Grants awarded globally to 20 spay and neuter programs

Photos courtesy of SPCA International

SPCA International’s partner Red de Apoyo Canino in Venezuela held a spay-and-neuter clinic on February 1, 2025, in a remote town in Maracaibo, El Bajo, Municipality of San Francisco. Twenty-one cats and 11 dogs were sterilized at the event.

Global animal welfare organization SPCA International has awarded $165,000 in grants to support spay-and-neuter programs worldwide in recognition of Spay-and-Neuter Awareness Month in February. These funds will provide an estimated 10,000 animals with sterilization services.

Spaying and neutering is the most effective way to prevent animal overpopulation and alleviate suffering, according to SPCA International. The recipients of organization’s grants provide critical care for animals around the world by implementing spay-and-neuter initiatives and bringing awareness to this approach to population control.

“Spay-and-neuter programs are not only the most humane solution to overpopulation, but they are, alongside vaccinations, crucial for improving the health and welfare of animals across the globe” Lori Kalef, director of programs at SPCA International, said in an organizational release. “We are proud to support and reinforce these incredible organizations and partners, who are dedicated to advancing these efforts.”

Grants were awarded to 20 animal welfare organizations. Recipients includes the following:

A canine patient at the Red de Apoyo Canino clinic

• Amici Cannis in Ecuador
• Animal Balance in Bahamas and the US
• Australian Pet Welfare
• Every Life Matters Charitable Foundation in Ukraine
• Fiona Animal Refuge in Mexico and the US
• Help Animals - Cat Shelter Jessica in Serbia
• Jerusalem SPCA in Israel
• Lake Zone Animal Welfare Organization in Tanzania
• Lawrence County Humane Society in New Castle, Pennsylvania
• Nepal Street Animal Rescue in Nepal
• Pet Project Rescue in Mexico and the US
• Red de Apoyo Canino in Venezuela
• Resgate Animal Rio in Brazil
• Romania Animal Rescue in Romania
• Southwest Coast SPCA in Canada
• Sterilise Our Strays - SOS Algarve Animals in Portugal
• Tahira Animal Welfare Foundation in Pakistan
• Tanzania Humane Charity in Tanzania
• Voluntary Education and Relief Initiative for Tanzanian Society in Tanzania
• Worldwide Vets, a global organization

Although spaying and neutering is widely recognized as the most effective method for controlling overpopulation, according to the SPCA International, many areas around the world still lack access to these essential services. SPCA International’s partner organizations are often working in areas where spaying and neutering is not common practice, to raise awareness about the importance of humane animal population control and implement local initiatives. Spay-and-neuter programs can also help to reduce the inhumane practice of culling of dogs and other harmful population control measures.

SPCA International’s partner organizations provide spaying and neutering services in rural villages and urban cities worldwide. Many of these organizations’ spay/neuter programs include an education component. The grants awarded by SPCA International aim to support a range of local programs, from mobile clinics to education campaigns, all focused on increasing access to spay-and-neuter services and improving the lives of animals.

Reference

SPCA International awards $165,000 in grants to global animal welfare organizations to fund spay-and-neuter programs. News release. SPCA International. January 30, 2025.