Microchipping Clinics

Microchipping your pet is a great form of identification. Coalition: HUMAnE has two microchipping clinics coming up. The cost is only $20 to have your pet chipped, which includes registration in the 24 PetWatch database. This is a great deal and part of the proceeds go toward the Coalition: HUMAnE spay/neuter clinic fund. Please consider microchipping your pets if they are not already identifed. Collars and tags fall off! Microchips remain implanted. Vet clinics and animal shelters routinely scan stray animals for microchips. You can even register a friend or family member as a backup, to be contacted if your pet is found and you cannot be reached.

Microchip clinics will be held:
Saturday, September 29, 1pm-3pm - Green Cottage Pets, Fircrest
Saturday, October 20, 1pm - 2pm - Dog Outfitters Group, Gig Harbor

Both dogs and cats are welcome!

Coalition: HUMAnE Spay/Neuter Clinic Update

Well, the moment has finally arrived! We are now looking for space to lease for our clinic. We are looking primarily in Tacoma, for a space that is easily accessed by highways and bus routes. If you know of any commercial space that might meet the need, please contact coalitionhumane@psnp.org. The minimum space required is 1500 square feet.

We know we are on the right track when spay and neuter even makes headlines in Jerusalem!

Dog Neutering and Spaying Campaign a Success: 5000 Dogs Neutered and Spayed in Three Months

Ministers Ezra and Simhon initiate the campaign in May 2007. Photo: Meir Partush
	Some 5000 dogs were spayed and neutered as part of a national campaign to promote the spaying and neutering of dogs which was initiated by Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon and Environmental Protection Minister Gidon Ezra. The campaign is meant to reduce the number of abandoned dogs and prevent the suffering of tens of thousands of homeless dogs. The national campaign provides dog owners with the possibility to spay and neuter their dogs for a third of the conventional price. The campaign was initially accompanied by an information campaign on the importance of dog spaying and neutering, including radio broadcasts by actress and animal welfare activist Ms. Ornah Banai. According to Dr. Deganit Ben Dov, the official responsible for the Animal Welfare Law in the Ministry of Agriculture, the campaign has proved to be an unprecedented success in terms of the enormous number of dogs that have been neutered and spayed since the campaign began just three months ago. To date, some 3031 females were spayed and 1802 males were neutered. Some 200 veterinarians have also joined the campaign. Dr. Yoni Litwin, chairperson of the Veterinary Association, stated that some veterinarians have reported an increase of hundreds of percentages in the number of dog owners asking to spay and neuter their dogs. The Ministries of Agriculture and Environmental Protection allocated some 3 million shekels for the campaign, enabling the spaying and neutering of some 10,000 dogs. Dog owners who have not yet neutered or spayed their dogs are invited to contact participating veterinarians. Hundreds of thousands of dogs are abandoned in Israel each year. Official estimates put the number at 50,000 while unofficial estimates relate to some 100,000 dogs. Most of these dogs are destined to die - either on the streets or through euthanasia in dog pounds. Neutering and spaying are the right and humane way to stop the vicious cycle of hundreds of thousands of births - and hundreds of thousands of needless deaths. In light of the success of the campaign, Agricultural Minister Shalom Simhon has stated his intention to conduct the campaign next year as well.