Low Cost Spay/Neuter & Vaccination

For Cats Available To Newtown Residents

Spay & Neuter Association of Newtown and The Animal Center will be sponsoring a low-cost spay/neuter and vaccination clinic for cats on Friday, March 23, in collaboration with the TEAM Mobile Feline Unit, Connecticut’s only mobile spay/neuter and vaccination clinic for cats. The March event will be the second low-cost spay/neuter clinic brought to Newtown through SNAN, The Animal Center and TEAM after an initial successful clinic in October 2006.

Cat and dog overpopulation results in millions of animal deaths each year. While the thousands of kittens and puppies born every hour in the United States are adorable, there are simply not enough caring homes for so many animals. More than four million of them will be euthanized in community shelters each year, at a cost of approximately $2 billion to US taxpayers. 

Spaying or neutering pets and feral cats is the most effective way to reduce the vast numbers of animals who are born only to die prematurely and without a family who loves them. Through this event, the low-cost services provided by the nonprofit TEAM Mobile Feline Unit will be reduced from $67 to just $30 per cat. In addition to spay or neuter, TEAM will also give each cat a brief exam, vaccinations (rabies, distemper, upper/lower respiratory infection), a nail trim and ear mite treatment, if necessary.

The March low-cost clinic is for cats only and will be open exclusively to Newtown residents who have limited financial resources or who are feeding feral cats in their neighborhood. Space is limited to 40 cats and reservations are required.

For more information, contact Spay & Neuter Association of Newtown at 426-5730.

Remember, neutering and vaccination makes for a healthier pet and a safer and healthier community.

For 25 years, Spay & Neuter Association of Newtown has been a volunteer organization trying to reduce the number of unwanted animals in Newtown and in the surrounding communities. 

The Animal Center is a Newtown-based charity focused on animal welfare. The center provides spay/neuter assistance for stray and feral cats, as well as rescue and adoption services for homeless and abandoned kittens and cats in the Newtown area. More information about The Animal Center can be found at TheAnimalCenter.org.

The TEAM Mobile Feline Unit is a project of Tait’s Every Animal Matters of Westbrook. Since 1997, TEAM has sterilized and vaccinated more than 98,000 domestic and feral cats. TEAM visits more than 35 communities statewide and any Connecticut cat is welcomed aboard. TEAM does not ask for proof of income or need. For info call 888-FOR-TEAM (367-8326).

For more information on the March spay/neuter clinic or to make a $10 tax-deductible donation to help fund this event, contact Marion Thompson at 426-5730.