PAW WARS 2023
Calling on all contestants to play the next round of PAW WARS!
This original game was created by SNAP in recognition of National Spay-Neuter Awareness Month in February. The objective is to see if dogs, cats, or rabbits, are the most popular pets in the community. The anticipated outcome is a free clinic in a lower-income neighborhood for the pet that receives the most votes.
Cats won the top spots in 2021 and 2022, but can the felines remain the reigning champion again in 2023? Vote for DOG, CAT, or RABBIT as the best pet, starting at just $1 per vote. Our goal is to raise $3,500 to make a free clinic possible for animals that may otherwise never receive medical care during their lifetime. Contest ends February 28, 2023. (Click the pet image to vote!)
Latest News
Legacy of Love and Reduction
A beloved teacher is honored by loved ones with spay and neuter clinics in place of flowers. San Diego, California ̶ Family and friends have come together to remember and honor Christine Fax-Huckaby, a beloved teacher at Sweetwater High School, by reducing pet overpopulation. Two spay and neuter clinics on the SNAP Neuter Scooter are being sponsored in Christine’s honor at Sweetwater High School. These spay and neuter clinics will help [...]
Petco Foundation Renews its Investment in the Lifesaving Work of the Spay-Neuter Action Project
Grant of $12,000 will extend efforts to save more animal lives throughout San Diego County. San Diego, April 2019 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego (SNAP), today announced it has been awarded a $12,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its affordable spay/neuter program. The grant will cover the cost of life saving surgical supplies for 200 procedures in underserved communities, which lack the resources to [...]
Through The Years
March 13, 2019 EDUCATIONAL NEWS SNAP has been serving San Diego County for almost 30 years. Our sole mission since that time, has been to reduce pet overpopulation and the suffering that follows. We are recognized as the first animal charity in the region to implement programs to decrease shelter intakes. We also remain the only affordable spay/neuter provider since 2003, to bring affordable spay/neuter clinics via the Neuter Scooter [...]
Animal Welfare Organizations Take Proactive Measures as “Kitten Season” Quickly Approaches
San Diego, January 25, 2019 – As winter makes its way to spring with a warmer climate, unneutered male cats begin to “wander” in search of a mate and before long, hordes of unwanted kittens inundate shelters and rescue groups to the breaking point. To proactively address this annual occurrence, SNAP will hold all-cat spay/neuter clinics on February 3 and 4, at Chula Vista Animal Care Facility, 130 Beyer Way, [...]
SNAP is Asking Adopters to Help Them Earn a Lifesaving Grant Award
San Diego, January 24, 2019 – The Petco Foundation and Spay-Neuter Action Project (SNAP) on behalf of Friends of SNAP, are asking pet adopters to join them in creating the World’s Largest Valentine to shelter pets and the people who care for them. Participants who submit a photo or video valentine at petcofoundation.org/love from January 15 to February 13 will be eligible to win exciting daily prizes, and will give [...]
SNAP Receives $5,000 to Extend Lifesaving Efforts, Thanks to Maddie
San Diego, October 30, 2018 – SNAP announced today that a $5,000 grant has been received from Maddie’s Fund®, a national family foundation established by Dave and Cheryl Duffield to revolutionize the status and well-being of companion animals. The funding will increase spay/neuter clinics under TRIBAL-SNAP, a program implemented in 2017 to decrease the birth-rate of wild dogs common to Native-American reservations. Procedures are performed on location inside SNAPs Neuter [...]
Rabbits Added to SNAPs Affordable Spay/Neuter Program
San Diego, September 30, 2018 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego, today announced that the inaugural rabbit clinic will take place on Sunday, October 7, at the San Diego House Rabbit Society, located at 4807-A Mercury Street, San Diego, 92111. SNAP, a registered non-profit since 1996, is recognized as the first organization in San Diego county, to implement programs to reduce the number of companion animals destroyed annually [...]
SNAP Surgical Bus to be on Active Duty at Woof Walk!
San Diego, September 20, 2018 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego, today announced that the Neuter Scooter will sponsor and perform procedures for pets of military personnel through MIL-SNAP, during Woof Walk 2018, on Sunday, September 23, FREE of charge, at Turner Field Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado, beginning at 8 am. SNAP, a registered non-profit since 1996, is recognized as the first organization in San Diego county, [...]
Helping More Dogs Find Homes: Friends of SNAP Receives PEDIGREE Foundation Grant
San Diego, December 26, 2018 – Over 45,000 homeless animals end up in our local shelters every year. That is why Friends of SNAP is pleased to announce it has received a grant from PEDIGREE Foundation to support its rescue and rehome program, of primarily chihuahuas and chihuahua blends, the second most euthanized dog breed in the shelter system. Friends of SNAP, a self-funded entity, has a close relationship with [...]
Animal Welfare Organization to Host “Large Dog Only” Specialty Spay Clinic
San Diego, August 26, 2018 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego, or SNAP, today announced it will host a “large dog only” specialty spay/neuter clinic on Sunday, August 26, at Camp Run-A-Mutt, 35 N Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista. Check in starts at 8:00 am today! SNAP, a registered non-profit founded in 1990, is recognized as the first organization in San Diego County, to implement programs to reduce the [...]
Lifesaving Spay/Neuter Mobile Unit Turns 15!
San Diego, August 13, 2018 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego, or SNAP, today announced that the “Neuter Scooter” surgical bus turns 15 this month, or 105, in dog years. This organizational milestone will be recognized with a cake celebration on Wednesday, August 15, 12-1pm, at Camp Run-A-Mutt located at 35 N 4th Avenue in Chula Vista. SNAP, a registered non-profit founded in 1990, is recognized as the [...]
Animal Welfare Organization Tackles Pet Overpopulation on Native American Reservation
San Diego, August 3, 2018 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego, or SNAP, will travel to the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel at Schoolhouse Canyon Road, on Saturday, August 4, to hold an affordable spay/neuter clinic on tribal grounds. SNAP, a registered non-profit, is recognized as the first organization in San Diego County, to implement programs to reduce the number of companion animals euthanized in local shelters each [...]
Animal Welfare Organization Strengthens Emergency Operating Plan Through County Funding
San Diego, July 29, 2018 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego, or SNAP, today announced that a new emergency backup generator and a trailer was personally delivered by Multiquip, Inc., out of Carson, California. SNAP, a registered non-profit, is recognized as the first organization in San Diego County, to implement programs to reduce the number of companion animals euthanized in local shelters each year. In 1990, they published [...]
Free Microchipping Clinics Held to Prepare for Recovery of Pets Scared Off by Fourth of July Fireworks
San Diego, June 22, 2018 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego (SNAP), announced that 376 chips were implanted during free microchipping clinics across San Diego County, at Sweetwater High School in National City, Central Elementary School in San Diego, Kempton Elementary School in Spring Valley, and Fallbrook Feed in Fallbrook, on Saturday, June 23, 2018. SNAP is a 501C3 non-profit organization, in operation since 1990, to reduce the [...]
Students Join Forces with Animal Welfare Organization to Help More Large Dogs Receive Basic Pet Care Services
San Diego, April 6, 2018 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego, recognized as the first organization in San Diego County to provide programs to reduce the tragic outcomes of pet overpopulation, will host a “large dog only” specialty spay/neuter clinic on Saturday, April 7, on the grounds of Castle Park Middle School in Chula Vista. Doors open at 8:00 am. SNAP, as more commonly known, is a registered [...]
Spay-Neuter Action Project to Commemorate World SPAY DAY at the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center
San Diego, February 26, 2018 – The Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego (SNAP), today announced that it will host a site visit by the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, during its clinic in the parking lot of the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, on Tuesday, February 27, beginning at 8:30 am. Neuter Scooter at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation Feb 27,2018 • 8:30 am • Location: 404 Euclid [...]
Meet Dorell Phillips Sackett of Spay-Neuter Action Project of San Diego
FEBRUARY 2018 Today we’d like to introduce you to Dorell Phillips Sackett. Dorell, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today. I grew up in Rhode Island, with many pets, as my dad brought home abandoned, malnourished dogs he would see on his truck route. Throughout my childhood, I wondered why anyone would leave these sweet animals [...]