice Cat Coalition, whose mission is the spaying and neutering of outdoor cats will add dogs to the local effort this year, since the need in the community is so great.
“Participating vets are doing a big service to the whole community. It is clear that more and more animal professionals are realizing that spaying and neutering as many cats and dogs as possible is the number one priority in rescue work,” said Theresa Foley, executive director of the Venice Cat Coalition. These surgeries will prevent approximately 900 births of kittens and puppies in 2014, animals that would otherwise overrun local shelters.
For more information call 941-525-4568 or visit www.venicecatcoalition.com [1].
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