Our Commitment to Sterilization

Puppy on an exam table

Many of our low income residents have no transportation or financial means to spay/neuter their animals.  KCAAP's innovative idea of bringing the service to the people has attributed to hundreds of pets in Garland being sterilized that would have otherwise continued to pet overpopulation.

Randy McNair
Garland Animal Services

In 2009 our low-cost spay/neuter program sterilized more than 10,000 animals, including 4,600 free surgeries for needy Texas residents.  The Critter Cruiser, our transport van, allowed us to expand our services to reach a population of over 1,000,000 people.  Along with servicing Kaufman County our van makes trips to:

  • Van Zandt County - two pick ups per month, 40 animals per trip
  • City of Mesquite - one pick up per month, 40 animals per trip
  • City of Garland - one pick up per month, 30 animals per trip
  • Ellis County - two pick ups per month, 80 animals per month
  • Navarro County - one pick up per month, 40 animals per trip
  • City of Wylie - two pick ups per month 40 animals per trip
  • Smith County - three pick ups per month 40 animals per trip
  • City of Grand Prarie
  • City of Irvine
  • City of Richardson
  • City of Arlington

Thanks to additional funding by a private foundation, we just purchased a large temperature controlled box truck that can accommodate 50 animals at a time and was put into service in January 2008. 

Also in January 2009, working with the Humane Society of Smith County, Tyler Texas, we will begin servicing Smith County with four pick ups per month. 

Through Operation Wow, KCAAP will partner with Kittico Cat Rescue to provide spay and neuter resources to dogs in targeted East Dallas zip code areas, while Kittico Cat Rescue provides cat sterilizations. By combining our efforts to spay and neuter both dogs and cats in targeted zip codes areas of East Dallas, we hope to create a significant impact on the number of unwanted animals in this region. Part of this program will also include registering sterilized animals with the City to improve the chances they are returned home, if lost, and help provide funds for future animal control costs. This joint program launches in February 2009.