NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – To help reduce the population of homeless pets, the Nassau Humane Society (NHS) offered free spay-neuter services over the summer.
NHS received a grant from the Florida Animal Friend license-plate program that provided the organization an opportunity to support other community partners in combating animal overpopulation.
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Since May, NHS Mobile Clinic has provided free spay-neuter services to Cats Angels, Nassau County Animal Services and Saving Animals from Euthanasia (SAFE) in St. Augustine.
“The grant will come to an end at the end of August but our work to reduce the overpopulation of animals and homeless pets will continue,” NHS Executive Director Chantel Scherer said.
NHS will use its “new cutting-edge, self-contained” mobile veterinary clinic to provide low-cost health care services from September 2024, including spay-neuter, vaccinations and microchipping.
“Our new clinic has been made possible by our generous donors, but to reach our goal of providing low-cost healthcare to the animals who need it most, we need continued support,” Scherer said.
According to a news release, Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) programs are an effective place to start as shelter admissions surged by nearly 8,000 cats and dogs in 2003 throughout Florida compared to the previous year as reported by the UF Health Florida Shelter Animal Census.
To support the clinic, you can donate at nassauhumane.org.
The NHS Adoption Center is located at 639 Airport Road in Fernandina Beach. For information, please call 904-321-1647 or visit NassauHumane.org.