According to SpayUSA, every day there are 10,000 humans and 70,000 puppies and kittens born in the United States.   That’s seven animals for every human. As long as these birth rates exist, there will NEVER be enough homes for all of these animals. 

The United Coalition for Animals was founded in 2001.  Our initial efforts focused on funding a voucher program which partnered with area veterinarians. The program resulted in the sterilization of nearly 1,000 animals.

 

In 2005, the UCAN board began researching how UCAN could expand its reach and impact. After two years,
thousands of volunteer hours and a successful capital campaign, the UCAN Nonprofit Spay Neuter Clinic
opened its doors. Since that date, April 16, 2007, the clinic has provided over 25,000  spay/neuter surgeries,
providing care for animals that would otherwise not have received it.  

The UCAN Clinic is based on the Humane Alliance model which has been implemented successfully in
other communities around the country, including Louisville, KY and Bloomington, IN. Located in Asheville,
North Carolina, Humane Alliance (www.humanealliance.org) opened in 1994. Since that time it has sterilized
over 200,000 animals and has seen the euthanasia rate at local animal shelters drop by over 70%.  

According to Humane Society of the United States, it costs an average of $176 to collect, shelter and
euthanize a single animal. In Hamilton County alone, over $1.2 million was directly spent in 2008 on
animal control and dog warden services. This does not include indirect amounts spent by our health,
fire and police departments on animal-related issues and by our courts on animal abuse/neglect cases.
 So, even if you don’t own a pet, you still pay for this. And, since it is money spent to treat symptoms and
not causes, you’ll pay for it again next year and the year after that.