New clinic offers hope for pets

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne's first non-profit low cost spay and neuter clinic is now open.  It's operated by HOPE for Animals, a group dedicated to reducing unnecessary pet euthanization.

Dogs and cats can be spayed or neutered for about $40-$65.

The clinic also offers vaccines at a reduced cost.

"We started as a rescue, and we quickly realized that we were not going to be able to solve the problem that way," said Madeleine Laird, Executive Director of HOPE for Animals Spay and Neuter Clinic.  "We partnered with Spay Indiana for a conference and found out that spay and neuter was really the only way we were ever going to get a handle on the overpopulation problem."

The clinic is located at 1333 Maycrest Dr.  That's near the intersection of Lake Ave. and Hobson Rd.

Hope officials say more than ten thousand pets are euthanized in Fort Wayne every year.