September, 2006

Planned Pethood is now in its thirteenth year.

Thanks to the efforts of FlagPAL and the generous support of the Coconino Humane Association, our individual and corporate sponsors, the Flagstaff Community Foundation and The Robert T. Wilson Foundation, Planned Pethood has:

• assisted financially in 4,600 surgeries;
• spent over $75,000 providing information and financial assistance, $63,000 of it directly to veterinary clinics;
• distributed over 11,000 brochures and information packets;
• handled over 12,000 incoming phone calls for information or assistance;
• Made over 8,000 phone calls servicing requests.

All supplies and printing – including all fundraising expenses – are donated by the volunteers who operate Planned Pethood. We pay no salaries, no volunteer expenses, and no rent.

Most of our funds go to veterinary clinics to lessen the costs of spays and neuters to our clients. We also pay for postage, our monthly phone bill and, very rarely, advertising to make sure the public knows about our program.

Because our vouchers pay 25% of the cost of a spay or neuter, for every dollar we put into a spay or neuter, the pet's owner puts in three. We have paid $63,000 directly to veterinary clinics, so the total spent directly on spays and neuters in conjunction with our program has been $252,000!

How many animals have NOT been born as a result of our efforts? There’s no way to tell, of course. If you count the puppies and kittens growing to maturity and reproducing through the generations, a guess of 500,000 over the next thirty years would be considered very conservative. These are animals that will never be born, never suffer, and never be put to death in Flagstaff.

We believe we are making an impact on community attitudes regarding spaying and neutering for kindness and population control. Our fervent hope is that some day we will achieve the dream of every animal lover: NO MORE HOMELESS PETS!