Why World Spay Day is Important, and Meet our Pets of the Week!

All the excitement surrounding the snowstorm (that never happened) this week overshadowed a very important day. Tuesday, February 24, was World Spay Day, a day where spay/neuter awareness was promoted and funds were raised to help underserved communities fix their pets. Governor Deal also proclaimed the month of February as “Spay Neuter Awareness Month” in Georgia.

Why is Spay Day so important? Did you know that nearly 3 million healthy and treatable cats and dogs are put down in U.S. shelters every year? That’s one every 12 seconds. Spay/neuter is an effective and humane way to save animals’ lives, since preventing litters reduces the number of animals for whom resources are not available.

LifeLine Animal Project is the largest provider of spay/neuter services in Atlanta. Since 2002, LifeLine has performed over 80,000 free and low cost spay/neuter surgeries in Atlanta, and we performed 12,000 surgeries alone last year.

LifeLine celebrated World Spay Day by offering a “Fifty Pit Fix” promotion, thanks to a grant from the Holland M. Ware Charitable Foundation. The purpose of the promotion was to help reduce the staggering number of pit bulls that enter our DeKalb County and Fulton County Animal Services shelters by eliminating financial barriers and encouraging residents to get their pit bull dogs fixed. So this past Tuesday, we spayed and neutered pit bull and pit bull mixed-breed dogs at the LifeLine Spay & Neuter Clinics, located in Avondale Estates and College Park.

Some free spay/neuters are still available, so if you know of someone who cannot afford to have their pit bull or pit bull mix spayed or neutered, please have them contact community@lifelineanimal.org or call 678-883-2FIX (678-883-2349).

DeKalb County Animal Services Pets of the Week: Nettie and Godiva

LifeLine Animal Project presents the DCAS Pet of the Week: meet Nettie, a one-year-old girl who has never met a stranger. Nettie has a super friendly personality and is just the right mix of mellow and playful energy. Nettie has a super soft velvety coat and adorable floppy ears. Adopt Nettie for two more days for only $14, including her spay, microchip, vaccines and more!

Our next Pet of the Week is Godiva, and she is sweeter than her namesake! This pretty three-year-old girl is smart, loyal and will love you unconditionally forever. Godiva has adorable black ears and a pretty spotted face. After she gets over the initial excitement of meeting someone, Godiva will sit patiently in front of them and wag her tail. This intelligent and curious gal has big, soulful eyes, and she always tilts her head in a cute way when she hears new or strange noises. Adopt her before March 1, and pay only $14, including her spay, vaccines and microchip!

To meet Nettie or Godiva, please drop by the shelter, email adoption@dekalbanimalservices.com, or call (404) 294-2165. To view other great animals available for adoption, visit www.dekalbanimalservices.com.