Where’s the Beef?

I have wasted an entire afternoon trying to find a low cost spay/neuter clinic in the Miami and West Palm Beach area. What a nightmare.

2-6 month wait for an appointment, and my favorite was a place that claimed it was low cost, but made it mandatory that you bring your pet in for a pre-op appointment, which is $60, and mandatory bloodwork, another $60, on top of the spay/neuter, which includes… blah blah blah.

I know that many counties in South Florida have initiated mandatory spay/neuter laws, but they fall short in providing the ways and means for residence to access it, even if they wanted to.

The lights are on, but no one’s home.

Families are losing their jobs, their homes, and struggling to keep their dogs, yet we see these dogs in kill shelters all of the time. If we want to help, we must help families keep their pets. I’ve often thought about paying a pet deposit for a family who is forced into moving into an apartment. Why not?

About five years ago, a stray cat walked up my driveway. I called my personal vet for a quote to have him neutered… $375.00. Mind you that was five years ago.

We are spinning out of control here, people. I am hereby issuing a call to any vets throughout the entire state of Florida to stand up and help us. God knows I have awesome vets here in the Central Florida area that step up to the plate and care about animal overpopulation.

Heck, charge more for other stuff, but keep the cost of spay/neuter affordable, or we’re all doomed, and we’ll never see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Want to help reduce the number of pets in shelters? Talk to your vet and get involved. Don’t just talk the talk but walk the walk and help educate the professional community why we need low cost spay/neuter programs nationwide.

Gisele