Spay Pasco Receives a $5,000.00 Grant from PetSmart Charities®
to Spay/Neuter Feral Cats.
(San Antonio, Florida) Spay Pasco received a $5,000 grant to help
increase the number of sterilization surgeries for feral cats. The
organizations 2-year-old feral cat sterilization program successfully
alters an average of more than 400 cats per year, to proactively fight
the area’s dire homeless pet overpopulation problem.
The grant will allow Spay Pasco to offer feral cat surgeries at a
discounted price of $15; the program also includes a rabies
vaccination. The cats can be taken to several participating clinics
throughout the county to be spayed or neutered. Spay Pasco’s goal is to
eliminate homeless pet overpopulation in Pasco County.
“We are excited to be able to offer feral cat surgeries for a
discounted price of $15 (normal cost $25). We hope that this will
increase the total number of spay/neuter surgeries preformed. Since one
female cat and her offspring have the potential to produce thousands of
additional feral cats, every sterilization surgery truly does make a
difference in our community,” said Diana Mattox, president of Spay
Pasco.
“Spay Pasco is an excellent example of a spay/neuter program that is
taking the initiative to improve the local community” said Mary
Andrews, treasurer for Spay Pasco.
“We are now working with even more organizations and hope to see
even better results in 2010” remarked Carol Comer, vice president for
Spay Pasco.
Our agency was founded in July of 2007 by Diana Mattox, DVM. Her
aspiration is to help end the homeless pet overpopulation in Pasco
County by spaying and neutering companion animals and feral cats. Dr.
Mattox, along with a small group of volunteers with a passion for
animals, joined together to create Spay Pasco.
To date Spay Pasco works with numerous veterinary hospitals and
other organizations to make this program the success that it is. No one
could do this job alone; it takes the collaboration of our many
partners to make it victorious. For more information on our feral cat
program, please call 352.585.6205 or visit our Web site at
www.spaypasco.com.