Fix Houston
(a five year plan to end animal overpopulation)
Nearly 80,000 dogs and cats – most of them healthy and adoptable – are destroyed each year in
Houston’s animal shelters. There are too many homeless dogs and cats and not enough people
willing to adopt them.
Fix Houston is Saving Animals Across Borders’ five-year plan to end animal overpopulation by
making Houston the first major American city where every dog and cat has a forever home. An
estimated 125,000 dogs and cats entered Houston shelters last year and only 25,000 found new
homes. Most of the animals were euthanized.
Five new Fix Houston sterilization clinics are the epicenter of the first community-wide plan to
dramatically increase spaying and neutering in order to significantly decrease the number of
homeless animals entering shelters, only to be destroyed. Data indicate that sterilizing an
additional 50,000 dogs and cats yearly puts Houston on track to end animal homelessness by
2013. Reducing the need for animal sheltering and control programs in Houston will not only save
lives but will also save an estimated $15 million in shelter operation costs annually. Houston will
become the model city for others to emulate.
Please consider making a contribution. Sean Hawkins, Founder and President of Saving Animals
says “We have a chance to be part of a truly historic, world-changing project. The effects of what
we accomplish here will echo throughout other cities and illuminate what is possible when we
work together to help our animal friends.”
Overpopulation is the problem – be part of the solution! www.savinganimals.org
Fix Houston