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Save Money SNIP Your Pet

October 2, 2015 by Charlie London

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    • Spay/Neuter is the healthy and affordable choice for you and your pet! And this October, through Louisiana SNIP, it’s easier than ever. Click the link for vets in your area participating in this month-long LOW COST promotion.
    • A quick fix can solve a lot of problems! Affordable and safe spay/neuter is easier than ever this month through Louisiana SNIP. Click the link to find a participating vet offering REDUCED PRICING near you.

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  • Spay/neuter pays off! Reduce potential health problems in your pet and eliminate the chance of an unexpected, costly litter. Find a local vet offering REDUCED PRICING on spay/neuter this month at www.LouisianaSNIP.com.
  • Vet bills and food costs pile up with a litter of kittens or puppies. Make the affordable choice and take advantage of Louisiana SNIP, a low cost promotion available through a vet near you. Check it out: www.louisianaSNIP.com
  • Her little ones will cost you big! Get your pet spayed or neutered at reduced pricing through the end of October, available at a veterinarian close to you!

 

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  • Health benefits, improved behavior, no unwanted litters of puppies or kittens. Spay/neuter is a win-win-win and is easier and more affordable than ever at your local vet this month through Louisiana SNIP, presented by LA PAW.
  • This October, spay/neuter is more affordable than ever through Louisiana SNIP, presented by LA PAW and your local vet. Find a participating vet near you and make the snip!
  • Even one litter is going to cost you big! This October a vet near you is participating in Louisiana SNIP to provide low cost spay/neuter.
  • Spay/neuter is good for your dog and good for your wallet. Click here to find a vet near you participating in low cost Louisiana SNIP this October.
  • Local shelters and rescue groups want you to make the healthy, affordable, and responsible choice. Spay/neuter your pet today at a vet near you. It’s cheaper than ever this month through Louisiana SNIP.
  • Did you know? Neutering is the healthy choice for your male pet. Neutering early prevents testicular cancer and reduces escape attempts.
  • Did you know? An un-neutered male dog is much more likely to try and escape, putting him at risk of injury from traffic or fights. Get him fixed now for next to nothing through Louisiana SNIP.
  • Did you know? Spaying is the healthy choice for your female pet. It prevents uterine infections and breast cancer, both of which can be fatal. Get her fixed this month at reduced pricing through Louisiana SNIP.
  • Did you know? Spaying eliminates behavioral issues that often come with a female in heat. Get her fixed!
  • Take the opportunity today to tell someone why spay/neuter is so important! And be sure to mention that during Louisiana SNIP, LOW COST spay/neuter is available at veterinarians throughout the city!

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Illegal Breeders

November 16, 2013 by Charlie London

Article by Nita Hemeter

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Dear Ms. Freeman and Ms. Ross,
We are writing you today about a serious issue in our community; one that impacts the safety and health of people and animals as well as the overall quality of life in our city. The issue is the illicit activities of “backyard breeders,” individuals who breed dogs on their property without proper oversight or licensure and sell them for profit. To help address this issue, we are asking you to actively support a law passed by the City of New Orleans that requires owners of intact animals to have a permit, and to publicize that permit number on any advertisements.

As you may have heard, Councilmembers Susan Guidry and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell sponsored and got passed into law (the New Orleans municipal code) changes to an ordinance designed to regulate the uncontrolled breeding of animals by irresponsible owners, including unlicensed “backyard breeders.” This law requires dog owners to spay or neuter their dogs or pay for a permit that allows them the privilege of having an “intact” (not “fixed”―spayed or neutered) pet. Each permit comes with a unique identification number. 

Section 18-309, part d of the ordinance also specifically stipulates that anyone who keeps an intact dog and breeds it MUST advertise that permit number in any advertisement where puppies from this animal are being placed for sale or adoption.

Yet, anyone looking at the classified section of the newspaper will see ad after ad of breeders who are selling animals―with no permit number listed. We understand that the ordinance does not require the media to include intact animal permit numbers in advertisements. But it clearly states that the breeders must provide them to you.

As the gatekeepers that determine what information does and does not reach the public, we beseech you to support this ordinance and require anyone advertising puppies in the “Puppies and Dogs For Sale” section of your classifieds to provide their permit numbers. If they do not have a permit number, all your sales people need to do is direct them to contact the LASPCA.

When you begin requesting the permit number, breeders that have previously flouted the law will be forced to register their animals in order to advertise. This step will also help educate anyone that is unwittingly breaking the law about the new permit requirement.

Your newspaper has a long history of helping to expose dangerous and illegal activities, and that is exactly what we ask you to do, now. This permit and the requirements surrounding it are vital to the public’s welfare, providing numerous benefits to citizens:

  • Many backyard breeders house their animals in cramped quarters in their homes or small urban yards, often without benefit of proper veterinary care. They do not want to register their animals, not only due to the cost, but also because the ordinance stipulates that animals must be kept in humane conditions and seen by a veterinarian once a year. This is a necessary step for the public welfare but an additional cost for these breeders.
  • Requiring sellers of puppies to provide a valid permit number would facilitate monitoring breeder compliance with the law and make it easier to determine if one of their animals were responsible for a bite or other attack. (Intact animals are nearly three times more likely to bite people than those who are spayed and neutered. Intact males are four times more likely to bite.)

  • It is a documented fact that individuals and businesses that “fly under the radar”―do not maintain proper business registration, sell items out of the backs of their vehicles or on street corners, etc.―are far less likely to obtain state and local licenses or pay sales tax and/or income tax on the gains from their sales. Backyard breeders often fall into this category, and requiring them to display their license numbers would help government officials prove they are netting profits from their activities.

  • Both these puppies and their intact parents often end up in shelters when their owners cannot sell them or breed them any longer, or when they escape their bondage. Here, they are often euthanized because they are unsocialized and/or in poor health. As a result, these unfortunate creatures do not become part of the very small percentage of shelter animals that are adopted and leave the shelter alive. This unhappy outcome has an impact on the public, whose taxes fund the parish-sponsored budget for housing and euthanizing stray animals.

Without the requirement of displaying their permit numbers, most breeders simply will not register their animals. They will continue breeding animals in unseen corners of the city, making profits off misery and evading paying their fair share of the revenue this city so desperately needs to provide services to law-abiding citizens and businesses.

 

The permit number is short and could be published with just a number symbol in front, e.g. #765432. Surely, requiring such a small addition to each advertisement would not put an undue burden on your advertisers? We would like to suggest that the newspaper might even volunteer to run that portion of the ad at no charge, absorbing the cost in consideration for the citizens that support their businesses.

The Advocate, Times Picayune and other New Orleans newspapers have always shown themselves to be concerned with health and safety issues. In fact, the founder of the humane organization that became the LASPCA― Eliza Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson―was the owner of the New Orleans Daily Picayune. Furthermore, your efforts to educate the public about responsible pet ownership have always been commendable, and we are very grateful for your assistance in the past. We are positively dependent upon it, now.

With your support, we can ensure unlicensed breeders are held responsible for the problems they cause. We can begin enforcing this law, which the entire City Council and the Mayor already supported and passed. The signatories of this letter – and in fact the thousands of people across this city who benefit from enforcement of this ordinance – support you with readership, purchase of your papers and patronage of your advertisers. We ask for your support, in return, on this vital issue.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts regarding this request and will gladly work with you to help implement and promote this measure. Should you have any further questions about the ordinance, please reply to this email.

 

Please contact Nita Hemeter to see how you can help or for more information

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: breeders, dogs, laspca, New Orleans, puppies, spca

Kitty News

November 30, 2012 by Charlie London

Effective immediately, cats trapped in ZIP code 70119 (Mid-City) will be eligible for FREE spay/neuter services. And the 2012 Neuter Scooter Program, although late, will be kicking off December 1st for $10 feral surgeries. So now there is something for everyone. See below to find the program you are eligible for and call right away to set your appointments. Algiers Alleycat/Strut for Strays: FREE feral surgery in ZIPs 70114, 70131, and now 70119 through July 14, 2013.

Participating clinics are LA/SPCA Community Clinic and Furry Friends Animal Hospital. Fix a Feline: FREE feral surgery for all Jefferson Parish residents until December 31st. Participating clinics are Animal Care Center, Animal Medical/Surgical Hospital, Ark Animal Hospital, Chateau Veterinary Clinic, Cypress Animal Hospital, Expressway Animal Hospital, Furry Friends Animal Hospital, LA/SPCA Community Clinic, Marrero Veterinary Hospital, Pets R Our World, and Primary Vet Care.

Neuter Scooter: $10 feral surgery for residents of any parish not covered by another grant until December 31st. Participating clinics are LA/SPCA Community Clinic, Metairie Small Animal Hospital, Southern Animal Foundation, Spay Nation, and St Tammany Humane. There are still openings in our TNR Basics class this Saturday from 10-noon at the shelter for anyone wishing to register. We are in need of cat food for the TNR program and also cat and dog food for our Food Pantry program, as well as towels for shelter animals. Donations can be dropped off at the shelter 7 days/week, or at one of our donation drop boxes set up at our adoption locations on December 1st for Merriment on Magazine (drop boxes atPure Barre, Pinkberry, No Fleas, Petcetera, The Bulldog, Tracey’s and The Cat Practice.)

Also, anyone whose company wishes to have a pet supply donation drive during the holidays would be appreciated and we can pick up large donation orders at your door. Please consider the critters this holiday season. Thanks, and happy trapping! Heather J. Rigney Disaster Preparedness Coordinator Feral Cat Coordinator Louisiana SPCA Phone: 504-368-5191 ext 205 Fax: 504-368-5108 heather@la-spca.org

Feral Cat TNR | The Basics and Beyond!


A humane education course for people with neighborhood cats

Learn the importance of Trap-Neuter-Return and find out about basic methods and equipment.
Network and find area resources for low-cost spay/neuter, trap rental or purchase, etc.
Discover ways to advocate for neighborhood cats and to gain support for TNR in the community.
Get questions on cat ordinances and how they apply to ferals answered.

Class Schedule:
Saturday, January 28 10:00-Noon

Saturday, March 17 10:00-Noon

Saturday, May 5, 10:00-Noon

Saturday, August 11, 10:00-Noon

Saturday, October 6, 10:00-Noon

Saturday, December 1, 10:00-Noon

TNR Education Classes

Feral Cat TNR, the Basics and Beyond is a two hour class taught on premises at the LA/SPCA and FREE to the public. If you have an interest in practicing TNR and want to know how to get started, how to mediate problems, advocate for cats, and how to solve difficult trapping situations, then this is the class for you. This is also a great opportunity to learn more about the municipal ordinances in Orleans Parish as they pertain to cats. Novices are welcome, as are experienced trappers looking to network. Information on local feral-friendly programs and services will be available for distribution, as well as information provided by Alley Cat Allies, a national organization advocating for the rights of free-roaming cats. Limit is 15 people per class. Residents of all parishes are welcome. For class schedules please email or call Heather at 504-368-5191 ext 205. 

Check out the LA/SPCA events calendar for September and October sessions.

Fosters for Ferals

Become an LA/SPCA volunteer and enroll in our Foster Program. Help us socialize semi-feral kittens and cats who may just need a little extra TLC. The amount of attention and care these borderline animals receive is often the key difference in whether or not they are successfully adopted. Our foster program is always eager for new families to join, and accepts applications for people wanting to foster dogs, cats, rabbits and other pets. Help make a difference in an adoptable animal’s life.

Caretaker Club

By joining the Caretaker Club, you become an official part of the caretaker community, with access to resources and the ability to network with other caretakers. This is an invaluable tool for caretakers who may have special needs and concerns, such as where to find someone who can colony-sit while they’re out of town, or who may want to find others in the neighborhood in order to pool resources. This is also the list of folks who will be priority notified for free or low cost spay days, donations of bulk cat food, and other great deals. Fill out the online application to become a member.

The Algiers Alleycat Program

For all those Algiers residents who are seeking an alternative to removing their stray and feral cats, now is the time to act! 24% of all incoming cats at the LA/SPCA shelter are from the Algiers neighborhood, comprised of ZIP codes 70114 and 70131. Thanks to a generous PetSmart Charities grant, LA/SPCA is able to offer the Algiers Alleycat Program,  a FREE…yes, FREE program targeting feral cats in these ZIP codes. Any feral or stray cat trapped in ZIPs 70114 and 70131 will receive spay or neuter surgery, rabies vaccination and eartip at no charge. For appointments, call the LA/SPCA Community Clinic or our partner, Furry Friends Animal Hospital, today!

Louisiana SPCA Community Clinic, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd, New Orleans 70114 504-363-1333 by appointment only.
Furry Friends Animal Hospital, 2330 Lapalco Blvd, Harvey 70058 504-366-6060 by appointment only.
*All cats must be in humane live traps. For trap rental or purchase information,  call 504-762-3306.

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