Maddie's Projects in Mobile, Alabama

Mobile County is situated on the Gulf of Mexico and has the only seaport in Alabama. Founded by the French in 1702 as the original capital of the Louisiana Territory, the city of Mobile has 191,411 residents; Mobile County has a population of 404,406.

Maddie's^® Pet Rescue Project

Maddie's^® Pet Rescue Project in Mobile, Alabama is working with Maddie's^® Spay/Neuter Project to save all of the community's healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats within ten years.

The coalition's lead agency is the Mobile SPCA. Other partners include Animal Rescue Foundation, Friends of the Mobile Animal Shelter, City of Mobile Animal Shelter, Mobile County Animal Shelter, and Saraland Animal Shelter.*

After five years, the coalition of animal control agencies and rescue groups had achieved an adoption guarantee for all healthy shelter dogs and cats (with the exception of 8 healthy pit bulls), increased adoptions by 31% and reduced total deaths by 47% from the baseline year.

*Starting July 1, 2008, the focus of the project shifted from Mobile County to the City of Mobile. The Mobile County Shelter and Saraland Animal Shelter will continue to support the goals of the project and report their statistics, but the adoption guarantee partners will focus their rescue efforts only on the animals in the City of Mobile Animal Shelter.

Maddie's^® Spay/Neuter Project

The Alabama Veterinary Medical Association (ALVMA) administers Maddie's^® Spay/Neuter Project to increase spay/neuter surgeries and reduce shelter intakes. Currently, the ALVMA has enlisted 25 veterinary hospitals to provide spay/neuter surgeries to low-income county residents. The cost of the surgery to owner/caregivers is $10 per cat and $20 per dog. Maddie's Fund is contributing between $30 and $120 per surgery, depending upon species and gender. ALVMA veterinarians participating in the program will contribute the remainder of the cost by reducing their fees to help more low-income pet owners spay/neuter their companion animals. Clients must show proof of low-income with a Medicaid card and there is a limit of six pets per household.

Medicaid Spay/Neuter Surgeries after Five Years: 11,159