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LVVHS is dedicated to improving the welfare of animals in Southern Nevada. LVVHS’s primary emphasis is on stray and abandoned animals and reducing animal overpopulation.
SPAY & NEUTER: LVVHS began offering low-cost and no-cost spay/neuter clinics for owned cats in 2006 when there were very few low-cost clinics available in the area. With the recession, spay and neuter prices became much more competitive. LVVHS ran fewer clinics in 2010, but continued to pay for the spay/neuters for people unable to pay for both dogs and cats. In 2010, LVVHS sterilized through its clinics or paid for the sterilization of more than 1,500 owned animals.
ADOPTION: LVVHS arranges and provides for the fostering of animals that have been rescued in individual homes until the animals are adopted. LVVHS microchips its animals and takes these animals back if they are later abandoned or taken to local shelters. In 2010, LVVHS found homes for more than 400 cats and dogs. However, home foreclosures during 2010 also required LVVHS to take back almost 75 cats and dogs adopted years earlier.
FERAL CAT: LVVHS provides a trap-vaccinate-neuter-and return to caretaker program for feral cats. It is estimated that there are over 200,000 feral cats in the area. In 2010, LVVHS paid to spay/neuter almost 1,400 feral cats.
RESCUE & REHABILITATION: LVVHS’s rescue/rehabilitation program is unique in the area. LVVHS provides an answering service “hotline” 7 days a week to rescue animals in distress that are strays or abandoned. If these animals require medical attention, LVVHS pays for the cost of their medical treatment and rehabilitation. In 2010, LVVHS rescued over 200 animals requiring medical treatment.
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