Our comprehensive directory of spay/neuter information and resources, including proven outreach materials and strategies, start up information, and more, can help you spread this critical message and save more lives.
Resources and Articles
From the Magazine
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March 1, 2012
Helping Animals Find a New Place in the Sun
Find out how a Florida shelter strives to help as many animals as it can through its emergency relief, spay/neuter, and feral cat programs.
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March 1, 2012
People Power: Out of the Trash Can, Into the Clinic
Inspired in 2004 by a dumpster-diving kitty, Kandi Habeb founded West Virginia’s first full-service trap-neuter-return program and has since helped well over 2,000 cats.
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January 1, 2012
Doing a World of Good
To reflect the significant and growing global scope of the annual initiative known as Spay Day, the program has been renamed World Spay Day.
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January 1, 2012
Q & A: Million-Dollar Ideas
The Michelson Prize and Grants program put up millions of dollars to inspire researchers to devise a nonsurgical alternative to conventional surgery. How do things look so far?
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November 1, 2011
Field Trip: Taking the Roads Less Traveled
Started with more determination and resourcefulness than capital, this nonprofit now makes a difference in the battle against pet overpopulation in rural Pennsylvania.
Policies
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Early-Age Spay/Neuter: A Growing Consensus
For an increasing number of shelters, early-age sterilization can mean nearly 100-percent sterilization compliance rates, fewer returned animals, and improved staff morale.
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April 1, 2006
HSUS Position Statement: Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) believes that feral cat overpopulation is a community-generated problem and that every community has a responsibility to work toward a solution. The HSUS is concerned about feral cat populations, the welfare of individual cats, and the welfare of wild animals.
Programs
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Bring the Spay/Neuter Campaign to Your Community
The Humane Society of the United States provides these spay/neuter campaign materials to animal care organizations free of charge.
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Feral Cat Management
From handbooks and guidelines to noteworthy studies and online courses, The Humane Society of the United States provides a wealth of resources for feral cat caretakers.
More
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Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs
This organization is dedicated solely to furthering the development of non-surgical methods of pet population control.
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Spay/Neuter Legislation by State
This chart provides state-by-state information about spay/neuter laws, including requirements for the spay/neuter of owned and pre-adoption animals, and statewide spay/neuter funding efforts.
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The HSUS's Spay/Neuter Campaign
A new marketing campaign based on extensive research into pet owners' attitudes and behaviors towards spay/neuter was launched by The HSUS in November 2008 in three pilot regions: Shreveport, La.; Jackson, Miss., and Gulfport, Miss. Download and customize posters, doorhangers, and postcards from the campaign to help your organization spread the spay/neuter message.
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PetSmart Charities Webinars and Resources
PetSmart Charities provides access to webinars on a variety of animal welfare-related topics, links to animal-welfare presentations, conference materials, as well as links to governmental forms helpful for nonprofits.
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May 7, 2012
American Veterinary Medical Association - Pediatric Spay/Neuter
The AVMA supports the concept of pediatric spay/neuter in dogs and cats in an effort to reduce the number of unwanted animals of these species.
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