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Orange County Animal Services Sheltering Practices and Philosophies 2'7 <br />Humane Alliance <br />All information obtained from their website at htto://www.humanealliance.org <br />The Humane Alliance is an organization based in Asheville, NC that addresses <br />the issues of shelter euthanasia and pet overpopulation at the front end, by <br />providing for companion animal sterilization with ahigh-volume, low-cost <br />methodology, They operate a clinic in Asheville, and through the National <br />Spay/Neuter Response Team program (NSNRT) have provided for clinics in <br />multiple locations throughout the southeast, including the Forsyth Spay/Neuter <br />Clinic in Kernersville and a projected one for Raleigh (Wake County), <br />Mission: The mission of the Humane Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic is to provide <br />targeted, high-volume, high-quality, law-cost sterilization services as the non- <br />lethal solution to the companion pet overpopulation dilemma., <br />The concept is to create a clinic strictly for sterilization surgeries that services a <br />certain population base, and can offer surgeries at very reduced costs through a <br />high volume of clients, Aimed in this direction, the clinics offer little competition to <br />area veterinarians since the clientele of the clinics do not typically seek routine <br />veterinary service (a large percentage are lower-income pet owners), In addition, <br />the clinics will offer no further services than sterilization and routine vaccines. <br />Given a proper volume of surgeries (which the NSNRT attempts to determine <br />ahead of time) and effective efforts on the part of the Board of Directors far a <br />clinic, the clinic should be entirely self-supporting. With community involvement <br />and/or large donors, the clinic can offer surgeries for all income levels, <br />The NSNRT offers the program model, as well as community criteria, cost <br />projections, timelines, clinic requirements, and provides training far the staff, <br />The NSNRT also operates "The Big Fix Rig", afully-operational mobile veterinary <br />clinic aimed at feral cat populations, The Big Fix Rig is able to travel to <br />communities that do not have the resources to address their feral cat problems, <br />and can assist in "Trap/Neuter/Release" (TNR) programs in the southeast area, <br />Two articles about their services can be found in Part III of this packet; they are <br />entitled Thinking Big in North Carolina: The Humane Alliance Proves <br />Attitude is Everything, and Spay/Neuter Receives Grant, National Attention, <br />