Spay Day is an annual campaign of The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International to inspire people to save animal lives by spaying or neutering pets and feral cats.

Officially the last Tuesday of February, Spay Day includes events and activities taking place throughout February across the United States and U.S. territories, and around the world.

Houston Humane will neuter 500 cats for free with an appointment Feb. 24!

The moment we have all been waiting for (years!) finally arrived Friday evening, Jan. 22 when the grand opening party for the new Spay and Neuter Assistance Program clinic and surgery center unveiled the new facility! Replete with more space for wellness exam rooms, more capacity to spay and neuter pets at a low cost and a large waiting area make this new addition to our city an important one.
Thank you to Brett Chisholm for these great photos!

They also provide low cost vaccines, heartworm and flea prevention, and microchipping.

 
Nathan Winograd, author of Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation & The No Kill Revolution in America, recently visited Houston on March 28 to conduct a seminar about the No Kill revolution. Nathan sat down with activist Bett Sundermeyer to share his thoughts with Houston PetTalk readers.
This in an excerpt of the interview. For the full interview, visit www.houstonpettalk.com.
HPT: Give us a little background about yourself:
Nathan: I am the Director of the national No Kill Advocacy Center. I am a graduate of Stanford Law School, a former criminal prosecutor and …

The McCullough Foundation, of Houston, recognized The Woodlands Dog Park Club this week with a $15,000 donation to be used in the Partnership for Paws Vaccination/Spay & Neuter Clinics that the Club hosts in cooperation with the Montgomery County Animal Shelter and County Commissioners. In 2008 the Partnership for Paws “Love Your Pets” outreach program vaccinated more than 1000 dogs and cats and spayed or neutered 500.

The Partnership for Paws clinics offer free on-site vaccinations to the public’s dogs and cats and are held throughout the year in various communities (representing the four precincts) around Montgomery County.

“Fix Felix For Free”! at the Houston Humane Society, February 11, 14700 Almeda Road. The first 500 male cats will be neutered at no cost. Take advantage of this fabulous offer…you will be taking another step toward ending pet overpopulation. By neutering a male cat, you can literally save thousands of future lives from euthanasia.
For more information, visit www.houstonhumane.org.

Houston’s animal control department, referred to as BARC (Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care), is in such shambles that it’s a total embarassment and black eye on this city! To call it animal “care” is a gross misrepresentation. It’s a display of poor leadership, incompetent management and for sure it is a poor-sighted political approach. If Mayor White cannot even run the “dog-catcher” department with minimal success, how does he think he can be a U.S. Senator for the great state of Texas?

BARC has been recognized as an extreme failure in Houston for decades. Mayor White had a chance to change the negligence and inhumane actions of this department but he has proven he is incapable. He and his team have allowed BARC to continue killing the large majority of adoptable animals brought into the shelter, they have maintained a staff at BARC that has been proven to be incompetent through their history of infractions against animals (as reported in the Houston Chronicle and Houston Press), they have done nothing about allegations of animal abuse, they have done nothing to utilize the efforts of many citizens that have stepped up to help BARC through an organized group called Friends of BARC and they have done nothing to improve the poor facility that houses the animals.

Montgomery County Animal Control and Shelter will try to become a no-kill facility for one month.

NOTHING SAYS I LOVE YOU, LIKE A LITTLE NIP, TUCK
Houston Humane Society Provides Free Neutering for Cats on Feb. 11

Show your cat you love him this Valentine’s, by helping him live a longer, healthier life. On Wednesday, February 11, 2009 the Houston Humane Society will provide a free neuter to the first 500 male cats which are brought to the shelter at 14700 Almeda Road. That’s a regular service fee of $40.00.

Animal overpopulation remains a community issue in Houston. Every day, 70,000 puppies and kitties are born to pets, which have not been spayed or neutered. This Valentine’s, the Houston Humane Society and pet owners can show what big hearts they have by helping keep the problem in check.