Dear Animal Loving Friends:Â
We are approaching the MSU Spay/Neuter Clinic on
August 4, 5 and 6 at the Waterford Oaks Activity
Center located at 2800 Watkins Lake Road.
At the clinic we are doing dog and catÂ
spay/neuters for low income owners for a $20
donation.  This includes
vaccines. Heartworm tests and heartworm
medication is extra if they want it for dogs. Â
Folks participating in the clinic will need to
have proof of state assistance or referral from
Animal Control. If you know of someone that
can use this service encourage them to call 586-435-6930.
Also we are in need of volunteers at the
clinic. If you can help or know of someone
that might be able to help, please forward this
e-mail to them and ask them to respond to
<mailto:info@oaklandpetfund.org>info@oaklandpetfund.org
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>The following tasks are where we need help:
>August 2nd
>Help unloading the truck – around 7 p.m.  “
>but could vary slightly depending on how long it takes them to drive here.
>August 3-6th – generally runs froom 8:00 a.m. to
>7 p.m. You can work a whole or half day.
>Registration – starting at 7:15 a.m. each day
>Washing instruments – all day
>Assisting with wake up – vet techs or medical
>health professionals are especially helpful here.
>Cleaning cages, general cleaning and assistance – all day
>
>If you can't volunteer at the clinic but would
>like to support the effort here are other ways:
>We need donations of towels & blankets.
>Washing clothes – willl need someone to go to
>the laundry mat or at home once a day to wash OR
>towels, blankets and towels. Â
>We’ll need donations of food for the following
>meals – potluck is very welcome.. The students
>appreciate a touch of home. We need to feed
>between 15-25 people each meal. Sometimes
>local businesses are willing to donate, if you have any connections:
>August 2nd – dinner
>August 3, 4, 5 – breakfast, lunch, dinner
>August 6th – breakfast, lunch
>We’ll also need snacks, pop, orange juice, etc, for all days.
>Your assistance is important. Reducing the
>number of unwanted companion animal births is
>the only way we can reduce shelter overcrowding
>and the euthanasia of innocent pets who don't have a home.
>Debbie
>Deborah Schutt
>Michigan Pet Fund Alliance formerly Oakland Pet Fund
>creating a "no-kill" state for companion animals
>877-FUR-PAL
><http://www.michiganpetfund.org>www.michiganpetfund.org

How did the spay/neuter clinic go for all the lucky kitties?

The Spay and Neuter Clinic S/N 100 of worthy pets so less will have to die unloved and unwanted. We cant thank MSU and All About Animals enougth for allowing us to participate to control Jerry's cat population. As soon as I can I will post pictures that Dawn took during the event. Thank you Dawn for driving and attending the event.

Unfortunatly for us.. we were let down because Jerry did not catch and contain his cats.
His only excuse was he felt containing them for a few days in order to be available for the trip down would be to tramatic.. I guess he would rather have them continue to breed until they are completely out of hand.

Only 6 which included only 2 females were actually taken to the clinic. Heartbreaking Popeyegirl was not among them.
Only 2 of the 7 kittens came.

This was very disappointing for Orphan Animals and myself because there would of been many others that would of did the work needed specially since we were paying all the fees including gas..

I guess in closing all I can say is we tried.. we supplyed crates and cat trap in plenty of time to give Jerry Days to catch the cats. But you can't help some one that wont help them self and unfortuantely it will be the cats and kittens that will suffer because of his lack of responsibility.

I'm so sorry Sherri. I know how concerned you are foor those poor cats. The spay neuter clinic was an excellent solution at such an inexpensive price. Your heart was in the right place. Unfortunately, you are right, you can't help someone who won't help themselves.

I commend your efforts on trying to give so selflessly to those poor cats.

pictures of the MSU Spay Neuter Clinic