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Ontario SPCA rolls out Neuter Scooter in Durham Area to assist cut back pet overpopulation
Whitby, ON (Might 2, 2025) – The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society’s Neuter Scooter rolled into Durham Area yesterday, offering accessible spay/neuter providers to assist tackle pet overpopulation in the neighborhood.
On Might 1, the Neuter Scooter transported 18 pre-booked cats from Durham Area to a partnering high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter clinic in Trenton, stopping near an estimated 1,000 probably undesirable offspring. After their surgical procedures, the cats had been returned to their households later that very same day.
“We had been thrilled to carry the Neuter Scooter to Durham Area and assist cut back obstacles to accessing important spay and neuter providers,” says Kayla Montes, Neighborhood Outreach Coordinator with the Humane Society of Durham Area, which is one among 12 Ontario SPCA animal centres throughout the province. “By stopping unplanned litters, we’re supporting the well being of animals and our neighborhood.”
The Neuter Scooter initiative was first piloted in 2024 to make spay/neuter providers extra accessible. Final 12 months it made 36 journeys to communities across the province, making 761 spay/neuter surgical procedures attainable for cats, and stopping greater than an estimated 43,000 probably undesirable offspring.
For extra details about the Neuter Scooter and different Ontario SPCA neighborhood help providers, go to ontariospca.ca/communitysupport
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Media Contact
Kayla Montes
Neighborhood Outreach Coordinator,
Humane Society of Durham Area
289-894-3404
kmontes@ontariospca.ca
The Humane Society of Durham Area
The Humane Society of Durham Area is a registered charity. For over 30 years, the HSDR has been devoted to defending and offering compassionate look after undesirable and abused animals in Durham Area till they discover their perpetually houses. Dedicated to enhancing the lives of animals, HSDR offers training and sources to the neighborhood.
In August 2022, the HSDR formally joined the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society to mix the organizations. This can allow the HSDR to strengthen and develop the applications and neighborhood help providers it offers to assist animals and the households who love them.
The Humane Society of Durham Area acknowledges the lands and folks of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, which is roofed below the Williams Treaties. The HSDR is located on the normal territory of the Mississaugas, a department of the higher Anishinaabeg Nation, which incorporates Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi