Doris Day Animal Foundation Urges Americans to Be `PETriotic' by Spaying or Neutering Pets to Celebrate 10th Annual Spay Day USA.News & Lifestyle Editors/City & Assignment Desks WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2004 Spay spay v. To surgically remove the ovaries of an animal. spay, spey to remove the ovaries. See also ovariohysterectomy. spay hook see spay hook. Day USA Responsible for Milestone One Million Spay/Neuter Surgeries The Doris Day Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924)[1] is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. A vivacious blonde with a wholesome image, Day was one of the most prolific actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Animal Foundation (DDAF DDAF Direction Départementale de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt DDAF Doris Day Animal Foundation DDAF Discretized Distributes Approximating Function ) is encouraging Americans to be "PETriotic" by having their pets spayed spay tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal). [Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword or neutered neu·ter adj. 1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender. b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs. 2. a. to participate in the tenth annual SPAY DAY USA, on Tuesday, February 24, 2004. DDAF is the nonprofit organizer of Spay Day USA, the national campaign to reduce pet overpopulation overpopulation Situation in which the number of individuals of a given species exceeds the number that its environment can sustain. Possible consequences are environmental deterioration, impaired quality of life, and a population crash (sudden reduction in numbers caused by that has been responsible for altering more than one million cats, dogs, and other animals since its inception. The public can participate in Spay Day USA by having their pet altered, by making a donation or by volunteering at a local event. "Spay Day USA is a wonderful example of how individuals and communities across the nation can work together to make a difference in the lives of animals and people," said Doris Day, DDAF's founder and president. To find the Spay Day USA event nearest you, visit www.pets911.com, or call 1-888-PETS-911 (in Spanish and English). Animals who have been spayed or neutered usually enjoy better health and make more desirable companions than those who have not been altered. In addition to benefiting animal guardians and their pets, spay/neuter benefits communities by not adding to the number of homeless animals burdening local humane shelters and U.S. taxpayers, who pay more than $1 billion annually to deal with the problem of pet overpopulation. "Spay/neuter is a PETriotic thing to do," says Holly Hazard, DDAF's executive director," because when we take care of our pets, we are helping our communities." Spay Day USA 2004 is co-sponsored by PETsMART Charities and Natural Life Pet Products (NLPP NLPP Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner ). "PETsMART Charities is pleased to be a sponsor of this very important initiative," said Sue Della Maddalena, PETsMART Charities Vice President and Executive Director. "Spay/neuter is an essential element in ending the euthanasia of healthy and adoptable pets and is consistent with our vision of ensuring a lifelong, loving home for every pet." "We're proud to be a sponsor of the Doris Day Animal Foundation's Spay Day USA 2004 campaign, which shares Natural Life Pet Products' emphasis on the total well-being of America's companion animals," says NLPP president Patrick Mendicki. The Doris Day Animal Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. dedicated to educating and empowering people to act on behalf of animals. For more information, or to receive a Spay Day USA Action Kit with which to implement Spay Day USA events, please contact Vicki Stevens at DDAF's Washington, D.C., headquarters at 202-546-1761, ext. 31, or via e-mail at vicki@ddaf.org. |
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