OPERATION KINDNESS

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This project is a volunteer-ran collaborated effort to help rural residents in Johnson County, MO obtain affordable spay/neuter services for felines(cats)/canines(dogs).  With the continual increase in gasoline prices, this program has become even more vitally needed!   CARRMISSOURI® has signed an agreement with Dr. Cheryl Albin of Sedalia, Missouri (State/Board Certified Veterinarian) to perform high-quality/low-cost surgical services to the public, to help combat the animal pet overpopulation problems.  To make this possible and help the public, we are providing transportation to/from her office in Sedalia.  

How the program works:  we make mutual agreed upon meeting spots on/around 50 hwy to meet in the mornings between 7-8 am.  Then we transport your animals to Dr. Albin's office for surgery.  We then make pre-arranged  meeting spots to meet you again that evening, generally around 5-6pm for you to pick up your pet(s).  So the surgery is a one day event!   

OPERATION KINDNESS/POLICY & SUGGESTIONS:  

• Prices: Domestic Felines $40, Feral/Barn Cat Felines $35 and Canines $50, which includes all surgery costs.  At time of surgery only she/we will offer the following services:  Distemper Vaccinations $10, Rabies Vaccinations $10, Heartworm Testing $15, and Microchip $15.  We are hoping to add additional services at the time of surgery, as contributions and/or donations are received to do such. (effective July 1, 2009 price increase was implemented.)
• We have no income requirements for this program, this service is available to the entire public, but it is only available for healthy and young cats/dogs.   
• Minimum weight for canines (dogs) is 20 lbs.  Suggested age is 3 months and up and weighing at least 15 lbs.  Puppies should have minimum of two sets of vaccination already (we recommend highly that your puppy have at minimum the following two component vaccinations two weeks prior to any surgery: Parvovirus is a serious viral dog disease affecting the intestines, white blood cells, and heart. Fever, vomiting, dehydration, and severe diarrhea are associated with this disease. In puppies, this disease can often be fatal.  Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) CDV is a contagious, viral dog disease that that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems. It is commonly transmitted by contact with infected dogs, or their environments (most commonly transmitted through airborne viral particles that dogs breathe in). CDV occurs among domestic dogs and many other carnivores, including raccoons, skunks, and foxes. There is no cure for CDV, so treatment is supportive.) To learn more about what vaccinations and when your dog should receive these, click here.
• Minimum weight for felines (cats) is 3 lbs.   Suggested age is 3 months and up. Kittens should have minimum of one set of vaccinations already (we recommend highly that your kitten have at minimum the FVRCP vaccination two weeks prior to any surgery. FVRCP stands for:  Feline Rhinotracheitis, Calici, Panleukopenia.) To learn more about what vaccinations and when your cat should receive these, click here.
• VACCINATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED ONLY SUGGESTED.  You can have vaccinations performed at time of surgery at a very reasonable cost, see above.
• Pets should not have any water/food after 10:00pm, the night prior to surgery.  For anesthesia purposes.
• Pets will need to receive post-op care from you, that requires you to keep the pets contained inside out of harms way and from the elements of the weather for 5-10 days after surgery, for a healthy and successful recovery from surgery.  
• If you are performing TNR on feral cats/dogs, we will make suggestions on how to perform these processes and suggestions above.  With a returnable deposit we can loan you the humane traps.
• All feral/free-roaming cats must participate in the humane TNR program to receive the feral cat program service cost ($35).  This requires that the left ear be ear-tipped.  To learn more about this safe and humane ear-tipping protocol, click here. 
• Payments of services are due the day of surgery.  All checks, money orders, cashier checks must be made payable to:  CARRMISSOURI. 
• Surgical medical care permission forms will need to be completed by the owner or caretaker, at the time of drop off in the morning.  As well as, transportation permission forms for transporting your pet(s) by a volunteer of CARRMISSOURI® to/from Dr. Albin's office in Sedalia.  
• All animals must be transported in an appropriate size traveling crate.  If you need us to provide the crate, please just let us know.  For medium to extra large dogs we provide the crates, due to space.
• Our Veterinarian does perform pregnancy termination, at no extra cost, as long as they are not in the last term of the pregnancy.  Additional post-op instructions may be given to ensure a healthy and successful recovery from surgery.  She does perform surgeries on animals that are in heat, without additional charge, unless she feels that the risks are too great.  She does perform surgeries on males that may have cryptorchid, at no additional charge.
• A phone number where you can be reached that day, must be given, so that if the Veterinarian has questions or concerns she can reach you.

There is a $5 transport surcharge incorporated into each animals surgery price above, this expense helps us pay for gasoline and general maintenance expenses on the vehicles we use to transport your animals to receive low-cost spay and neuter at Dr. Cheryl Albin's Clinic.  The vehicles that are used belong to each volunteer, and not CARRMISSOURI.   

Public funding to support this effort is needed to keep this project going!  If you would like to help and donate money or gasoline cards to keep this project going, please send your donations to: CARRMISSOURI®, c/o OPERATION KINDNESS, P.O. BOX 101, HOLDEN, MISSOURI 64040.

Your donation is tax-deductible as allowed by the IRS.

Myths about spay and neuter.  If you want to learn more about the TRUTH about spay/neuter, pet over population and dumped animals: please click here.

To learn more about TNR (trap-neuter-return) for free-roaming cats: please contact Alley Cats Allies or click here.  We do perform humane TNR and can loan you traps, with a refundable deposit fee.  

If you have a large colony on your property, we can help by setting up a special plan, that addresses your entire colony so that it becomes manageable instead of unmanageable!   And it can happen FAST... In less than three years, you can have over 1000 cats from all the offsprings and their offsprings and their offsprings - all of which are continuing to reproduce!  Here is a picture to proof (a real local farm) of how fast it can happen to you!  

If you are a Veterinarian located in Johnson County, Missouri or a surrounding county and would like to participate in this desperately needed community project collaboration effort with us, please contact Tisha at: 816-697-5055.  Thank you.

   LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW!

Dr. Cheryl Albin - Spay and Neuter Clinic, Sedalia, 660-473-1789

Spay & Neuter of Kansas City, www.snkc.net, 816-353-0940

No More Homeless Pets of Kansas City, www.kcpets.org, 816-333-PETS

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"Over 80 million dogs/cats die or are killed just in shelters every single year!  This is not an individual problem - this is a community and national social public policy problem!  We don't own this planet, we are caretakers to it - and all of it's inhabitants!  If this is not genocide against a species then what is?  Pet over- population is a every community problem across this nation, and it can be humanely addressed and solved.  By sterilizing animals, one animal at a time, it still will take us 100 plus years to ever reach a level of not being in an animal overpopulation crisis.  

Perhaps one day our shelters will no longer euthanize animals because of space, time frame or money.  Perhaps we will have a day on this planet when all species are valued as a life form, rather than a material possession."  

- Tisha.