Contact: 	Lisa Garza, Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic,(432) 816-6053, affordableclinic@outlook.com

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Petco Love and Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic Aim to
Stop the Spread of Deadly Preventable Diseases Through Free Pet Vaccinations
As Part of Petco Love’s Initiative to Provide One Million Free Pet Vaccines,
Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic Will Give Free Vaccines to Family Pets

Big Spring, TX (December 14, 2022) – Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic will provide free vaccinations for Howard County area pets. The free vaccines are made possible through Petco Love's new national vaccination initiative, which is providing one million free pet vaccines to existing animal welfare partners, including Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic, for family pets in need.

Parvovirus and distemper in dogs and panleukopenia in cats — the most prevalent deadly diseases affecting pets — are preventable with a simple vaccine. An estimated 30% of pet parents do not take their pet to a veterinarian annually for preventative care. To ensure the health and wellness of our beloved pets and to address this critical need, Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic and Petco Love have partnered to make pet vaccines free and accessible.

Through this national effort, Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic aims to vaccinate 600 pets.
You are asked to call (432) 816-6053 to schedule your appointment. The free vaccines distributed through the Petco Love initiative will be the DAPPv Canine and HCP Feline vaccines. Don’t Litter also offers affordable spay and neuter services, tick/flea/heartworm prevention, and microchips.

“Thanks to Petco Love, we can offer these important vaccines at no cost to pet owners,” said Lisa Garza, Vice President of Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic. “We urge community members to take advantage of this no-cost resource to ensure the health and wellness of our community’s pets.”

“It is heartbreaking when any pet suffers or dies from a disease that could have been prevented. It is further exacerbated when unvaccinated pets come into busy shelter kennels, where these deadly diseases can spread quickly, resulting in multiple deaths, skyrocketing expenses, and hindering saving pet lives,” said Susanne Kogut, Petco Love President. “By creating greater awareness and making this crucial preventative care more accessible to pets not currently receiving these lifesaving vaccines, we can prevent the dangerous spread of disease.”

For more information about vaccine distribution, contact Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic at (432) 816-6053, go to our website, and Facebook page. Learn more about Petco Love’s lifesaving impact at PetcoLove.org.

About Don’t Litter Affordable Spay and Neuter Clinic

Don’t Litter Affordable Spay & Neuter Clinic is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims at providing affordable spay and neuter services, and vaccinations for dogs and cats. Our goal is to reduce the population of unwanted dogs and cats that flood into our shelters and pound where lives are lost because there is simply not enough room to house the amount of unwanted animals.

Our first clinic was September 3, 2021. To date we have successfully altered 778 dogs and cats and have administered over 2,000 vaccinations. We aim to increase this number in 2023 by providing an additional day for surgeries. We truly feel this is the solution to our overpopulation that exists in our small town and surrounding areas. We want to reach out and help the veterans, senior citizens, and citizens who cannot afford to have their dog or cat vaccinated and fixed.

Our clinic was started and is ran by four ladies who all share a passion for helping homeless animals and volunteer their time doing this. After spending years of rescuing and fostering (a lot of the times the same litters to homeless moms) we decided the community needed to fix the problem before it became a problem. We decided to save lives through spaying and neutering.

About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide.

Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit petcolove.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.