IHA Regional Spay and Neuter Clinic

Services offered to:

• Pet Parents
• Shelter and Rescue Organizations
• Community Cat Caretakers

• Averaged 41 surgeries per day
• Performed surgery 243 days in 2019

• 10,042 spay and neuter surgeries performed in 2019
• 2301 dogs
• 7554 cats
• 179 bunnies

• 15,778 vaccines administered to 9,194 patients
• 2,430 microchips inserted
• 3,940 pediatric spay/neuter surgeries

• 256 patients or 2.5% of patients needed follow-up care
• Mortality rate of 0.049% during 2019. Comparable to or less than the national average

Hosted seven vaccine clinics

• 1,351 animals vaccinated
• 877 dogs
• 474 cats

Animal Alliance Network

Designed to facilitate unconditional positive regard among animal welfare organizations, to respect each organizational mission, recognize their strengths and maximize vital resources

Partners are encouraged to:

• Benefit from reduced cost services
• Participate in promotional and fundraising events
• Exchange progressive ideas to further advance the care of animals

• 44 Shelter and Rescue partners that use our services
• 2,736 surgery patients are shelter and rescue animals
• 27% of annual surgeries overall service shelters and rescues

• Closest Partner is less than one mile from clinic
• Furthermost Partner is 148 miles from the clinic

Love for Pets Program

Providing pet owners in under-served neighborhoods with the resources necessary to keep their pets safe, healthy, happy, and in their home

We host two Pet Festivals annually in targeted neighborhoods

Free or reduced cost services offered at Pet Festivals include:

• Vaccines
• Microchips
• General pet supplies
• Scheduling spay/neuter appointments
• Transportation on surgery day
• Pet food provided by Cedar Valley Humane Society

• 165 pets were examined and received services
• 264 vaccines were provided
• 23 pets were microchipped

• 30 families have benefited from monthly outreach days at Wellington Heights Resource Center
• Serving a total of 120 families through the Love for Pets program

• 38 pets spayed/neutered as a result of our Pet Festivals
• 16 were dogs
• 22 were cats
• All kittens and intact cats that attended our Pet Festivals are now spayed or neutered

Spay Iowa Program

State-wide referral program that links individuals and communities to affordable spay/neuter resources within their region

• 17,217 visits to spay-iowa.org in 2019
• 31 referral programs that clients can be directed to for assistance

Designed to provide individuals with the necessary resources to practice humane effective Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) tactics for community cats

Available resources and hosted events:

• Humane trap rentals
• Trapping tips and guidelines
• Feral Freedom Fest held each October
• TNR and community cat care presentations
• DIY outdoor shelter building workshop 
• Advising municipalities to establish TNR friendly ordinances

• 42% of all cats spayed or neutered were community cats
• 3,191 community cats were spayed or neutered at our clinic

Community cat perks:

• Discounted pricing for community cats
• No appointment required and extended check-in hours
• Cats receive an eartip and the importance of this is explained

Transport Program

Our van enables us to transport shelter and owned animals from a remote destination to our clinic for surgery and return them back the following day

• IHA van travels within a 150 mile radius of our clinic
• Average of 40 animals per trip

• Six regularly scheduled transport partners
• 5-8 transports per month
• Assisting with large scale TNR projects for
• Municipalities
• Private corporations
• Shelter partners

• Transports shelter and owned animals for surgery
• 500 shelter animals transported
• 1,032 owned animals transported

Our volunteers rock

• 62 active volunteers
• 850 volunteer hours clocked

Volunteers are essential to our success!

Some help by:

• Baking
• Vaccine clinics
• Crafting
• Clinic support
• Distributing flyers
• Fundraising events

Others contribute through:

• Photography
• Board of Directors
• Outreach events
• Lawn care
• Transporting animals
• Tabling events

Our Team Members

Painting a Brighter Future Together

Comprehensive Campaign

Our goal to raise one million dollars over the next three years will enable us to expand every aspect of our organization in order to achieve our mission: to forge partnerships and develop innovative programs to reduce animal shelter admissions and end euthanasia of healthy animals

Raise Capital to construct a 2,600 square foot addition to our current Regional Spay/Neuter Clinic, increasing our surgical capacity to enable our team to perform 16,000 surgeries annually

Amplify our impact to expand our life-saving programs to serve more remote locations, under-served areas, community cat populations, and implement wellness services for our shelter partners

Guarantee Sustainability to secure a future for Iowa Humane Alliance, the animals they serve, and the people who care for them

Clinic expansion begins

Clinic Expansion anticipated to be complete by June 2020