September is Spay/Neuter Month in Moore County, presented by Companion Animal Clinic of the Sandhills Foundation.

Affordable spay/neuter procedures will be offered to animal welfare groups in Moore County and to individuals who cannot afford a private veterinarian. Base fees for dogs are $65 and for female cats, $50 and male cats $35.

The Companion Animal Clinic of the Sandhills Foundation (CAC) is a regional organization that promotes humane and responsible care of companion animals.

The foundation is dedicated to eliminating the euthanasia of abandoned and unwanted animals in a nine-county region -Moore, Lee, Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, Harnett, Cumberland, Chatham and Randolph - through affordable spay/neuter with community education, and volunteer involvement.

CAC Foundation works with local veterinarians, rescue and adoption organizations, county governments, and the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine to accomplish its mission. The Foundation will insure that animals adopted from county facilities are spayed or neutered which will reduce intake to animal control and assist county animal control become primary adoption centers.

Large numbers of unwanted animals are surrendered to county animal control facilities each year. Of the animals housed in animal control facilities in the CAC nine county regions in 2006, 78 percent were euthanized at a cost of more than $3,000,000 to the taxpayer.

No matter how many animal welfare groups participate to adopt animals out, the animals surrendered to animal control increase each year by about 13 percent. The consequence is an escalating euthanasia rate of these unwanted yet adoptable animals.

Since the clinic opened, more than 10,000 animals have been spayed/neutered from the nine-county region served by the Companion Animal Clinic Foundation including 5,181 in Moore County.

To make an appointment contact Sue Kelly at at (910) 692-3499.