*UPDATE: The Spayathon for Puerto Rico has been extended! The Government of Puerto Rico has granted HSUS six additional Spayathon rounds which will extend this amazing initiative into the year 2021. Between all organizations involved, we hope to spay and neuter over 60,000 MORE cats and dogs across the island of Puerto Rico!
Round 1 – June 3-9, 2018 (5,294 animals safely spayed/neutered and vaccinated)
Round 2 – November 3-9, 2018 (7,722 animals safely spayed/neutered and vaccinated)
Round 3 – February 3-9, 2019 (8,248 animals safely spayed/neutered and vaccinated)
Round 4 – May 3-9, 2019 (8,644 animals safely spayed/neutered and vaccinated)
Round 5 – November 2-7, 2019 (7,194 animals safely spayed/neutered and vaccinated)
Round 6 – February 21-26, 2020 (8,298 animals safely spayed/neutered and vaccinated)
**Our May 2020 (Round 7) clinic was unfortunately canceled due to health concerns related to COVID-19**
We will continue to update our website as further decisions are made about upcoming Spayathon for Puerto Rico clinics.
Our goal is to assist in reducing the number of dogs and cats living on the streets in Puerto Rico. Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in November of 2017, pet overpopulation has become an increasing problem and there have been concerns that public health will decline with more dogs and cats contracting rabies on the island. There is a strong need for sterilization and vaccination of street animals all across Puerto Rico to prevent animal suffering and better public health overall. During The Spayathon, all spay and neuter surgeries will be provided for free and all animals sterilized will be provided free rabies vaccinations as well as free leptosporosis vaccinations for dogs and free FVRCP vaccinations for cats.
ViDAS could not be more proud to be a part of this phenomenal coalition in order to provide high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter for the dogs and cats of Puerto Rico. Rounds 1-6 of the Spayathon were very successful! ViDAS has performed 19,182 spay and neuter surgeries in total between these six clinics! By the end of the first four rounds of The Spayathon, our goal was to safely perform over 10,000 spays and neuters on dogs and cats. We achieved that and even more!
Round 7 of The Spayathon was originally planned for May of 2020 and was unfortunately canceled due to COVID-19. We hope that this international crisis will resolve quickly so that we can hold future Spayathon for Puerto Rico events. Please check our Facebook and Instagram pages for updates as well as this web page. You can also visit our Get Involved page to see how you can become a part of future clinics.
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