Dorell Sackett, Neighbor

SNAP, as more commonly known around the community, is a registered, non-profit organization that formed in 1990 to reduce the number of unwanted pets in San Diego County. Affordable spay/neuter services are offered through mobile clinics in primarily lower-income neighborhoods. An average of 500 surgeries are performed each month by fully trained and California State licensed veterinarians with support from credentialed medical assistants, in the hospital-grade operating suite located inside the “Neuter Scooter” surgical bus, that travels to targeted communities. Over 60,000 combined cats and dogs have been altered since 2003.

SNAP’s sole mission has been to reduce pet overpopulation and the suffering that follows. SNAP is recognized as the first animal charity in the region to implement programs to decrease shelter intakes. SNAP remains the only affordable spay/neuter provider since 2003, to bring affordable spay/neuter clinics via the Neuter Scooter surgical bus, directly into communities struggling with chronic pet overpopulation.

The decrease in local euthanasia rates, as quoted by the San Diego Department of Animal Services is directly related to SNAP service: “The decline in euthanasia is explained by an increase in the percentage of animals adopted, an increase in the number of stray animals successfully returned to their owners (social media, microchipping) and the increase in SNAP’s spay-neuter programs (making spay and neuter available to the thousands of local pet owners who could not afford to do so otherwise).”