At a regular vet, getting your pet spayed or neutered can run you upward of $400. That’s a ridiculously high rate considering how critical these surgeries are to our pets and local wildlife. The Pet Community Center in East Nashville has been spaying and neutering dogs and cats on the cheap since it opened in 2014, and the center will work with clients who are struggling to come up with the funds. Plus, they partner with Metro Animal Care and Control to sterilize thousands of community cats per year. This, along with other MACC practices, has made euthanasia necessary only when a kitty is critically ill, and the euthanasia rate has gone from 86 percent to 9 percent since the Community Cat Program began. The folks who work at the PCC care about every single animal that comes their way, from a cherished family pet to a wild old tomcat. They seem to like people, too.
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Natalie Corwin at the Pet Community Center
