LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – The Capital Area Humane Society is looking to expand its spay-and-neuter clinic to reduce surgery wait times and crack down on animal overpopulation in the area – and they are looking to the community for help to make it happen.
For the past few years, the Humane Society has been trying to move its 14-year-old spay and neuter clinic, currently located at 5919 S Cedar St. in Lansing. According to President and CEO Julia Willson, they originally opened it to address a need for affordable spay and neuter services in the community, with prices as of Jan. 1 being anywhere from $50 to neuter a cat, to $250 to spay a dog weighing more than 100 lbs.
“We really saw a need that a lot of folks in the community want to do the right thing and provide that service for their pets,” said Willson. “But really, the accessibility to veterinary care and the cost were prohibiting them from doing that in some instances, so we opened that clinic, with the goal to really address spay/neuter and make it affordable and accessible to every pet owner in the community.”
Spaying and neutering animals is one of the Humane Society’s primary concerns, as it helps address pet overpopulation – a problem Willson says is not just limited to the Lansing area, but one faced all over the country…