National Spay Day

This was posted as a comment on one of my first posts Welcome. It likely will get lost so I am making it a posting of it's own.

I think we have a big problem with non-spayed and neutered dogs and cats and an event like this would be great.

"My name is Angela Fouraker and I have lived in OSH for about a year now. I am a
professional pet sitter who works primarily in the South Tampa area. I was
hoping though that an event could be organized here in OSH for the National Spay
Day. If anyone is interested in helping organizing this project and finding an
appropriate place to have it, let me know. You can find out more on the official
web site at www.SpayDayUSA.org. The national spay day is scheduled for Feb. 28 and maybe some of the local pet owners could have a costume contest and we could also have some local businesses set up booths, maybe even a live band. I think it would be a great way for all of the pet lovers in OSH to come out and meet each other as well as learn about the benefits of spaying and neutering your cats, dogs and even other animals. This would also be great for the OSH community to decrease the feral cat population (catch and release programs can be implemented) and perhaps owners would change their minds about spaying or neutering their dogs to reduce the pet population. You can contact me at AngelaPetSit@gmail.com if you are
interested in sponsoring or volunteering for this worthy cause."

Additionally, I did some research and found that there is a a monthly donations-based spay/neuter program for feral cats of Hillsborough County called Project Spay Day organized by the Animal Coalition of Tampa . WMNF Radio has participated in a feral cat trap-neuter-return program in past with some of the feral cats around the station.

However aside from feral cats, we have a lot of pet owners who need to get their animals neutered. This would be great to have some sort of event like this. Maybe it could tied in with the dog park at Giddens Park or the Southeast Seminole Heights Dog Day In The Park event.

Yes, we have a dog park, although it is not mentioned on the City website. It is at Giddens Park, next to the Kathryn Malone Center, at Giddens and 12th.