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  Southern Alliance offers spay/neuter services
The Southern Alliance for Animal Welfare was the first animal welfare group in Nashville and surrounding counties to bring high volume mobile spay/neuter services to pet owners who need these services the most -- those whose income prohibits them from even the most basic veterinary services. Indeed the goal and mission of any humane shelter or animal welfare organization should be to put themselves out of business. That can only be achieved through promoting spay/neuter and making it accessible for all pet owners.
   
       
 

Mobile Clinics
Below are some of the mobile clinics we've held with the help of RAM (Remote Area Medical), based in Knoxville.

First Clinic - Aug. 1- 2, 1998. A total of 73 dogs and cats were spayed/neutered, vaccinated and de-wormed free of charge for low income pet owners who qualified. 

Second Clinic - Dec. 18, 19, 20, 1998. A total of 120 dogs were spayed/neutered.

Third Clinic - July 31 and Aug. 1, 1999. A total of 65 dogs and cats were spayed/neutered.

SAAW continues with our ground-breaking spay/neuter certificate and subsidy program which also emphasizes the need for vaccinations.  To date, we have fixed and vaccinated over 3,500 dogs and cats in the Middle Tennessee area.  And that number, reached at the beginning of 2005, continues to grow.

Donations may be sent to the Southern Alliance for Animal Welfare, P.O. Box 23535, Nashville, Tenn., 37202. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit so your donations are tax deductible. If you would like more information about SAAW or would like to get more involved, please call 615.226-6576 or email SAAW.

   
       
 

SAAW has always been vocal on the horrors of Mass Puppy Mills and the Tragedy they cause
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Don’t buy a dog from a pet store. If you don't buy from pet stores, puppy mills will go out of business.

It’s that simple. Most puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills. Because it is virtually impossible to determine the quality of the breeding facility listed on the puppy’s papers, the more humane option is simply not to buy the dog at all. Although the consumer may be assured that American Kennel Club (AKC) papers guarantee a quality dog, in reality, nothing is further from the truth. After years of artfully dodging the question of how AKC papers could be registered to dogs and puppies found in the worst of puppy mills, the AKC itself is admitting the misconceptions that are connected with purebred papers.

No one has more power to fight puppy mills than the consumer. You have the ability to stop the cycle of abuse by refusing to purchase a puppy from a pet store.

Adopt instead
When you’re ready to bring a dog into your life, visit your local animal shelter or animal control facility. Millions of homeless dogs are waiting for life-long, responsible homes. You won’t be supporting the puppy mill industry, and you'll be fighting the tragic pet overpopulation problem. If you are interested in a particular breed, there are breed rescue groups that will match you with the exact dog you are looking for. Simply search the web to find them.

Unlike buying, adoption focuses on matching your lifestyle and habits with the animal’s needs and characteristics. When an animal is sold, profit comes first. Pet stores will sell to anyone. The profit motive puts the animal’s needs in jeopardy.

Make your voice heard
Outrage at the conditions found in many puppy mills has brought increased awareness to this issue. Legislators listen to calls and letters from constituents, and plan their priorities accordingly. Although any change in the way puppy mills are regulated is an improvement, the changes will not eliminate puppy mills! Until the demand for mass-produced pet store puppies ends, there will always be a profit made in the production of dogs.

Resolve to inform friends, neighbors, family, co-workers about the puppy mill issue. Many people care deeply about animals, but are simply unaware of the connection between the pet store puppy and the tragic breeding dogs trapped in the puppy mill horror.

Mass commercial puppy mill breeders will stop only when our consumer dollars stop earning them a profit. When we have the power we have the responsibility. Simply refuse to buy anything from a pet store that sells dogs and cats for profit. We can fight this industry that views dogs as mere profit machines. Isn’t such unconditional love worth this effort?

   
   
  SAAW Nashville
P.O. Box 23535
Nashville, TN 37202
615-474-8390
laurie@fixyourpet.org

SAAW Lincoln County
P.O. Box 906
Fayetteville, TN 37334
931.937.6045
nylu6045@bellsouth.net

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