VT-CAN! Spay/Neuter Clinic

09/04/2026

Following WCAX’s coverage of Vermont’s ongoing spay/neuter access crisis, we’ve put together a list of the affordable spay/neuter resources available across the state.

Franklin and Grand Isle Counties: Cat Mobile Vermont transport bringing owned cats to VT-CAN! Spay/Neuter Clinic www.vt-can.org

Chittenden County: Humane Society of Chittenden County www.hsccvt.org

Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties: Felines & Friends Foundation - Vermont https://www.fffvt.org/upcoming-clinic

Essex County: Riverside Rescue https://www.riversideanimalrescue.org/spay-neuter-clinic

Washington County: VT-CAN! Spay/Neuter Clinic www.vt-can.org

Addison County: Homeward Bound, Addison County's Humane Society https://www.homewardboundanimals.org/programs.../petfix/

Rutland County (neuter only): Rutland County Humane Society www.rchsvt.org

Windsor County: Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society https://lucymac.org/spay-neuter-clinics/

Windsor County: Springfield Humane Society, VT https://www.spfldhumane.org/low-cost-spay-and-neuter-clinics

Windham County: Windham County Humane Society https://www.windhamcountyhumane.org/spay-neuter

Vermont cat colony rescue exposes statewide spay-neuter crisis - https://www.wcax.com/news/2026/09/03/vermont-cat-colony-rescue-exposes-statewide-spay-neuter-crisis/

08/05/2026

Congratulations to Merrymac Farm Sanctuary on being named this year’s Seven Daysies Best Nonprofit! 🎉🐾

We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who voted for VT-CAN! and helped us make it into the Top 5 nonprofits in Vermont.

For a small organization focused on affordable veterinary care, being recognized alongside so many incredible Vermont nonprofits means a lot to us. Since 2008, VT-CAN! has provided more than 53,000 spay/neuter surgeries. Every year, thousands more Vermont pets receive care that helps keep them healthy, in their homes, and out of already-overburdened shelters and rescues.

Thank you for believing in this work, supporting accessible veterinary care, and helping us reach more animals and families across Vermont. We’re so proud of all that VT-CAN! has accomplished over the last 18 years and even more excited for the plans ahead. 💙

06/12/2026

Cost. Distance. Availability.

These barriers affect pet owners across Vermont every day.

A family may know their pet needs care. The challenge is finding an appointment they can afford, reach, and access when they need it.

That's why organizations like VT-CAN! matter.

By making veterinary care more accessible, we help pets receive care sooner, reduce suffering, prevent unwanted litters, and keep families together.

💙 Voting for the Seven Daysies is open through June 15: https://ballot.sevendaysvt.com/

06/10/2026

VT-CAN! may be located in Washington County, but the impact reaches far beyond Middlesex.

Between January and May 2026 alone, more than 1,000 owned pets received affordable spay/neuter services through VT-CAN!

Families traveled from across Vermont to access care for the pets they love. Every number on this map represents a pet receiving care and an owner who was able to access veterinary services that might otherwise have been out of reach.

💙 Voting for the Seven Daysies is open through June 15.

If you believe affordable veterinary care matters, we'd be honored to have your vote.

https://ballot.sevendaysvt.com/services/best-nonprofit-organization

06/08/2026

Access to veterinary care impacts more than just pets.

It can mean meeting housing requirements so families can move into or stay in safe housing with the animals they love.

It can mean keeping pets with their families by preventing behaviors that often lead to surrender, like spraying, roaming, fighting, or yowling through heat cycles.

It can mean healthier pets, from preventing pyometra and reducing cancer risks to accessing care before a preventable condition becomes an emergency.

Affordable veterinary care helps pets. But it also helps people, families, and communities.

That's why access matters.

💙 Voting for the Seven Daysies is open through June 15: https: https://ballot.sevendaysvt.com/services/best-nonprofit-organization

06/06/2026

We talk a lot about spay/neuter as a way to prevent unwanted litters.

But here's something that sometimes gets overlooked:

The animal being spayed or neutered benefits, too.

Spaying eliminates the risk of pyometra (a deadly uterine infection) and can dramatically reduce the risk of mammary cancer.

Neutering can reduce roaming, fighting, and the injuries that often come with it.

Yes, spay/neuter helps prevent overpopulation. But it's also healthcare for the animal receiving it.

That's one more reason affordable access to spay/neuter matters.

💙 Voting for the Seven Daysies is open through June 15: https://ballot.sevendaysvt.com/services/best-nonprofit-organization

06/04/2026

What does $85 actually buy?

At VT-CAN!, an $85 cat spay/neuter appointment includes:

🐾 Spay/neuter surgery
💉 Rabies vaccine
💉 FVRCP vaccine
🪳 Flea and ear mite treatment
✂️ Nail trim
👂 Ear cleaning

For many Vermont families, access to affordable veterinary care can make the difference between getting a pet fixed and delaying care.

Affordable spay/neuter doesn't just prevent unwanted litters. It improves animal health, reduces suffering, and helps keep pets with the people who love them.

💙 Voting for the Seven Daysies is open through June 15:
https://ballot.sevendaysvt.com/services/best-nonprofit-organization

05/31/2026

Every kitten started with an unfixed cat.

When people think about animal overpopulation, they often picture crowded shelters, rescue groups struggling to find space, or kittens looking for homes.

But the problem starts much earlier.

One spay/neuter surgery can prevent generations of kittens from being born into a world where homes, resources, and veterinary care are already stretched thin.

Affordable spay/neuter is the most effective way to reduce animal suffering because it prevents the problem before it starts.

That's why VT-CAN! exists.

Prevention works.

05/29/2026

It takes a team.

When people think about affordable spay/neuter, they usually picture the veterinarian performing surgery (a vital role with tremendous skill and responsibility!).

What they don't always see are the volunteers washing laundry, the recovery monitoring, the transporters bringing animals from across the state, the scheduling and paperwork, the veterinary technicians preparing patients and assisting throughout the day, and the countless little tasks that keep everything moving.

More than 25 cats and dogs can move through a single VT-CAN! clinic day.

Affordable spay/neuter doesn't happen by accident. It happens because people care enough to keep showing up for animals.

Seven Daysies voting begins June 2. If you'd like to support VT-CAN!, we'd be honored to have your vote when voting opens.

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/.../meet-the-finalists-for.../

05/23/2026

Morgan has been part of VT-CAN! for nearly 10 years, meaning she’s been here for over half the life of the clinic itself. 🐾

Most clinic days, you’ll find her behind the glass in pre-op moving at what honestly feels like superhuman speed.

Pre-op medications. Vaccines. Microchips. Monitoring sedated cats. Expressing bladders. (What a sight to behold that is. 😅) Keeping everything organized and moving smoothly through surgery prep.

Most cats are cooperative and easy to handle, but every so often, a particularly spicy cat decides they have very strong opinions about neuter day.

That’s usually when the rest of us pause and go:
“...is Morgan good back there?”

And almost always, she’s already handled it before anyone can even linger on the question.

Morgan is unbelievably dexterous, efficient, and skilled at what she does. She makes one of the hardest and most physically demanding jobs in the clinic look effortless while helping keep both cats and staff safe every single clinic day.

VT-CAN would not be what it is today without her.

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/.../meet-the-finalists-for.../