In early 2010 PetSmart Charities granted a $25,000 gift to the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City for a targeted spay/neuter program. The program provides $5 surgeries for cats and $20 surgeries for dogs for residents in the 66101, 66102 and 66105 zip codes. These zip codes had the highest number of animal complaint calls from the local Animal Control facility.
After just 6 months, Animal Control noticed a 50% drop in the number of complaint calls in one of the targeted zip codes.
We believe the increased communication between the residents about these low-cost resources has not only helped to decrease the number of unwanted litters being born, it’s started to build trust between the residents, Animal Control and The Humane Society of Greater Kansas City.
The city has a spay/neuter ordinance, but without these types of low-cost resources available, a spay/neuter ordinance is doomed to fail.
