Tomorrow is Spay Day USA

When you look up the word 'litter' in Webster's Dictionary, the first definition is 'heedlessly discarded trash.' The second is 'the animal young from a single birth.'

Sadly, this juxtaposition plays out in real life on a tragic scale. Every year in the United States alone, millions of cats and dogs die because we fail to live up to our responsibilities... in particular, the responsibility to spay or neuter to prevent accidental litters. Some die in the streets as strays; most are euthanized in shelters and pounds.

The next Spay Day USA will be tomorrow, February 22. Spay Day USA is our national campaign to end the killing of healthy, adoptable animals by promoting the benefits of spay/neuter. More than 1 million cats, dogs, and other animals have been spayed or neutered since 1995, thanks to Spay Day USA participants. Spay Day USA has helped save millions of animal lives and taxpayer dollars.

Many local veterinarians will be joining the Humane Society of Wayne County and the Doris Day Animal Foundation in the celebration of Spay Day 2005.

A special Spay Day drawing will be held to assist pet owners who would like to have their pet spayed or neutered but may not have the financial resources to cover the costs associated with altering their pet. If you know of an elderly friend on fixed income or an unemployed neighbor or relative, or any other pet owner in need of some assistance to cover the cost, tell them about Spay Day, and enter them into the drawing.

For more information contact the shelter at 315.946.3389.

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