The Alabama Animal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic performed its 5,000th surgery
Tuesday morning. The Alabama Animal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic is the State’s
first clinic dedicated to providing high volume, low cost spay and neuter
surgeries for Alabama residents. Founded solely to reduce the number of
companion animals that are abandoned, homeless, and euthanized in animal
shelters, the Alabama Animal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic is making significant
strides in reducing the number of unwanted animals and educating people on the
importance of spaying and neutering their pets.
Dr. Rebecca Davidson, owner of the vet practice and full-time veterinarian
commented, “In my 28 years of private practice I always knew that spay/neuter
was important in reducing the number of animals euthanized or other wised
disposed of. But it wasn’t until working at the Spay/Neuter Clinic and seeing
the great demand for our services that I fully understood the overwhelming pet
population problem we are facing. Spaying and neutering pets is the ONLY way we
are going to reduce the number of unwanted animals. Everything we’ve tried so
far, simply hasn’t worked.”
According to statistics from the Humane Society of the United States, one female
dog and her first litter can produce 67,000 puppies in six years and one female
cat and her first litter can produce 420,000 kittens in seven years. The supply
of animals grossly exceeds the demand and there are simply not enough homes for
all of them. The Alabama Animal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic is addressing this
problem by providing spay and neuter surgeries at prices individuals are willing
and able to pay. Additionally, because some animals are able to reproduce before
the age of 6 months, the clinic provides pediatric spay and neuter surgeries
beginning at 3 months of age.
The clinic’s low-cost surgery fees cover the cost of ovariohysterectomy (spay)
and castration (neuter) surgeries and all surgery-related pain medications.
Post-operative pain medication is also available for $3. Male cat neuter
surgeries are $35; female cat spay surgeries are $45; male dog neuter surgeries
are $55; and female dog spay surgeries are $65. Dogs over 60 lbs are an
additional fee. Rabies vaccinations are also provided for $10 with a spay or
neuter surgery.
Surgeries are performed Monday through Thursday by the clinic’s veterinarians,
Drs. Rebecca Davidson and Tucker Pearson, DVM. Appointments are necessary and
available to everyone. To schedule an appointment or for more information, call
239-7387 or visit www.alabamaspayneuter.com.
Drs. Rebecca Davidson and Tucker Pearson with Neuton. Neuton
was the Alabama Animal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic’s 5000th surgery client and
is a resident of the Montgomery Humane Society.
Dogfighting arrest in Atmore
John Stallworth, 28, from Beatrice, Alabama and Terrance McNeil, 28,
Montgomery, Alabama were both taken into custody at 4 am Saturday (June 21)
morning and subsequently arrested for cruelty to a dog.
Investigators with the Humane Society of Escambia County, The 21st Circuit
Judicial Drug Task Force and The Atmore Police Department received information
that a dog fight was to take place early Saturday morning at the end of N.Sunset
Drive in Atmore. Upon arriving at the scene, a dogfighting pit was discovered
along with a portable generator hooked up for lighting and other dogfighting
paraphanelia.Three vehicles and two dogs were also seized.
At approximately 10 am the same morning, investigators were called to 547
Brazzell Hill Lane in Atmore and 12 more pitbulls were seized.
The investigation is ongoing and more arrests are expected.
National Spay/Neuter Conference
There will not be a Southern Regional Spay/Neuter Conference this year,
instead the National Conference will be held on Chicago. Please make your plans
to attend, and book your flights early to beat the airline price increases.
Early Bird rates are good until June 30. See Conference brochure below.
Sue Sternber - Transfer and Training Wheels Session-PDF
While this is to help you in raising a baby squirrel if you find
yourself in that predicament, please understand that you cannot keep a
squirrel as a pet in Alabama unless you receive a permit from the state
Conservation Department, so once any squirrel(s) you have helped is/are
old enough, please release in a safe place. This document also has info on
how to utilize a release cage.
Basic and Advanced Squirrel Rehabilitation-View
PDF
FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution
Center-
View More
Alabama Spay Neuter, the high volume spay neuter facility in Irondale is
open and taking calls for appointments. They were able to open a few days
ahead of schedule due to getting their inspections done a little sooner.
Alabama Spay Neuter joins the Alabama Animal Alliance Spay Neuter facility in
Montgomery as the second facility in the state. Alabama Animal Alliance has
done over 4000 procedures since opening in October 2007. More s/n facilities
are in the works. Please pass the word.
Here is a bit more info on this clinic in Irondale:
Address: 2721 Crestwood Blvd. Irondale, AL 35210
Phone: 205-956-0012
Directions: Exit 133 off I-20 across from the Irondale post office.
Costs: Female Dog Spay - $65, Male Dog Neuter - $55, Female Cat Spay - $45, Male
Cat Neuter - $35 5 or more animals - $10 off.
Rabies Vaccination. if required $10 5 or more animals - $8 each
In and out same day
Call for appointment
Gulf Coast preps for pet shelters during hurricanes
By Garry Mitchell • The Associated Press • May 24, 2008
MOBILE -- Officials making hurricane preparations along the Gulf Coast say
they are trying to make sure pets and other animals have shelter during a
storm.
Officials at the Alabama/Mississippi hurricane conference said they had
organized networks of shelters and veterinarians, and that they are more
prepared than when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. The disaster taught them
to expect thousands of storm evacuees with pets -- everything from gerbils to
potbellied pigs -- they refused to abandon. Many evacuees then had no idea
where to shelter their pets.
In Alabama, officials were working on creating a network that includes a
"disaster veterinarian" in each of the state's 67 counties. Mississippi has
planned to handle about 1,200 evacuated animals of all sizes and can open
agriculture centers with large barns to shelter horses and cattle. Louisiana
is testing refrigerated trucks to haul animals.
Hurricane Katrina, which devastated Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of
Alabama, killed countless animals and brought new state and federal laws to
protect them during a storm, said Dr. Brigid Elchos, Mississippi's public
health veterinarian.
"We're much farther along in prepared efforts to care for people with animals
-- in a better place than we were during Katrina," she said by phone.
At the conference in Mobile, veterinarian Brad Fields said there will be major
shelters open in Dothan, Montgomery and Birmingham.
Kay Carter-Corker, an animal care expert with the USDA in Raleigh, N.C., told
the conference that refrigerated trucks will be tested next month in Baton
Rouge, La., for potential use as animal transports during a disaster.
Hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through November.
During Katrina, officials were overwhelmed with many different pets and
animals arriving from stricken areas--and tons of donated pet supplies that
arrived by the truckload in Hattiesburg, Miss., and elsewhere.
In Jackson, Miss., about 300 animals arrived with storm victims who evacuated
from New Orleans and the coast, Elchos recalled. A temporary shelter in
Hattiesburg held 2,000 rescued animals. "Either owners left them or they were
strays," Elchos said.
Ronnie White, an emergency planner for the Mississippi Board of Animal Health,
said some 300 people have signed up to help with animals during the next
hurricane. He encouraged communities to enlist small groups of volunteers who
can be counted on to help care for the storm-stranded animals.
Among the volunteers is Aileene Maldonado of the Mississippi Animal Rescue
League. She said her group's 45-acre facility in Jackson assisted during
Katrina and could house 150 animals.
"If there were another hurricane, once we are full, the animals go to the
fairgrounds," she said. "We shelter the cats, who make too much noise at the
fairgrounds."
White said the latest evacuation plans include transportation for pets owned
by people needing assistance in fleeing the Mississippi coast. But owners must
provide identification for the animal before it's picked up. Evacuees will be
bused with their pets in a separate vehicle to Jackson or Meridian, he said.
The shelter in Meridian can hold about 100 cats and dogs while the Jackson
Coliseum Fairgrounds can take several hundred.
White said the "real thrill" comes later in reuniting a pet with its owner.
Slatton denied probation in animal cruelty
case
Colbert County
Last
UpdatedMay 07.
2008 9:34PM
Published: May 08. 2008 3:30AM
A
Colbert County man who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in January will
have to serve his five-year sentence in prison instead of on probation as he
had hoped.
Colbert Circuit Court Judge Jackie Hatcher denied Andrew Chase Slatton's
probation request Tuesday and ordered that he be sent to prison.
Slatton, 23, of
Sheffield, pleaded guilty to first-degree animal cruelty for using a box
cutter to cut the ears of his neighbor's Jack Russell terrier puppy named
Taco on Nov. 8, 2006.
During Tuesday's hearing, Kyle Brown, chief assistant district attorney for
Colbert County, argued against Slatton being granted probation.
Colbert District Attorney Bryce Graham Jr. said Slatton's case has attracted
national attention. "Anytime you mistreat an animal, people get upset."
Slatton had been free on bond while awaiting a decision on his probation
request.
NOTICE to all 501(C)3 shelters/organizations during this
election season!
In the event you are being asked to endorse or oppose any candidate for any
elected office, be aware that I.R.S. rules are very clear that this is
prohibited. A few excerpts from their 18 April 2008 update on this is below
and you can read the entire letter here (.pdf attachment). Don’t jeopardize
your organizations tax-exempt status with the I.R.S.!
“Organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
that are exempt from federal income tax are prohibited from directly or
indirectly participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf
of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office. Charities,
educational institutions and religious organizations, including churches, are
among those that are tax-exempt under this code section.”
“Thus, under federal law tax-exempt charitable organizations are prohibited
from endorsing any candidates, making donations to their campaigns, engaging
in fund-raising, distributing
statements, or becoming involved in any other activities that may be
beneficial or detrimental to any candidate. Even activities that encourage
people to vote for or against a particular candidate on the basis of
nonpartisan criteria violate the political campaign prohibition of section
501(c)(3).”
“The prohibition on political campaign activity applies only to tax-exempt
charitable organizations, not to the activities of individuals in their
private capacity. The political campaign activity prohibition is not intended
to restrict free expression on political matters by leaders of charitable
organizations, including churches, speaking for themselves, as individuals.
Nor are leaders prohibited from speaking about important issues of public
policy. However, for their organizations to remain tax-exempt under section
501(c)(3), leaders cannot make partisan comments in official organization
publications or at official organization functions, including official church
publications and functions.”
“Similarly, the prohibition on political campaign activity does not prohibit
charitable organizations from having contact of any kind with individuals who
are candidates for public office.”
The Alabama Spay/Neuter Clinic, one of the Humane Alliance's high-volume
clinics opening across the country, is set to open in the Birmingham area on
May 27, 2008. Our goal is to stem the tide of unwanted and abandoned companion
animals by offering low cost spay and neuter surgeries. We are a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization and will be working with rescues, shelters and pet
owners. Appointments are required. We are not a full-service veterinary clinic
but will be giving rabies vaccinations for animals without proof of a current
certificate. Please see our rates at the bottom of this message.
Our address is 2721 Crestwood Blvd in Irondale. We are located just off I-20,
exit 133, near the I-459/I-20 exchange. If you are familiar with the area, it
is 1.8 mi east of the old Eastwood Mall (now Wal-Mart) on Crestwood Blvd/Hwy
78, past the Golden Rule BBQ, across the street from the Irondale post office
and the AAA storage facility.
You are receiving this announcement because you have been identified as
someone working for animal welfare. We are hoping to contact all rescue groups
and shelters in the north/central Alabama area but we ask you to help spread
the word to other organizations for we not have been able to obtain contact
information for everyone.
Our permanent facility is still under construction but we were anxious to get
started and will begin work in a temporary facility here on our lot while
construction continues on our permanent one. We plan to begin surgeries on May
27th with two operating rooms. We will have four operating rooms once our
building is completed. These first few weeks would be a good time for animal
rescue groups to schedule appointments before the number of scheduled
surgeries increases. Appointments may be scheduled by calling (205) 956-0012
or by email AlabamaSpayNeuterClinic@charter.net.
If you have any questions about the clinic we will be happy to answer them. We
look forward to hearing from you and meeting you in person. Together we will
make a difference.
Mark Nelson
Executive Director
Alabama Spay/Neuter Clinic
Surgical Fees
Individual
5 or more
Female Dog
$65
$55
Male Dog
$55
$45
Female Cat
$45
$40
Male Cat
$35
$30
Umbilical hernia
repair (when needed)
$15
$15
Nail trim
n/c
n/c
Ear tip (feral cats
only)
n/c
n/c
Canine Vaccines
Rabies (1 year
vaccination) *
$10
$8
Feline Vaccines
Rabies (1 year
vaccination) *
$10
$8
*- Rabies vaccinations are ONLY available at time of surgery and are
required unless patient is current on this vaccination and the certificate is
presented.
(If you have not already done so, please pre-purchase a Spay/Neuter tag
from the Alabama Department of Motor Vehicle by October, 2008. Unless 1000
tags are pre-sold this important initiative will not be funded.)
AHF welcomes Mindy Gilbert as the new Alabama State Director for the
Humane Society of the United States.
The following is a list of Spay Neuter
programs. Some are in effect now and will continue, others are for specific
periods in conjunction with Spay Day. Please pass this on to all. Call the
number associated with the program or Spay Alabama at 1-866-9-SPAY AL for more
information.
Spay/Neuter Clinic Performs 1000 Surgeries
View more
Spay Alabama is a project of the Alabama Animal Control Association, with
the goal of ending the euthanasia of healthy and treatable dogs and cats in
Alabama. View more
The Alabama Veterinary Medical Foundation (ALVMF) received
approval from the Alabama Department of Revenue for individuals to begin placing
orders for the Spay/Neuter license plate.
The cost of the tag is the standard $50 like other specialized tags. $41.25 of
each $50 sale goes to the Foundation to assist low-income families (those who
receive Medicaid) with the cost of spaying/neutering their pets.
1,000 tags must be presold between November 1, 2007, and November 1, 2008, for
the program to be implemented.
View more
