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> Out of the Cage! > February/March
2005 > Alliance News: Maddie's Spay/Neuter
Project Aims to Alter the Course of Pet Overpopulation in NYC
Alliance
News
Maddie's Spay/Neuter Project Aims
to Alter the Course of Pet Overpopulation in NYC
 The
Veterinary Medical Association of NYC (VMA of NYC) — which
partnered with the Mayor's Alliance in applying for the Maddie's
Fund grant — is gearing up to launch the Maddie's
Spay/Neuter Project. Once this far-reaching spay/neuter program,
powered by the Maddie's Fund grant, is up and running later
this year, it is expected to provide 14,000 low-cost spay and neuter
surgeries to qualified NYC pet guardians in 2005. The program will
be made available to NYC residents who have a Medicaid card.
Here's how the program will work:
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A New York City resident who
has a Medicaid card and an un-neutered dog or cat can visit
the Mayor's Alliance web site to locate a veterinarian who
participates in the Maddie's Spay/Neuter Project.
(Each participating veterinarian can perform up to six spay
or neuter surgeries subsidized by the Maddie's Fund grant
each year.) |
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The qualified pet guardian
makes an appointment with the participating veterinarian. |
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At the time of the surgery, the guardian
presents his or her Medicaid card, and makes a small co-payment
to the vet. The amount of the co-payment will be $10 for cats
and $20 for dogs for the spay or neuter surgery. (Any additional
services provided by the veterinarian will be the responsibility
of the guardian.) |
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The vet performs the surgery,
and then applies to the VMA of NYC for the Maddie's Fund portion
of the co-payment, not unlike a physician who treats human
patients and then applies to their insurance companies for
payment. |
Details of the program currently are being ironed
out. Once the program is up and running, qualified NYC pet guardians
will have a tremendous resource at their disposal to have their
companion animal(s) spayed or neutered — thereby becoming
a part of the solution to the problem of pet overpopulation in NYC.
Watch for details about the Maddie's Spay/Neuter
Project in future issues of Out of the Cage!…or visit
the Mayor's Alliance web site for updated information.
| About Maddie's Fund
Maddie's Fund, The
Pet Rescue Foundation (www.maddiesfund.org),
is a family foundation funded by PeopleSoft Founder Dave Duffield,
and his wife, Cheryl, to help create a no-kill nation. The
first step is to help develop programs that guarantee loving
homes for all healthy shelter dogs and cats throughout the
country. The next step will be to save the sick and injured
pets in animal shelters nationwide. Maddie's Fund is named
after the family's beloved Miniature Schnauzer who passed
away in 1997.
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