ABOUT US
Vision & Mission
OUR VISION is a compassionate Greater Cincinnati where no pet is homeless and every family has access to quality & affordable spay/neuter and other basic veterinary care to keep pets in their loving homes.
OUR MISSION is to prevent the unnecessary euthanasia of cats and dogs in Greater Cincinnati by providing quality & affordable spay/neuter and basic wellness care, helping pets stay where they belong - at home.
Our Story
We were founded as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in 2001 to stop the endless cycle of accidental and unwanted births of cats and dogs which resulted in the euthanasia of thousands of homeless cats and dogs in Greater Cincinnati shelters.
At that time, over 70,000 puppies and kittens were being born each day in the U.S., compared to 10,000 humans, and over half of those born were accidental, unwanted litters. As a result, millions of cats and dogs entered U.S. shelters each year and millions of them were being euthanized due to lack of space and resources at those shelters.
Thanks to generous donors and grants, we are able to save lives of cats and dogs in our community every day by:
- Combating pet overpopulation through low-cost (free to those who cannot afford anything) spay/neuter surgery, preventing unwanted litters.
- Humanely stopping the exponential growth of the community cat population by trapping, sterilizing and vaccinating community cats.
- Preventing costly illnesses that force owners to surrender their pets to shelters by offering low-cost or free core vaccines.
- Collaborating with our community partners to enable pet owners to keep their beloved pets, particularly during times of temporary crisis.
Spay/Neuter Services
Our clinic is based upon the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance low-cost, high volume spay/neuter clinic model which has been implemented successfully in hundreds of communities across the United States.
That model addresses the two main reasons people do not sterilize their pets: cost and lack of access to spay/neuter services. We eliminate both of those impediments by offering professional, low-cost spay/neuter surgeries, free to those who cannot afford to pay anything through generous grants and donations.
Our service area is comprised of 15 counties in Southwest OH, Northern KY and Southeast IN which has a population of nearly 2.3 million, making Greater Cincinnati the largest metro area in the State of Ohio.
In 2014, thanks to a generous capital grant from The Joanie Bernard Foundation, we opened our state-of-the-art clinic at 2830 Colerain Avenue in the Camp Washington area of Cincinnati.
As a result of the over 200,000 spay/neuter surgeries performed by us, the number of animals entering Greater Cincinnati shelters each year has decreased, as has the resulting euthanasia of those homeless cats and dogs.
But we still have more work to do!
Wellness Services
In 2015, we began offering vaccine clinics on Fridays where low-income pet owners could obtain low-cost core vaccines for their pets to prevent preventable, costly illnesses. They can also obtain microchips with lifetime registrations at a very low cost so if their pet is ever lost, it can be returned to them rather than entering the shelter system.
Community Partnerships
We partner with many of the county shelters in our service area, and the private rescues pulling from them, to provide low-cost spay/neuter services - which make these animals "adoption-ready."
We also partner with local social service agencies like Found House Interfaith Hospitality Network and The ION Center for Violence Prevention to keep families and pets together during times of temporary crisis such as homelessness or domestic abuse. We provide FREE spay/neuter surgery and core vaccines to pets so their owners can meet landlord and/or temporary shelters requirements and find affordable, pet-friendly housing.
“When I learned that something as simple as vaccinations and spay/neuter surgery could keep a family from losing their beloved pet—or prevent another animal from entering an overcrowded shelter—I knew this was where my donation mattered. This isn’t just pet care. It’s keeping families whole and fixing the problem before it starts.”