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> Out of the Cage! > October 2005 > Maddie's Fund Program: Maddie's Spay/Neuter Project in NYC Goes Live!
Maddie's Fund Program
Maddie's Spay/Neuter Project in NYC
Goes Live!
Now New York City residents who have a valid Medicaid
card can have their dogs and cats spayed or neutered for a special
low price: $10 for cats and $20 for dogs.
The Mayor's Alliance and the Veterinary Medical
Association of NYC this month launched Maddie's Spay/Neuter Project in NYC. The project, made possible by a generous
grant from Maddie's Fund, will help to reduce the number of homeless
cats and dogs in NYC by decreasing the number of unwanted canine
and feline pregnancies.
Anyone who lives within the five boroughs of New
York City and has a valid Medicaid card can have up to a total of
six cats or dogs (or a combination of cats/dogs totaling no more
than six) spayed or neutered each year for a special low price at
participating veterinarians.
To take advantage of this low-cost offer, all a
qualified person needs to do is:
• | Locate a participating veterinarian
from the list
provided on the Mayor's Alliance website; |
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Call the veterinarian and make an appointment
for the surgery; |
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Bring his/her valid Medicaid card and photo
ID to the appointment (the veterinarian will photocopy the
card); and |
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Pay the veterinarian for the surgery —
$10 each cat, $20 each dog; up to a total of six animals within
a 12-month period. |
These special low fees apply only to spay or neuter
surgeries. If a pet requires additional care, such as pre-surgery
testing of an older pet or other procedures, those costs will be
in addition to the spay/neuter fees. The veterinarian will inform
the owner/guardian prior to the surgery if additional costs will
be incurred.
The Mayor's Alliance is managing the administration
of the Maddie's Spay/Neuter Project in NYC, and will
be getting the word out to as many qualified New Yorkers as possible
through the media and NYC's social services networks. If you or
someone you know qualifies for this important life-saving program,
now is as good a time as any to take advantage of this opportunity.
Remember, spaying or neutering makes good sense
— for the animals and their owner/guardians:
• | Eliminates the chance of unwanted
pregnancies. |
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Helps reduce the number of
homeless cats and dogs. |
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Can help avoid some health problems (and
their associated costs) later in your cat's or dog's life. |
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Can help eliminate some problem
behaviors. |
Questions? Click
here or e-mail us at allianceadmin@earthlink.net.
| 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 sick and injured
pets in animal shelters nationwide.
Maddie's Fund is named after the Duffield's
beloved Miniature Schnauzer. The foundation makes good on
a promise the family made to Maddie to give back to her kind
in dollars that which Maddie gave to them in friendship and
love. Maddie passed away in 1997, but thanks to this one little
dog, abandoned shelter dogs and cats have new opportunities
to find loving homes in which they, too, may share in the
joy, love and companionship that Dave and Cheryl enjoyed with
Maddie.
In July 2005, Maddie's Fund awarded
a grant of $60,000 to the Veterinary Medical Association of
New York City in support of Maddie's Spay/Neuter Project.
Limited to low-income pet guardians, Maddie's Spay/Neuter
Project has a first year target of 1,000 surgeries.
Maddie's Spay/Neuter Project
is partnering with Maddie's Pet Rescue Project
to end the killing of healthy and treatable shelter pets in
New York City within ten years.
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