Owners of pit bulls can have their pets spayed or neutered at McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center at no charge.
(Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun/MCT)With the help of grant funding, McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center started a program on July 1 to help one of the dog world’s most demonized breeds.
With a $55,000 grant from PetSmart Charities, McKamey has committed to spaying or neutering 1,000 pit bulls and pit bull mixes by providing free alteration coupons to owners.
Pit bulls accounted for a disproportionately large percentage (about 40 percent) of the 3,900 dogs the center received in 2010, in large part due to the breed’s reputation for aggression.
“No one wants to see this many animals coming into shelters,” said McKamey executive director Karen Walsh.
The Bully Blockade is a cooperative endeavor with Wally’s Friends and local veterinarians. Walsh said she hopes the blockade will work as well as McKamey’s feral cat program, which last year altered about 1,500 cats, resulting in an almost unprecedented, six-week period when no kittens were brought in.