SPCA Monterey County Will Have Low-Cost Mobile Spay & Neuter Clinics in King City on January 15 & 22

SPCA Monterey County is offering low-cost mobile spay and neuter services in King City this January, made possible by the support of their donors.

SPCA Monterey County upcoming mobile spay/neuters in King City include:

Thursday, January 15: King City Recreation Center, 401 Division St.

Thursday, January 22: King City Recreation Center, 401 Division St.

This is in addition to their low-cost Veterinary Clinic at the SPCA, available by appointment Monday through Friday every week, which spays and neuters over 8,000 animals every year and offers free feral cat surgeries year-round.

The cost for these mobile clinics in King City is just $95 for male dogs and puppies and $55 for all cats and kittens. The price includes the pet’s surgery and rabies vaccination. The surgeries are available to pets 2 months to 6 years of age, weighing 2 to 30 pounds. These clinics are open to all Monterey County residents.

Deposits to hold your spot are required. Make your appointment now at www.spcamc.org/mobile.

Since the SPCA Veterinary Clinic opened in 1976, our work has greatly reduced pet overpopulation in Monterey County and made a difference for the pets and people who count on us by providing high-quality, affordable surgeries. We have spayed and neutered over 195,000 animals, preventing the birth of hundreds of thousands of unwanted pets in our community. Last year, SPCA Monterey County spayed and neutered 8,258 local animals, including over 1,600 free feral cat surgeries.

Donor support makes their lifesaving services possible, from spay/neuter to animal rescue, disaster response, sheltering all types of animals, our pet food bank, wildlife rescue, humane education, emergency surgeries, and more. Your love truly changes lives! Donate online at www.spcamc.org/donate

SPCA Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. The SPCA is not a chapter of any other agency and does not have a parent organization. They shelter homeless, neglected and abused pets and livestock, and provide humane education and countless other services to the community. They are the local agency you call to investigate animal cruelty, rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife, and aid domestic animals in distress.

Online: www.SPCAmc.org

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