It’s hard to imagine operating a large animal welfare organization like Baltimore Humane Society without a spay/neuter clinic. After all, few things hold the promise of ending homelessness for our pets more than aggressive spay/neuter. That’s why we’re proud of the progress we’ve made at the Humane Society’s spay/neuter clinic. In just a few short months, we’ve doubled the number of surgeries we’re performing.

In addition to supporting our adoption efforts by sterilizing each pet before it goes to its new home, we’ve expanded our capacity to perform surgeries for the general public. By simplifying our process and our fee structure, and with a little bit of marketing, we’ve managed to book each month solid since October 2008 with a strong demand for surgery. While the Humane Society has been operating a spay/neuter clinic for many years, we're opening it up more than ever by reducing barriers such as income requirements. The bottom line is that, regardless of income, every intact pet has the ability to continue to fuel our region's euthanasia rate.

So what's around the corner for spay/neuter? In 2009, we plan to roll out efforts that target specific pets and people by refining our program and by utilizing simple promotions. See, running a spay/neuter clinic is only half the trick... getting word of our services out to the people and pets who need us is the other half.  Ultimately, our efforts to provide low cost sterilization are intended to reduce animal intake -- and hence euthanasia -- at local area shelters.

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