May 26, 2010
Spay Day™ Results
Find out what happened during Spay Day™ 2010
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Thanks to a $5,000 Spay Day™ grant from The HSUS and the Doris Day Animal Foundation, Spay Ohio spayed Lady, a feral cat who had had multiple litters. During Spay Day™ 2010, Spay Ohio subsidized the cost of spay/neuter surgery for 138 animals. Anita Barron/Pet Alliance -
Kenneth Torbrush and his pit bull/chow/lab mix Agnes were grateful for SpayGeorgia's spay/neuter subsidy assistance, made possible by a Spay Day™ 2010 grant from The HSUS and the Doris Day Animal Foundation. -
Thanks to a grant from The HSUS and the Doris Day Animal Foundation, Marie Stroop was able to spay her cat at the Shenandoah Valley Spay/Neuter Clinic during Spay Virginia's Spay Day 2010 event. The grant permitted 259 cats and dogs to be spayed or neutered in Virginia. Shenandoah Valley Spay/Neuter Clinic -
Volunteer Linda Schultz checks cat carriers in preparation of the Animal Coalition of Tampa's Spay Day™ 2010 feline Neuterathon. Ephrem Brisard/ACT -
The Progressive Animal Welfare Society, a nonprofit shelter in Lynnwood, Wash., celebrated Spay Day™ by offering low-cost spay/neuter surgeries to eligible clients for three days in February. Dr. Lindsay Schmidt was one of the visiting veterinarians who volunteered their services. The shelter also raised more than $3,400 through the Spay Day™ Online Pet Photo Contest. Rebecca Oertel/PAWS.
The 16th annual Spay Day™ took place on Feb. 23, 2010, with events in honor of Spay Day™ taking place throughout the month of February.
Reported spays and neuters
A total of 464 event organizers in 49 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, along with the help of thousands of volunteers, worked together to host 607 events in an effort to help end the tragedy of euthanizing homeless pets. Together they reported that 44,915 cats and dogs were spayed or neutered during Spay Day™ 2010. This represents an 18 percent increase over the 38,168 spays and neuters reported during Spay Day 2009.
Download reported U.S. Spay Day™ 2010 results by state »
Download a list of states and municipalities that passed Spay Day™ 2010 resolutions »
For the sixth year in a row, Rhode Island was not represented during Spay Day™; 31 event organizers registered events but did not report their results.
Photo contest
Through the 2010 Spay Day™ Online Pet Photo contest, generous contestants once again donated more than $500,000 to benefit the spay/neuter efforts of the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association's Field Services program and Humane Society International, as well as those of 225 eligible U.S. and 63 eligible international Spay Day™ event organizers. The benefiting U.S. Spay Day™ event organizers estimate they will be able to spay or neuter more than 8,557 additional cats and dogs with the $253,925 donated to them.
Highlights
Mutts® comic strip creator and HSUS board member Patrick McDonnell dedicated his Mutts strip dated Feb. 23, 2010 to Spay Day™»
The Doris Day Animal Foundation again generously provided a special Spay Day™ grant so the pets of owners in financial need could receive spay/neuter surgery. In 2009 DDAF's grant allowed for 1,571 surgeries to be performed in 11 states. This year's grant allowed for 1,897 pets to be spayed or neutered in 11 states.
We wish to thank the people who administered the grant in each of the states:
- Alabama, Donald Kendrick, Spay Alabama (103 surgeries)
- Arizona, Sonia Hernandez, The Spay/Neuter Hotline (108 surgeries)
- Florida, Linda Hamilton, Animal Coalition of Tampa (318 surgeries)
- Georgia, Jean Ebert, SpayGeorgia (81 surgeries)
- Indiana, Melissa Kusturin, Indiana Spay/Neuter Alliance (202 surgeries)
- Iowa, Mary Blount Mincey, Spay Iowa (175 surgeries)
- Michigan, Amber Sitko, Spay Michigan (177 surgeries)
- Mississippi, Elaine Adair, Mississippi Spay & Neuter (199 surgeries)
- Montana, Sandy Newton, Spay Montana (175 surgeries)
- Ohio, Anita Barron, Spay Ohio (159 surgeries)
- Virginia, Jackie Bennet, Spay Virginia (200 surgeries)
Total surgeries made possible by the Doris Day Animal Foundation: 1,897
Thanks to Spay Day™ partner the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association and Spay Day™ sponsor Trimline Veterinary Recovery Collars.
View International Spay Day™ 2010 results »
Download U.S. Spay Day™ 2009 Results »
Questions about Spay Day™? Email us at spayday@humanesociety.org
