S.N.I.P
S.N.I.P is a new program intended to help inner city residents access spay and neuter services for their cats. The following article describes the program and its goals.
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S.N.I.P. (Spay and Neuter Inner-city Pet) Program was founded in April of this year. From 2003 to December 2008, a member of S.N.I.P. who lives in William Whyte, transported over 1500 inner-city and North End cats to the Winnipeg Humane Society or Sherbrook Animal Hospital to be spayed and neutered. She has been working with the Winnipeg Humane Society since 2004 to find solutions to reduce the cat overpopulation problem in Winnipeg’s low-income neighbourhoods.
In January of 2009, the Winnipeg Humane Society began it’s own booking and transporting of cats to be spayed and neutered. A group of residents saw the need to continue promoting the spaying and neutering of cats at a grass roots level and founded S.N.I.P. with the following mandate in Winnipeg’s North End:
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Promotion of the Winnipeg Humane Society’s Cat Alive! Spay and neuter program through flyers ,posters, and other methods of marketing
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Promotion of health care tips and information to low-income North End and Inner-city Residents
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Advocating for low-income pet owners in pet policy decisions such as cat licensing
S.N.I.P. is run solely by volunteers and is looking for the following:
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Help in printing and distributing flyers
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Donations to cover the cost of flyers and posters
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Help on our phone line, for the booking of spay and neuter appointments and follow-up
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Help with advocating for low-income pet owners in regard to the upcoming City of Winnipeg Cat Licensing task force.
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People who are willing to commit to a board position for two years
For further information call 995-4405
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The next S.N.I.P. meeting will take place July 21st, at 7 pm. Please call the number above for more information.
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