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Alley Cat Allies (For Feral Cats)
Alley Cat Allies, is a national nonprofit clearinghouse for information on feral and stray cats. For more than a decade Alley Cat Allies has advocated trap-neuter-return (TNR) - the most humane and effective method to reduce feral cat populations.

Alley Cat Allies is located in the vibrant and eclectic Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, DC. See our Contact Info page for our address and phone/fax information.

Founded in 1990, Alley Cat Allies is part of an international effort working to promote, foster, and develop humane nonlethal control programs for feral and stray cats through sterilization programs that effectively reduce their numbers over a period of time. Alley Cat Allies respects the sanctity of life and the rights of individual animals and embraces proactive preventative control methods, i.e. trap-neuter-return.

 

Metro Ferals, Inc.
Metro Ferals, an all-volunteer organization established in 1997, was established to reduce the suffering of feral cats and kittens by promoting a non-lethal alternative to the feral cat population , specifically “TNR”, Trap-Neuter-Return, in Washington DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland.

Young kittens are socialized and adopted through their adoption program.  Feral cats are returned to their “home”, where they are managed by their caretaker.  They run a low cost spay/neuter clinic for feral cats and provide assistance to people wishing to trap, neuter, and return the cats they feed and maintain.

 


Spay Inc. is a thirty-sixth year old organization endeavoring to reduce the number of uncared-for animals. They offer a low cost spay/neuter solution for Virginia and the Washington, DC area. In the last twelve months, they have helped over four thousand callers wishing to spay or neuter their pets.

 

Washington Animal Rescue League

Free spay and neuter services for anyone living in the Washington area (defined as living within the Capital beltway) may have their pet(s) spayed or neutered at the League's Medical Center, regardless of income. In addition, the procedure will include a routine medical examination.

 

Animal League of Alexandria

Offers reduced cost spay/neuter certificates.

  • Visit the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria during regular business hours to purchase your spay/neuter certificate.
  • After you have purchased your certificate, you schedule your appointment with the selected veterinarian. Present the certificate when you take your animal for surgery.
  • Depending on the size and sex of the animal, and the veterinarian you choose, fees are generally $50 - $150. The certificate covers only the spay or neuter surgery. Vaccinations and other medical treatment you authorize will be done at additional cost.
  • Reduced-cost spay/neuter is available to everyone. There are no income restrictions.

 

Spay USA

SPAY/USA, a program of North Shore Animal League America, is a nationwide network and referral service for affordable spay/neuter services.

Their mission is to end the suffering of innocent dogs and cats by reducing the number of unwanted births. Anyone who needs assistance finding affordable spay/neuter services can benefit by using the SPAY/USA referral service.

SPAY/USA has over 1,000 sterilization programs and clinics nationwide with 7,000  veterinarians in the network as of 2003. Their goal is to make spay/neuter services affordable to those who might not otherwise spay/neuter their pets. By working together, they hope to popularize and facilitate spay/neuter services throughout the country and end pet overpopulation.

 

Pets Ltd.

Pets Ltd. provides low-cost (and in hardship cases free) spay/neuter surgeries for qualified rescue groups and individuals they sponsor. This service is provided Saturdays and/or Sundays. To date Pets Ltd. has provided over 1,100 surgeries, diminishing the unwanted pet population by many thousands.

 

Love That Cat

Website that lists Low Cost or Free Spay - Neuter Programs in the United States by state.

 

 
Shenandoah Valley Spay Neuter Clinic - Low cost spay/neuter clinic in Harrisonburg, VA.  Call (540)437-1980 or email svsnc@adelphia.net.  Also has low cost rabies shots.  Their mission is to eliminate the euthanasia of healthy adoptable dogs and cats in the valley.

 


The Doris Day Animal League is a nonprofit, national, citizen's lobbying organization formed to focus attention on issues involving the humane treatment of animals. Working with members of the U.S. Congress, government agencies, and state and local officials, they aim to pass laws, and enforce existing laws, that reduce the suffering of animals anywhere they're mistreated. Numerous states and cities have benefited from their assistance in drafting legislation, organizing support and actual lobbying.

 

Animals Disabilities
A websited dedicated to assisting disabled pets and studying the phsychological bonds between people and their disabled four legged friends.