• Every day there are more than 10,000 people born in the United States.
  During that same 24-hour period, there are more 50,000 puppies and kittens born.
• One female cat and her offspring can produce 420,000 cats in just seven
  years.
• One female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 dogs in six years.
• An estimated 65 million cats are roaming the country without homes.
• Though estimates vary, some studies suggest that as many as 10 million pets are euthanized in the United States each year. This does not take into
  account the numbers that are abandoned and die alone, are victims of
  disease, starvation, or are hit by cars.

Each year Friends of Animals rescues hundreds of animals, and while we are committed to finding a permanent, loving home for each one, it is clear we cannot adopt our way out of the pet over-population problem: The key to ending euthanasia of unwanted pets is to spay and neuter.

In 2008, we will spend nearly $50,000 on spay and neuter services. Your contribution will ensure that we are able to continue this vital program.

By the end of this year, with your support, our new rescue and rehabilitation facility in Browns Canyon will be up and running. This facility will allow us to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home hundreds more animals each year. Our new facility will house a spay and neuter clinic, which will provide services for all dogs and cats in the FOA program, as well as low or no-cost services in the local area. In addition, the center will provide treatment, medications and convalescent care for animals in need.

But none of this will be possible without your financial assistance. We need to raise $150,000 to help pay for medical equipment and supplies that can provide lifesaving treatment, spay and neuter surgeries, and therapy to heal neglected and abused animals.

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this cause. Please join us in this important work! Your continued support is vital to our vision of a time when there will be no more homeless pets.

Your tax deductible contribution will:
Spay/neuter and vaccinate one cat, $50
Spay/neuter and vaccinate one dog, $100
Spay/neuter and vaccinate a litter of kittens, $250
Spay/neuter and vaccinate a litter of puppies, $500
Help underwrite feral cat spay/neuter program, $1,000