FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Diego, CA – February 25, 2025
Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) has received a $5,000 grant from Ethel Frends Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee to help San Diego County low-income pet owners have their large dogs spayed and neutered. Two unaltered dogs and their offspring can be responsible for more than 65,000 puppies being born within 6 years. Our local animal shelters are over capacity, and accidental and unwanted litters are creating overcrowding and potential euthanasia of older, friendly dogs. Spay/neuter is the best solution.
The dogs getting spayed and neutered on the SNAP Neuter Scooter mobile surgical bus and at SNAP East Spay Center in El Cajon will also receive a health exam, nail trimming, flea and tick treatment, deworming, pain medication, recovery collars, and vaccinations. Wound care is provided when needed, and for a nominal fee, neutering of animals with cryptorchidism, loose teeth extraction, simple hernia repairs, and microchips.
In addition to preventing even more animals from entering already overburdened animal shelters, SNAP’s low-cost spay/neuter services benefit pets and their owners. Spay/neuter helps pets by reducing their cancer risk and urge to fight, increasing their life expectancy, helping them to be more relaxed and happier, and reducing their chances of getting lost while wandering to find a mate. Behavioral problems such as house soiling and marking, roaming, and aggression are also reduced. Pets can have direct health benefits to their owners by effects on cardiovascular health, increased physical activity for dog owners, decreased loss of the ability to conduct activities of daily living, and mental health benefits including reduced symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for military veterans and disaster victims. SNAP’s services can help to enrich the lives of senior citizens, in particular, by extending their pets’ life expectancy an average of two years and thereby allowing the seniors to spend more time with their beloved pets who frequently are their only source of companionship inside the home.
Ethel Frends Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee is recognized as a Silver Paws SNAP donor, due to their generous and continued support of SNAP’s lifesaving work.
About the Ethel Frends Foundation
The Ethel Frends Foundation was established in 1997 to support and promote canine care and/or canine education. The Frends Foundation supports organizations that serve Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties.
About Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP)
SNAP was founded in 1990 and became a registered nonprofit organization in 1996. SNAP was the first organization in the San Diego region to implement programs to reduce the number of companion animals euthanized in local shelters. SNAP brings no- and low-cost spay/neuter services directly to communities struggling with chronic pet overpopulation. SNAP has become the primary provider of affordable spay/neuter services to the San Diego community, and has fixed more than 85,000 dogs, cats, and rabbits since 2003. Visit www.snap-sandiego.org to learn more, or follow SNAP on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to keep up with our latest news and events.