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Lakes Animal Friendship Society to host spay and neuter clinics next week

The Lakes Animal Friendship Society will be hosting a spay and neuter clinic for low income families in the Lakes District.

The procedure will cost $50 for cats and dogs with families being asked to bring proof of income and address.

According to Volunteer Alistair Schroff, one of the society’s mandates is to help people get the procedure done for their pets.

He said that there have been a lot of people looking for help for this service.

“There’s a lot of pent up demand for spay and neuter surgeries largely because of COVID, there’s a few factors like a lot of people got pets during COVID and then also at vet clinics their capacity was greatly limited ,” Schroff said.

He added that they are working with Vet to Pet in Smithers and that priority will be given to female dogs and cats.

Schroff explained why it is important to spay and neuter your pets.

“It’s good for your pet, it’s good for your family and it’s good for the community. It’s good for the pet because having puppies and kittens can be dangerous for a pet giving birth,” he said.

According to Schroff, refraining from spaying or neutering your pet could increase the risk for certain cancers and infections.

The Burns Lake clinic will be held at the back of the Burns Lake Public Library with the doors opening at 8 a.m from June 23 to June 26.

Those wishing to take part in the clinic are advised to come early as spots fill up quickly.

As for the Smithers and Houston area the Northwest Animal Shelter hosts a similar program called SNAP which also provides low income families help with the procedure.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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