Colorado’s Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Resources for Dogs and Cats

February is Spay/Neuter Month

By Rita Sharma, Best Friends Network Volunteer

Let’s keep spreading the message to help everyone understand that spaying and neutering all of our cats and dogs is a key step in addressing pet overpopulation. Progress is being made, but there still are so many pet owners, often misinformed, who still have not spayed or neutered their animals.

While some would say that they simply cannot afford the procedure financially, there are many shelters, rescues, and clinics statewide that offer low or no cost spay / neuter options. Some offer weekly or monthly clinics while others operate almost daily to provide these services. Of course, most shelters and rescues will only adopt out animals that have already undergone the procedure, so by adopting from them, owners don’t need to take that extra step. (It’s yet another reason to adopt, rather than buy!)

Spaying and neutering is so important, especially to our already-full shelters and rescues, that several of them will perform the procedure at no cost rather than turn an animal away, intact.

To make it easy to help spread the word, here are a few of the resources available throughout Colorado that offer low-cost spay and neuter procedures. It’s a measure of prevention that we can’t afford not to take.

Colorado’s Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Resources for Dogs and Cats

Denver Metro North

Every Creature Counts
Fort Lupton
303 637 9136
www.everycreaturecounts.org

Humane Society of Larimer County
Fort Collins
970 226 3647
www.larimerhumane.org
Larimer County HS offers a low-cost voucher as part of their “S.N.I.P.” program that can then be taken to participating veterinarians.

Mile High Humane Society
www.milehihumane.com
Northglenn
303 450 7729

Larimer County
P.U.P. Program / Prevent Unwanted Pets
970 229 0717
This organization provides financial assistance to individuals with low incomes.

Denver

Harrison Spay/Neuter Clinic
Denver
303 722 5800
www.hmah.org

Denver Dumb Friends League
Denver
(303) 751-5772
www.ddfl.org

MaxFund Animal Adoption Center
Denver
303 595 3561 / 303 595 4917
www.maxfund.org

Planned Pethood Plus
Denver
303 433 3291
www.plannedpethoodplus.com

Denver Metro South

Cat Care Society
Lakewood
303 237 0914, extension 27
www.catcaresociety.org

Boulder

Humane Society of Boulder Valley
Boulder
303 442 4030, extension 680
www.boulderhumane.org

Western Colorado / Rocky Mountains

Intermountain Humane Society
Conifer
303 838 2668
www.imhs.org

Clear Creek County Animal Rescue League
Georgetown
303 679 2398
www.cccarl.org

Southern Colorado / Colorado Springs

Humane Society of Pagosa Springs
Pagosa Springs
970 731 4771
www.humanesocietyofpagosasprings.org
For residents of Archuleta County, and on a limited basis every month, vouchers are provided for free spay/neuter procedures. They also have a link to Best Friends on their website!

Southern Colorado Spay and Neuter Clinic
Pueblo
719 564 3776

Hamlett Spay and Neuter Clinic
Colorado Springs
719 475 1800
www.hamlettclinic.org

La Plata County Humane Society
Durango
970 259 2847
www.lpchumanesociety.org

Our local organizations are always in need of donations and volunteers, please call today to find out how you can help. In addition to these local resources, two nationwide efforts can also help provide spay/neuter benefits.

Friends of Animals
1-800-321-7387
www.friendsofanimals.org
An individual can pay this organization a discounted spay/neuter fee and receive a certificate to be used at participating veterinarians nationwide.

Spay/USA
1-800-248-SPAY
www.spayusa.org
A wealth of resources are available through Spay/USA and they can also help identify local veterinarians in the area. They are working on increasing the Colorado participants, which is more encouraging news.

If you have friends or neighbors who have not yet spayed or neutered their pets, perhaps you can supply this information for them. It might be just the inspiration they need to take this critical step!

Photo (of my happily neutered friend): Rita Sharma