 We see over 5,000 animals brought to the Santa Cruz County animal shelter every year, lost, abandoned, given up on. The main reason that so many animals come through our doors is pet overpopulation. As pets reproduce unchecked, there are simply not enough homes for all of them and their offspring. We work hard to care for them while they're at the shelter and to find them the homes that they need. Yet every day there's more of them born, and it simply adds to the crisis. The answer is a simple one, though. We can fix this together. By spaying and neutering our companion animals, we stop the cycle. After many years of our local spay-neuter ordinance and the Santa Cruz County animal shelter offering low-cost or no-cost spay-neuter surgeries, the intake numbers at the shelter are finally coming down. But it doesn't take many unaltered pets having litters to keep that overpopulation flooding back in. The Santa Cruz County animal shelters flagship program is called PAN Pethood. PAN Pethood provides low-cost spay-neuter surgery for any cat, dog, or rabbit that lives in Santa Cruz County. We bring these consistently high-quality services at a very low cost, even free sometimes when we receive grant money and donations to aid us in our mission to end pet overpopulation. Right now, we're offering free spay-neuter surgery for cats living in the 95076 zip code. As a bonus, these cats are microchipped and vaccinated against rabies. Take the time to make a difference. Get an appointment to get them fixed. Help us, help them. Open heart, open door. No domestic animal is ever turned away from the Santa Cruz County animal shelter.