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The Tucson Motion Crew to Advocate for Canine helps Tucson’s animal shelters fight overpopulation of stray canines with its low-cost spay and neuter clinic.
KGUN experiences that that is the primary pop-up clinic that the canine advocacy group has hosted.
In response to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona, spaying/neutering a canine can price anyplace from $125 to $265.
However households and canine house owners solely paid $50 on the Tucson Motion Crew to Advocate for Canine’ pop-up clinic. $25 for the service, and one other $25 for post-surgery remedy and e-collar.
Co-chair of the Tucson Motion Crew’s spay and neuter committee, Katie Bultman, tells KGUN, “We’re trying to reach that portion of the population who care for their pets, love their pets, but can’t afford all of the vet care on their own.”
Tiffany Linden, a mother of one of many households that got here to the pop-up clinic stated that as a accountable pet proprietor, it’s necessary for them to assist restrict the inhabitants of canines.
“Plus, we have other female dogs, so we don’t want to have more puppies, so just being responsible as a pet owner for sure,” she stated.
“We see it firsthand. Every day, every day we see puppies dumped, dogs dumped, and it’s mounting and it stems from lack of affordable spay and neuter services as well as backyard breeding.”
The pop-up clinic was a collaboration between the group and the Asavet Veterinary Charities. And the occasion was held on the Tucson Rescue Now on Wednesday, October 16.
“Yup, today we opened up our space to Tucson Action Team for a spay and neuter event with Asavet,” the Tucson Rescue Now shared in a Fb put up.
The non-profit group additionally shared that the Tucson Motion Crew to Advocate for Canine was in a position to spay/neuter a complete of 31 canines throughout the occasion.
KGUN experiences that the canine advocacy group plans to host extra pop-up clinics sooner or later.
“If we’re doing spay and neuter clinics every day, that means we’ve done our job well,” stated Bultman.
