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Texas Coalition for Animal Protection (TCAP) Wins $25,000 Grant
May 05, 2007, 12:0AM MT
By Jennifer S Hayes
Spay/Neuter program earns “Innovations Award” to be presented next week at Animal Care Expo Conference in Dallas.
Spay/Neuter program earns “Innovations Award” to be presented next week at Animal Care Expo Conference in Dallas.
By Stacey Taylor, Executive Director of Texas Coalition for Animal Protection
The Texas Coalition for Animal Protection (TCAP), the nonprofit that opened a low cost pet sterilization program in Denton in 2002, has just been awarded the HSUS’s prestigious “Innovations Award.” The Innovations Award searched for the nation’s most innovative approach to animal control and animal welfare. The award is accompanied by a $25,000 grant and is funded by Proctor and Gamble. The award will be presented next week at the HSUS Expo in Dallas.
The Texas Coalition for Animal Protection (TCAP) opened its low cost pet sterilization and vaccination program at 713 Sunset Street in November, 2002. Since that time, the program has sterilized more than 26,000 area animals and has provided more than 29,000 rabies vaccines.
TCAP was chosen as recipient of the Innovations Award for its progressive approach to low cost pet sterilization and vaccination for communities at large, regardless of income. TCAP also sponsors a Shelter Spay Program, a program where TCAP takes veterinary staff and supplies into fifteen different cities’ animal shelters and animal welfare organizations. The Shelter Spay Program is provided at no cost to participating organizations.
TCAP will use the Innovations Grant to provide approximately 750 pet sterilization surgeries for $10 each.
“We are honored by this highly prestigious award. Low cost spay and neuter is hard work, but means great results for Texas residents and their animals,” stated TCAP Executive Director Stacey Taylor. “We look forward to using this grant for great results here in Denton and surrounding areas.”
Area residents that wish to schedule their pet a spay/neuter appointment through the Innovations Award should call TCAP at 940-566-5551. Through this program, up to four pets per household can be sterilized for only $10. This program is not available to rescue organizations. Owners do not have proof of a current rabies vaccine, TCAP veterinarians can provide one for $5 more.
For more information about Texas Coalition for Animal Protection:
• Texas Coalition for Animal Protection
Reprinted with permission by Jennifer Hayes, Best Friends Network
Photo credit: photo by Jennifer Hayes