Spay/Neuter Assistance Program Suspended


Spay-Neuter Services of Indiana (SNSI), which provides spay/neuter
financial assistance to low-income dog and cat owners, has been forced to
suspend all financial assistance programs due to overwhelming requests and
dwindling donations and grants. Spay/neuter certificates already issued will be
honored by SNSI but they are not accepting any new applications for assistance.

“We have spent over $163,000 in spay/neuter surgeries over the last
12 months because we didn’t turn away any qualified pet owner or animal welfare
organization. Times have been tough but we were able to help, and we did,” said
SNSI President, Juli Erhart-Graves. “But with the downturn in the economy, we
have experienced a decrease in donations and grants, and that’s caught up with
us now. We are receiving 40 to 50 assistance applications per week from all over
Indiana from people who don’t want to contribute to pet overpopulation, but they
can’t afford the full cost of the surgery and we can’t afford to help them. We
just don’t have the funds to help with these desperately needed spay/neuter
services,” she said.

Board Members and volunteers are busy coordinating SNSI’s upcoming
fundraisers, Hair Ball and Nut Sale. These are annual events, but they alone
will not provide the funds to reinstate assistance to Hoosiers. For more
information on these events or to find out how you can help, please visit
www.spayneuterservices.org or call 317.767.7771. To support SNSI spay/neuter
assistance programs, donations can be made at www.spayneuterservices.org or by
mail at P.O. Box 55917 , Indianapolis , Indiana 46205 .

Founded in 1977, SNSI has provided assistance for over 62,000
spay/neuter surgeries. There are approximately 77.5 million owned dogs and
approximately 93.6 million owned cats in the United States . In seven years,
one female cat and her offspring can theoretically produce 420,000 cats. In six
years, one female dog and her offspring can theoretically produce 67,000 dogs
(statistics by The Humane Society of the United States and American Pet Products
Manufacturers Association 2009-2010 National Pet Owners Survey).

SNSI invites you to support us in our efforts to fulfill our mission to
eliminate the killing of healthy and treatable cats, dogs, puppies and kittens.
SNSI will accomplish this by providing spay/neuter surgical fee assistance
through partnerships with private practice veterinarians and low-cost clinics,
collaborating with other animal welfare groups, and promoting humane education.


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Spay-Neuter Services of Indiana, Inc. (SNSI)
P.O. Box55917
Indianapolis, IN 46205-0917
www.spayneuterservices.org
317.767.7771
866.771.0358 (fax)
info@spayneuterservices.org