San Pedro clinic joins in free cat sterilization effort
Actors and Others for Animals will distribute vouchers for free spay/neuter surgeries for 400 cats belonging to Los Angeles County residents beginning today. Among the clinics taking part is Clinico in San Pedro.
It's all part of the 16th annual Spay Day, a yearly campaign of The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International.
"We firmly believe that the only way to solve the pet overpopulation problem and end the killing of so many unwanted animals is through spay and netuer," said Actors and Others for animals President JoAnne Worley.
The program is sponsored by the PETCO Foundation and supported in part by a grant from the California Community Foundation. From today through March 9, L.A. County residents can register online at www.actorsandothers.com to receive a voucher that will allow them to have their cats spayed or netuered without charge Surgeries must be completed by April 20 and there is a limit of three vouchers per household.
Participating veterinary clinics are:
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Animal Clinic of La Mirada
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Clinico/San Pedro
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Crenshaw dog & Cat Hospital
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Fix Nation
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Gateway Animal Hospital
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Golden State Humane Long Beach
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Lynwood Animal Hospital
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Spay & Neuter Clinic of Simi Valley
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Valley Vet Hospital/San Gabriel
A news conference announcing other new spay/neuter initiatives for L.A. residents that will benefit both cats and dogs -- thanks to a grant from Found Animals Foundation -- will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Clinico Harbor Clinic, 957 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro. For more information or to book an appointment go to www.clinico.org or call 310-241-0768.
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
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Please folks take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to spay your cat today. You will be saving literally hundreds of tiny lives that one cat produces that would otherwise live a very miserable, short-lived and painful life. Bravo Humane Society, PETCO and especially the kitty parents.