ABOUT US
SPAYGEORGIA
SpayGeorgia provides financial assistance to enable pet owners to purchase spay or neuter services. Veterinarians participating in our program offer a reduced spay or neuter fee to individuals receiving SpayGeorgia’s assistance. The final cost to the pet owner is reduced because of the combined financial assistance and reduced vet fees.
Pet owners purchase certificates directly from SpayGeorgia. Participating veterinarians redeem these certificates. All financial transactions are between the consumer and SpayGeorgia. Certificates are honored for six months.
SpayGeorgia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Approximately 85% of donated money goes directly to spay/neutering. Restricted donations are accepted. Our annual financial report is available upon request.
33
Years of Saving Lives
4,981
Surgeries in 2023
135,00+
Certificates Issued
WHY SPAY/NEUTER?
Pet overpopulation means destroying thousands of dogs and cats each year. Too many puppies and kittens—not enough homes. In metro Atlanta alone, approximately 166 dogs and cats are destroyed each day at local shelters. We can only estimate the number of other homeless animals that die of starvation, disease, or on our streets.
IMPROVE YOUR PET'S HEALTH
Neutering a male cat or dog by six months of age prevents testicular cancer, prostate disease, and hernias.
- Spaying a female cat or dog prevents pyometra (an infected uterus) and breast cancer. Having this done before the first heat offers the best protection from these diseases. Breast cancer is fatal in about 50% of female dogs and 90% of female cats. With an older, seriously ill animal, anesthesia and surgery are complicated and costly.
REDUCE EXPENSES
Owners of unspayed female cats and dogs must care for mothers who have difficult pregnancies and should start the kittens’ or puppies’ shots.
- In many locations, owners of spayed or neutered cats and dogs receive a discount on local licensing fees. Spaying a female cat or dog prevents pyometra (an infected uterus) and breast cancer. Having this done before the first heat offers the best protection from these diseases. Breast cancer is fatal in about 50% of female dogs and 90% of female cats. With an older, seriously ill animal, anesthesia and surgery are complicated and costly.
IMPROVE YOUR PET'S BEHAVIOR
In female cats and dogs, spaying eliminates “heat” periods, which include bloody discharges in dogs and frantic pacing and wailing in both dogs and cats.
- Spaying a female cat or dog prevents pyometra (an infected uterus) and breast cancer. Having this done before the first heat offers the best protection from these diseases. Breast cancer is fatal in about 50% of female dogs and 90% of female cats. With an older, seriously ill animal, anesthesia and surgery are complicated and costly.
IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY
Homeless animals in neighborhood yards pass diseases, spread fleas and flea eggs, fight and mate loudly in the middle of the night, turn over trash cans, and otherwise disrupt quiet community life.
- Tax dollars are needlessly spent on euthanasia and other controls intended to eliminate these problems.
PET OVERPOPULATION
70,000
Approximately 70,000 puppies and kittens are born in the U.S. each day.
25,000,000
An estimated 25 million of these dogs and cats are left homeless each year.
17,000,000
At least 17 million dogs and cats are destroyed yearly in shelters.
11,000,000
An estimated 7 to 11 million die a painful death from starvation, disease, traps, exposure, and at the wheels of motor vehicles.