SPCA Donates $1,000 to SpayEd

SPCA International in Washington, D.C. has honored SpayED of Brookfield as Shelter of the Week and will donate $1,000 to help them continue their low-cost spay and neuter program. The organization will also be featured on www.spca.com/spayed to educate SPCA members and to encourage support for SpayED’s continued success.

SpayEd officials noted that, "even though we are only four weeks into 2008, SpayED is already feeling the pinch." Due to extremely limited funding, a state program offering spay and neuter assistance has been forced to turn people away. This has caused SpayED’s mobile clinic appointments to book to capacity within just a day or two of being announced.

"Our clinic appointments are filling up faster than ever," said director and founder, Pamela Krausz. "The last date we announced filled up so fast I didn’t even get the chance to post the fliers I had printed. The SPCA’s donation will really help us cover the costs of this unexpected increase in need."

SpayED started its mobile spay and neuter clinics for central Vermont in 2006 and is operated by unpaid volunteers. During 2007, SpayED altered over 700 animals at low cost. Dr. Sara White, a veterinarian who runs her own non-profit, is the key behind SpayED’s ability to offer the services for such a minimal fee. Even though SpayED’s mobile clinics are successful and relatively inexpensive to run, Krausz hopes to open a stationary clinic in the future.

"Our success with this program clearly indicates an ongoing need for access to inexpensive spay and neuter," says Krausz. "I believe this is the most important aspect of animal welfare, because if we don’t get to the root of this problem, it will never be solved and shelters will continue to be forced to euthanize healthy animals."

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