THE BIG FIX
a spay - neuter assistance project of the
Central Valley Coalition for Animals
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THIS PHOTO PROVES THE BIG FIX WORKS.
These are EMPTY kennels at the Porterville shelter. on Saturday, April 7, 2012.
This shelter was once overwhelmed with litter after litter of puppies. In December 2010, The Big Fix partnered with the City of Porterville Animal Services and began offering low cost spay-neuter assistance to residents of the Porterville area. The community responded with gratitude and brought their beloved dogs and cats in to be fixed. 25% of the females we helped to fix had given birth to prior litters. This is not because the citizens of Porterville were irresponsible - it is because econmic conditions made the normal cost of spay/neuter unaffordable.
The Big Fix allowed these pet guardians to afford the cost of sterilization and the community is grateful for the program.
From 2011 to 2012, the shelter had a 36% decrease of its puppy intake and is now receiving only partial litters of 1 to 2 animals. On April 7, the shelter (which has a capacity of 100) housed only 76 dogs Because so few puppies are now at the Porterville shelter, Porterville has begun taking in puppies from other shelters and recently took 70 puppies from Bakersfield and Parlier, finding homes for or networking into rescue all of them.
We can't rescue or adopt our way out of the Central Valley's homeless pet crisis.
The most important component in achieving a "no kill" community is to make spay/neuter affordable.
If you want to be part of the solution and help to create more empty kennels, please support THE BIG FIX and help us meet the overwhelming demand in Central Valley rural communities for help in getting dogs and cats fixed. We need your finanacial support to continue this work!
Telephone: (559) 681-4065
E-Mail: SAS4Dogs@wildblue.net
