Spay & Neuter Program:
No excuses...no littering!
Every year we have a kitten season, which runs from March to as late as November depending on weather. The Amador County Animal Shelter houses and takes care of as many kittens as space permits, and many people in our community at animal control, the veterinary clinics, the humane society, and shelter volunteers work very hard to try to give these previous lives a chance to be adopted and find a forever family.
Even with all of us banding together and working as a team, using both the county and humane society financial resources, the sad truth is many kittens will have their tiny lives cut short due to being separated from their mother too early, exposure to diseases from other cats and kittens, being exposed to the elements and having their core body temperature drop too low before being found, etc. It is not desirable or natural for infants of any species to be separated from their mothers and grow up in small cages! This needless suffering can be ended if we just spay and neuter our pets, and ideally widen the net if we can to include strays and ferals on our properties. A-PAL has financial aid programs to help low income cat owners, and also has certificates to offset the surgery cost of spay/neuters for both dogs and cats that belong to any Amador County resident.If you live in Amador County …
A-PAL has a program to meet your needs!
FREE FERAL CAT SPAY OR NEUTER
Rent a trap, trap the cat and call a participating veterinarian to make an appointment. Take the cat in the trap to the vet, pick the cat up, release to the same location, feed and shelter the cat. One ear will be clipped to identify the cat as spay/neutered.
FREE DOG & CAT SPAY/NEUTER FOR Medi-Cal recipients
Call a participating veterinarian and inform them that you wish to participate in this program. Be prepared to show your Medi-Cal card and to pay for any additional services you require.
FREE PITBULL DOG SPAY OR NEUTER – For Amador County Residents only.Call Jim 296-6856 for details.
ANIMAL SHELTER MOM CAT FREE SPAY
Customers who surrender a litter of kittens at the animal shelter will be given a green free spay certificate for the mother cat. Instructions tell them to call a participating veterinarian to make an appointment to spay their cat. Participants must be Amador County residents and must give their certificate to the clinic at the time of surgery.
SAVE THE KITTENS
Kittens and cats will be removed from the shelter, spayed or neutered, receive their first shot and go to adoption locations.
BARN CAT PROGRAM
Cats deemed appropriate for this program will be adopted out after paperwork is completed at the Feed Barn and returned to the shelter. The participants will not be allowed to pick the cats, these are chosen by animal control personnel. Linda Fazzio is the contact person for this program 223-7713.
SHELTER DOG HEARTWORM TREATMENT
Adoptable shelter dogs are tested for heartworm. If the test is positive, A-PAL is contacted for approval and funding is given for treatments.
WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF OUR
PARTICIPATING
VETERINARIANS
Jackson Creek Vet Clinic
223-3504
Foothill Vet Clinic
223-3131
Surrey Junction Vet Clinic
296-7070
Shenandoah Valley Vet Clinic
245-6211
Pine Grove Vet Clinic
296-8530
For financial aid in spaying/neutering your pet(s)...
Send a stamped,
self-addressed envelope to:
A-PAL Humane Society
c/o Box 734
Sutter Creek, CA 95685
Include the following information with your request:
- dog or cat
- how many
- sexes of your pets
Allow at least one week to receive your certificate in the mail.
NOTE: You must be a resident of Amador County, and have the certificate in hand at the time of payment at one of the veterinary clinics listed on your form, to claim the A-PAL contribution.
