Feb 24, 2009 3:11 pm US/Eastern
NYC Animal Shelter To Neuter Pets For Free
NEW YORK (AP) ―
New Yorkers strapped for cash are getting a little help from their city to keep their pets healthy.
A city-funded animal shelter announced a deal Tuesday that will let low-income residents get their pets spayed and neutered for free.
The Animal Care & Control Center is leasing space to the nonprofit Toby Project for $1 a year.
The project will use a mobile clinic to help spay and neuter pets in communities prone to animal overpopulation.
The clinic says it wants to reduce the number of animals that are put down each year. Animal Care & Control says it takes in over 120 homeless animals a day; about 17,000 a year are euthanized at city shelters.
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