West Michigan Spay and Neuter Clinic hosting open house The West Michigan Spay and Neuter Clinic (WMSNC), a non-profit corporation located in Fruitport, will be hosting a celebration of its first year of service to the community on Sunday, October 9 from 1 to 5 p.m. at their location at 6130 Airline Road. The celebration will feature educational and child-centered activities. Small group tours through the facility will be led by clinic staff. Children on the tours will be able to select a stuffed cat or dog to accompany them on the tour and will be given a surgical mask to keep. WMSNC will also offer a coloring contest using pictures that model children and their pets. Prizes will be children’s books about the child-pet connection. WMSNC staff and our partners at C-Snip will be there to provide pet microchipping to the public for $10 from 2 to 4 p.m. WMSNC invites the public to join in the celebration of one year of community service with 2,000 safe, low-cost surgeries! Come and find out about this unique service to our community! Read the open house article and view the accompanying photos in the September 2011 issue of the Fruitport Area News! We are thankful to Janet Vormittag and the Muskegon Chronicle for their informative and supportive article. Click on the link below to read the article at mlive.com. West Michigan Spay & Neuter Clinic offers low-cost service in Fruitport CATS AND DOGS MAGAZINE www.catsanddogsmagazine.com Cats and Dogs is a free publication devoted to companion animals, celebrating the human-animal relationship through entertaining and educational articles. This magazine brings awareness to local animal rescue organizations and the hardworking volunteers who dedicate countless hours and resources to helping homeless animals, and to pet overpopulation, encouraging people to spay and neuter their cats and dogs. There was an article about WMSNC in the November 2010 issue on pages 6-7.

PET OVERPOPULATION AND OWNERSHIP STATISTICS Millions of dogs and cats are given up to shelters each year. Learn about the pet overpopulation crisis in the U.S. and about ways you can help solve the problem. Pet Overpopulation: The Humane Society of the United States Companion Animal Overpopulation The National Humane Education Society:     Companion Animals - Pet Overpopulation     & Importance of Spay/Neuter Pet Overpopulation is the number one killer of dogs and cats in the United States. Why You Should Spay or Neuter Your Pet Facts: Spay/Neuter Ordinances

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