Who benefits from reducing animal overpopulation?
All of us!
- As taxpayers, we pay the bill to pick up, house, and eventually euthanize orphaned pets. Taxpayers spend over 2 billion dollars a year in tax revenue to house and kill unwanted animals.
- Over 2 million tax dollars were spent in eight counties in Central North Carolina to operate animal control centers, where 78% of the animal intake were destroyed.
- Unwanted and un-kept animals are dangerous to you, your pets, and wildlife.
The mission of the Companion Animal Clinic of the Sandhills Foundation (CAC) is:
“… to provide affordable spay/neuter services for companion animal groups in a nine county area to address pet overpopulation.”
Animal control intake numbers escalate on average by 13% yearly. As a consequence, a constant increase in the number of euthanized adoptable dogs and cats result. The more rural and less affluent counties exhibit larger intake at animal control facilities and experience significantly higher euthanasia rates. In the nine-county region of CAC’s focus, four of the counties fall into the lowest percentile in the State in their respective populations living at or below the poverty level. There is incontrovertible evidence of the benefits that result from affordable spay/neuter programs as they exist in other areas of North Carolina and the U.S. These statistics provide support that affordable spay/neuter both helps in reducing companion animal overpopulation and saves communities valuable tax dollars. In our operating area, counties spend from two to three times the cost of a spay/neuter to euthanize a companion animal because there are simply not enough adoption options to address the increasingly large numbers of animals surrendered to animal control agencies. READ MORE...
To completely understand the significance of Companion Animal Clinic (CAC) and its mission please review the following Fact Sheets (stats from 2005-2008):
Poverty and Euthanasia-The parallel in poverty and high intake and euthanasia at animal control facitlities is demonstrated in this chart. The recent downturn in the economy has impacted the ability of many individuals to address spay/neuter for their pets.
National Fact Sheet - Important statistics about the national problem of dog and cat animal overpopulation. Today, thousands of animals are killed because there simply are not enough adoptable homes. County animal control facilities and area rescue groups are overcrowded. This will get worse as the number of puppies and kittens born each day far outstrips the number of people born each day!
Regional Fact Sheet - Important statistics about the regional problem (Central North Carolina, a nine county region) of dog and cat animal overpopulation.
Graph of Region
Chart of Region (2005)
Chart of Region (2007)
The impact of poverty and rural population on the number of animals surrendered to animal control agencies is directly connected. The more poverty and the more rural the population the higher intake numbers and more adoptable animals are euthanized.
Green Paw Print
A collection of slides on keeping your pet paw print "green" and how spay/neuter adds to the "green" way of living on planet Earth.
Green Movie ( If you are running Vista you will need to save in "videos" to open in Windows Media Player)
Just a Few Reasons to Spay/Neuter - The decision to spay or neuter is the responsible action of good pet ownership. It not only reduces the number of potentially unwanted animals but it is in the best interest of your pet.