ARL's Spay Waggin'

ARL's Spay Waggin' Keeps Pets with their Families

Over the past few years, ARL's Spay Waggin' has hosted a number of special clinics to deliver vital spay and neuter services to underserved communities, in partnership with the Massachusetts Animal Fund (MAF).

The clinics have primarily taken place in Fall River, an area along the South Coast of Massachusetts with a lack of affordable spay/neuter services.

In March of 2022, ARL and MAF teamed up once again, but this time delivering services to two dozen pet owners in New Bedford, MA – another South Coast area with similar barriers to accessible veterinary care.

The surgeries for these special clinics fall under the MAF Spay/Neuter Voucher Program, which distributes vouchers to qualifying low income pet owners to cover the cost of the important procedure.

ARL Spay Waggin' clients

Due to an incredibly high demand, many clinic clients had been on a waiting list for months, and some upwards of a year to have their pets spayed or neutered.

“I’ve been waiting for eight months and was told there was a big demand, but would be contacted and they reached out about a month ago,” said Nicole Canfield, whose cat Jynx was spayed during the clinic. “It’s very important, and a giant help! My normal veterinarian would charge over $300 just to spay her, which I couldn’t afford on a fixed income.”

These clinics provide clients easy access to highquality veterinary care, and the MAF spay/neuter

vouchers remove the financial burden from pet owners who would otherwise be unable to afford the vital procedure.

ARL is grateful to have such wonderful relationships with organizations like MAF and with animal control officers in cities and towns throughout Massachusetts, and will continue to participate in these special clinics to ensure that pets have access to this important surgery.

ARL will be taking part in clinics in both New Bedford and Fall River later this spring.

ARL’s Spay Waggin’ has been at the forefront of providing accessible and affordable high-quality spay/neuter services to the South Shore, South Coast, and Cape Cod and the Islands since the program first hit the road in 2000.

Over the past two decades the Spay Waggin’ has become a critial resource for these communities, and will achieve the 75,000 mark for surgeries performed later this year!

Learn more about ARL's Spay Waggin' at www.arlboston.org/services/spay-waggin