Paws in the City’s “Fixin’ to Save” initiative visited Quinlan on Wednesday, Oct. 1, with the help of the Spay Neuter Network and its mobile clinic to provide free spay-neuter surgeries and rabies shots to 45 needy animals in the Quinlan-Tawakoni area.
A spokesperson said the program is having a major impact in the Dallas area to reduce the stray animal population in the city of Dallas by almost 100,000 over the next three years.
The Quinlan-Tawakoni area was able to be a part of this life saving initiative through this same partnership, according to the spokesperson.
“All of north Texas, but especially Hunt County, has the same problem — too few homes for too many dogs and cats. Animals unlucky enough to be born in low income, high stray count zip codes often face lives filled with hunger, fear and abuse that end in early death on the streets or in a high kill county shelter,” a news release states. “Texas Best Choices Animal Rescue (TBC) in Quinlan is rescuing approximately 600 animals every year in our area but stays full and has a waiting list of needy animals due to the high number of abandoned and stray animals in this area. TBC promotes spay and neutering for all companion animals for the betterment of the community at large and to prevent the needless suffering of unwanted animals.”
Paws in the City states the potential offspring of unsterilized dogs and cats is exponential.
“An unspayed dog, her mate and their unsterilized puppies can produce 16 puppies in one year, 128 in two years, 512 in three years, 2,048 in four years and 12,288 in five years,” the news release states. “An un-spayed cat, her mate and their kittens can produce 12 kittens in one year, 67 in two years, 376 in three years, 2,107 in four years and 11,801 in five years.”
The impact of sterilization surgeries made possible by Fixin’ to Save is also exponential.
“In 2014 in the Dallas area, they will prevent 2,800 births, which would grow to 415,500 births in year 2017 if the animals were left unspayed or neutered. In Quinlan, the one-time Oct. 1 clinic will prevent 560 births of puppies and 120 births of kittens in 2014 alone,” the group states.