Community Outreach Spay Neuter Program
Need Financial Help with Spay or Neuter?
We offer financial help for pet surgery! If you live in one of these counties and qualify for the program, we can help you:
- Meriwether County
- Pike County
- Lamar County
- Upson County
- Spalding County
- Fayette County
Scroll down for further instructions and learn how to apply.
Community Outreach Spay/Neuter Program Mission
To provide strategic solutions and education with a spay/neuter program to help end pet overpopulation and stop the euthanasia of healthy animals in Georgia Animal Shelters.
We are offering the most effective means in combating the pet overpopulation and suffering by providing a low cost spay/neuter program to lower-income and financially struggling pet owners.
If you live in Pike, Meriwether, Lamar, Upson, Spalding, or Fayette County, apply for financial assistance using the forms below.
Request Forms
It comes down to simple Math.
Dog Tsunami – One female dog can produce 2 litters of 6-10 puppies a year. This means that one unspayed female and her offspring can produce over 67,000 dogs in 6 years.
Why spay?
Do you know 67,000 people who want a new dog?
Why Spay/Neuter?
Georgia ranked 6th highest in the nation for shelter euthanasia in 2025, with nearly 20,000 dogs and cats losing their lives. Thousands were euthanized simply because there wasn’t enough space.
As we face the worst pet overpopulation crisis in more than a decade, spay and neuter programs are more important than ever.
Saving animals isn’t just about emptying the sinks (our shelters)—it’s about turning off the faucets. That means preventing unwanted litters, reducing the number of unaltered animals, and addressing irresponsible backyard breeding before animals ever enter the shelter system.
If we truly want fewer animals entering shelters and fewer animals being euthanized, we must shift our focus to the source of the problem. Prevention must become a priority.
By investing in affordable, accessible spay and neuter services and building healthier, more responsible communities, we can reduce the number of animals who ever need shelter in the first place. Healthy communities create healthy shelters—not the other way around.
Prevention isn’t just part of the solution—it is the solution’s foundation.
NO BIRTH = STOPPING PET OVERPOPULATION AT THE SOURCE.
Medical Benefits to Spay/Neuter
– Spayed/neutered pets live longer than unaltered pets.
– Eliminates the risk of pregnancy and delivery related problems.
– Spaying prevents uterine infections and decreases the incidence of breast tumors, which can be malignant.
– Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases.
– Neutering your male companion can help prevent testicular cancer and prostate disease.
Behavioral Benefits to Spay/Neuter
– Spaying female pets eliminates heat cycles and associated nuisance behaviors, including incessant crying, anxiety, urine spraying, roaming to find male and/or attracting male pets.
– Neutering male pets curbs roaming away from home to find females in heat, urine spraying, marking their territory, and/or some dominant behaviors.
Debunking Spay/Neuter Myths and Misconceptions
Pet owners cite many reasons why they won’t spay or neuter their pets. Among them:
“My pet will become fat.”
Too much food and lack of exercise make a pet fat. If you monitor food intake and provide exercise, your pets will stay trim.
“Purebred so can’t be fixed.”
Purebreds and their offspring also end up homeless in shelters. Purebreds not spayed or neutered can also contribute to the problem of overpopulation.
“I will find good homes for all of the kittens or puppies.”
If each of the great homes ready to welcome your pet’s offspring would instead adopt from a shelter, they–and you–could potentially save the lives of deserving animals waiting for a new home. Shelters and rescues cannot keep up! We get messages daily from all over Georgia. They are making hard decisions.
“It’s not cost-effective.”
Compared to the cost of emergency care for a complicated pregnancy or delivery, or the cost of vetting & caring for a litter of kittens or puppies, it’s definitely the better, most cost-effective option.
Spay/Neuter Resources
If you live outside our service area –Pike, Meriwether, Lamar, Upson, Spalding, or Fayette counties– please call your local animal shelter for assistance or contact a resource in your county.
How can you help?
As a nonprofit animal rescue funded 100% by donations, we urgently need your support to keep our Community Outreach Spay/Neuter Program available to families who need it most.
Every dollar you give creates change. Every donation is a step toward a future where fewer animals suffer, fewer are abandoned, and more are given the chance to live safe, loved lives.
Please don’t wait. Donate today. Help stop the cycle. Save lives tomorrow.
Thank you for your compassion and support.
Other ways to help:
– Educate friends, family, and neighbors about the benefits of spaying and neutering.
– Share information about low-cost clinics and assistance programs on social media.
– Encourage pet owners to schedule surgeries before accidental litters occur.
– Provide company leads looking to help fund spay/neuter efforts of animal rescue non-profits.
With your help we can keep more and more dogs/cats from being killed just because they were born.
If you have any questions, please email spayneuter@cocoscupboardinc.org
DOG Spay / Neuter Request Form
CAT Spay / Neuter Request Form
