Press Release

 

ASPCA Debuts Veterinary Workshop

 

August 6, 2009

ASPCA Media Contact

WHAT: ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) staff and participating veterinarians will be taking part in an unprecedented full-day workshop advancing their work in high quality/high volume spay/neuter services with seven of the nation's premier veterinary surgeons, including ASPCA Director of Veterinary Outreach Dr. Kathleen Makolinski and ASPCA Humane Award winner Dr. Phil Bushby.

The ASPCA will have all five of its state-of-the-art mobile veterinary clinics outside New York City Animal Care and Control in Brooklyn, as part of an ongoing initiative to increase awareness of high volume spay/neuter services in New York City.

WHEN: Friday, August 7, 2009

WHERE: 2336 Linden Boulevard
(Between Shepard and Essex Streets)
East New York, Brooklyn

TIME: 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

WHY: "We have a pet overpopulation problem in NYC—more than 50,000 unwanted and homeless pets a year enter our shelters," says Aimee Hartmann, Director of the Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinics for the ASPCA. "The ASPCA is working hard to put an end to the tragic euthanasia and homelessness of healthy animals by addressing the animal overpopulation crisis at its source—in the heart of our local communities that most need our services."

DETAILS:  Each mobile clinic is a custom-built spay-neuter hospital on wheels, with the capacity to spay and neuter approximately 125 animals each day.

For more information, please call 877-SPAY-NYC (bilingual, 24 hours a day), or visit www.aspca.org/877spaynyc.

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Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is the first humane organization established in the Americas and serves as the nation’s leading voice for animal welfare. One million supporters strong, the ASPCA’s mission is to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. As a 501 [c] [3] not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA is a national leader in the areas of anti-cruelty, community outreach and animal health services. The ASPCA, which is headquartered in New York City, offers a wide range of programs, including a mobile clinic outreach initiative, its own humane law enforcement team, and a groundbreaking veterinary forensics team and mobile animal CSI unit. For more information, please visit www.aspca.org.
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