Voucher Alert: please link to the site to send your letter to the commissioner
Last year, 16,326 dogs and cats, puppies and kittens, died in our county shelter.
Not because they were sick. Or old. or mean. But simply because there were too many of them.
Worse, this dreadful number is 50% better than it was before Befor the low income assistance program started 5 years ago, we werre killing almost twice that many. In 2005, 29,872 animals died at the shelter from a needle in their heart. And we are heading back there, if we the pubic dont react immediately.
On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, the county susupended the spay/neuter assistance to the poor of Hillsborough County....suspended help to those 15% whose focus to keep food on their own table outshadows their abiity to take care of their pets . To the 15% who will do the right thing with a little financial assistance--and who have proven that the program really does work. Please dont let this program die. Cats and dogs will die with it.
Click on this link and send your commissioner the letter proposed or write your own:
http://www.capwiz.com/bigcatrescue/issues/alert/?alertid=48503536&type=CU
Thank you for adding your voice. Because they need us. g your voice. We need you, because they need us.
Linda Hamilton
Executive Director
813-250-3900
Dentals 2011 Special
Includes Anethesia, Cleaning, Polishing, Pain and Anitibiotic Injection
Cats $100
Small Dogs (under 20lbs) $100
Med/Large Dogs $175
Teeth Extraction $10 per tooth
Call for Monday through Saturday appt: 813-250-3900
~~~Ask about our lower price if done with spay or neuter~~~
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Ongoing County Special:
$10 Spay or Neuter Voucher for Low Income:
Click here to get the county application . You qualify if you receive Either any public assisance (food stamps, Medicaid, etc) : or an income within:
Persons in family |
Not more than: |
1 |
$20,035.50 |
2 |
$26,954.50 |
3 |
$33,873.50 |
4 |
$40,792.50 |
5 |
$47,711.50 |
6 |
$54,630.50 |
7 |
$61,549.50 |
8 |
$68,468.50 |
For families with more than 8 persons, add $6,919 for each additional person. |
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Use the same voucher for both. Bring to us and we will submit it for you and make your appointment at the same time:
Fill out county application and mail it to Hillsborough County Animal Services. You will need to include a copy of a.photo ID (drivers license etc) and proof of income (benefit card or income tax report or the last two check stubs)
The voucher will take about a month to receive via mail. You will get a list of all the participating veterinary clinics to pick from. We are the 2nd one on the list (ACT). To make an appointment for $10, call 813-250-3900. We do not charge extra for animals in heat or pregnant, but we would like to know upon scheduling so that we can allow sufficient surgery time.
Thanks to Mission Orange, we now have a feral cat database. Registering your colony and their location on this site will help insure they get back home of they are found or impounded by Hillsborough County Animal Services. We encourage you to do so. Its free of charge.