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St. Augustine Humane Society successfully launched our low-cost Spay Shuttle on February 18th. Over 30 pets were spayed and neutered on that date! Due to the popularity of the program, we continued the $25 shuttle offer for February 25th and Mar 4th - both shuttles have already filled up with over 30 pets each!
Thank you to the St. Johns County community for supporting spay/neuter efforts and helping save animal lives!!
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SAHS, in cooperation with First Coast No More Homeless Pets (FCNMHP) in Jacksonville, is proud to offer low-cost spay/neuter services to our community. We now have a 'Spay Shuttle' that will transport your pets to FCNMHP for surgery - you drop them off in the morning and they are ready to come home the same evening!
Prices: $50 for cats and $75 for dogs
Includes the spay/neuter and rabies shot
Additional vaccinations are available, also for reduced fees.
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Shuttles operate once per month
Next Shuttle Launches:
Mar 18th & Apr 15th
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To view a list of our low cost services
Click on Services Form to the right
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Prepay and preregistration is strongly suggested due to popularity of program. Come to the Humane Society on a Friday or Saturday between 9am and 2pm to prepay and preregister.
For more information: 904-829-2737
or email info@staughumane.org
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| Benefits to Spaying and Neutering Your Pets |
Benefits of Spaying (females):
- No heat cycles, therefore males will not be attracted
- Less desire to roam
- Risk of mammary gland tumors, ovarian and/or uterine cancer is reduced or eliminated, especially if done before the first heat cycle
- Reduces number of unwanted cats/kittens/dogs/puppies
- Helps dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives
Benefits of Neutering (males):
- Reduces or eliminates risk of spraying and marking
- Less desire to roam, therefore less likely to be injured in fights or auto accidents
- Risk of testicular cancer is eliminated, and decreases incidence of prostate disease
- Reduces number of unwanted cats/kittens/dogs/puppies
- Decreases aggressive behavior, including dog bites
- Helps dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives
Top 3 Reasons to Spay and Neuter
- It helps to reduce companion animal overpopulation. Most countries have a surplus of companion animals and are forced to euthanize or disregard their great suffering. The surplus is in the millions in the United States. Cats are 45 times as prolific, and dogs 15 times as prolific, as humans.They do not need our help to expand their numbers; they need our help to reduce their numbers until there are good homes for them all.
- Sterilization of your cat or dog will increase his/her chance of a longer and healthier life. Altering your canine friend will increase his life an average of 1 to 3 years, felines, 3 to 5 years. Altered animals have a very low to no risk of mammary gland tumors/cancer, prostate cancer, perianal tumors, pyometria, and uterine, ovarian and testicular cancers.
- Sterilizing your cat/dog makes him/her a better pet, reducing his/her urge to roam and decreasing the risk of contracting diseases or getting hurt as they roam. Surveys indicate that as many as 85% of dogs hit by cars are unaltered. Intact male cats living outside have been shown to live on average less than two years. Feline Immunodeficiency Syndrome is spread by bites and intact cats fight a great deal more than altered cats.
Additional Benefits:
- Your community will also benefit. Unwanted animals are becoming a very real concern in many places. Stray animals can easily become a public nuisance, soiling parks and streets, ruining shrubbery, frightening children and elderly people, creating noise and other disturbances, causing automobile accidents, and sometimes even killing livestock or other pets.
- The American Veterinary Medical Association
- The capture, impoundment and eventual destruction of unwanted animals costs taxpayers and private humanitarian agencies over a billion dollars each year. As a potential source of rabies and other less serious diseases, they can be a public health hazard.
- The American Veterinary Medical Association
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