Raleigh County and the surrounding areas’ animal control picks up stray dogs and cats daily. It’s a real problem.
But the Spay-Neuter Voucher Program for low-income county residents has been impactful.
“The city and county do this every year. Then we go in with a grant and the city matches us or we match them,” said Raleigh County Commission President Greg Duckworth. “It affords people the opportunity to come in and get a voucher to get their pet spayed or neutered.”
The Commission is considering a $5,000 grant.
“I think you got to keep chipping away and move the mission forward, and that is spay-neutering unkept animals that just keep having puppies and kittens,”
According to the Commission president, they are up on people’s houses and trailers and the spay-neuter program is a way of curbing that.
“We see results every year from this,” said Duckworth. “They go out the door pretty quick, with all the money spent by folks who come in and get a voucher to get their animals spayed or neutered.”
