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Spay/Neuter Information
The Kalamazoo Animal Rescue is not able to help you spay or neuter your pet but the following organizations might be able to.
Animal's Best Friend Fund Inc. - Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties
Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) - St. Joseph County
C-SNIP - Kent County
Kalamazoo Humane Society - Operation Fix-It (Kalamazoo County and surrounding area)
Animal's Best Friend Fund Inc. - Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties
Call 269-624-1090 and listen to the message which will tell you which vets ABF is working with in a particular month.
If funding is available, Animal's Best Friend will pay for part of your pet's spay/neuter surgery.The supplement amounts are as follows:
Male Cat $30 Female Cat $40
Male Dog $50 Female Dog $60
Who is Animal's Best Friend?
Animal's Best Friend Fund, Inc. is an all-volunteer, non-profit animal welfare group dedicated to reducing animal overpopulation in Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties. Providing a subsidy for spay or neuter surgery is their main function. They also provide a limited feral cat program where they will pay for the neuter or spay and the felv/fiv combo test. Funding for this program is limited. Please call for details or click here to visit their website.
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Rodney Beam, President 1115 W. Michigan Ave. Three Rivers, MI 49093 (269) 279-6251 (M-F, 10-5) E-Mail: rodjen1@juno.com |
Sharon Forsyth, Treasurer 13813 Riverside Dr. Constantine, MI 49042 (269)435-7678 E-Mail: rsforsyth@juno.com |
Who is Animal Rescue Fund?
We were organized in 1998 to raise funds for the support of animal rescue and care, limited to St. Joseph County. We do not operate a rescue unit, but support those who do. We have had Adopt-A-Thons and Walk-A-Thons, etc, and have helped with the local cable show highlighting animals from the county shelter. We are a registered tax-exempt charity.
We help pay for spay and neuter operations for those who cannot afford the operation. For information on spay/neuter assistance, visit one of the following veterinary offices in St. Joseph County: Animal Hospital in Sturgis, Colon Animal Clinic in Colon, Crossroads Veterinary Clinic in Three Rivers, Fawn River Animal Clinic in Sturgis Hedges Veterinary Hospital in Three Rivers, or Sturgis Veterinary Hospital in Sturgis.
We also have dog/cat food on hand for those who have a financial emergency. In the winter, we sell (for a donation), bales of straw for outside dogs, and will donate straw to those who cannot afford a donation.
C-SNIP is a non-profit charitable animal welfare organization that provides safe, accessible and affordable spay/neuter surgery for dogs and cats of people who cannot pay the fee at a full-service veterinary clinic.
C-SNIP’s founders set out to establish the area’s only reduced-fee pet sterilization clinic, and decided, for the convenience of its clients, to make it a mobile unit. They shared their dream with neighborhood leaders, law enforcement personnel, government officials, animal control and rescue groups and officials from the Health Department. All agreed the need was there. C-SNIP researched established spay/neuter programs to determine their course. They submitted grants to local and national foundations and received the funding necessary to put a substantial down payment on a fully-equipped $100,000 26-foot mobile clinic accommodating 28 animals. Just two years after their initial meeting, they took delivery of the clinic.
Visit their web site to see their current Clinic Schedule.
269-345-1181
Operation Fix- provides a reduced spay/neuter fee of $25 for male cats, $35 for female cats and $50 for dogs regardless of income. In addition, KHS periodically offers events with additional discounts. Operation Fix-It days are held through out the week. If you would like more information about the program, contact the KHS Operation Fix-It Program Coordinator at 269-345-1181.