5/7/2023 0 Comments Snip collierTracking alerts are based upon the participant’s bib/chip and participants do not need to carry their phone. “I want to see a clinic because I’m not getting any younger,” he said. Snip Collier 5K Mon Naples, FL 34102 US Directions Participant Tracking Race-Timed Split & Finish Alerts Receive text or email alerts as participants cross timing equipment along the course. Kepp said the organization hopes to raise about $300,000 to get it up and running. SNIP Collier’s spay/neuter mission to provide low cost options to help curb the pet overpopulation also extends to the more forgotten stray/feral cat overpopulation. His dream is to open a clinic dedicated to dogs in Immokalee. His vision includes a board of directors, a veterinarian, two technicians and volunteers. Kepp said that while his organization prefers to spay a dog before she has a litter, they are also ambassadors for adoption and rescue. The organization received about 130 surrenders in 2018 and about 116 surrenders since the beginning of 2019.Ĭollier County Domestic Animal Services received 401 pets from Immokalee in 2018 and 266 since the beginning of 2019.Ī 2018 letter signed by Darcy Andrade, director of Collier DAS, claims SNIP’s work has reduced intake at the county facility by 21% and reduced euthanasia rates of dogs by 75%. Since the start of 2019, they have spayed and neutered more than 300 dogs in Immokalee. We will be having an open House this Saturday, May 1 from 10am - 2pm. In Immokalee alone, SNIP spayed and neutered about 400 dogs in 2018. 12,000 to be used towards spay/neuter surgeries within the TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) program for kittens and cats in Southwest. We are hosting our first education program at our new SNIP campus in Immokalee, Florida. Kepp estimates they’ll spay or neuter more than 600 dogs by the end of the year. To date, they have fixed more than 400 dogs. The organization estimates it fixed 204 dogs in its first year and 565 dogs in 2018. Our goal is to end the euthanizing of otherwise adoptable dogs due to the pet overpopulation crisis. SNIP has spayed and neutered hundreds of dogs throughout the county since its inception. What SNIPcollier is Doing: To provide spay & neuter services to the most impoverished communities in Collier County Florida. The babies will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated and put up for adoption. The moms will be spayed and returned to the Immokalee family. The mom, a rat terrier-looking breed, eats like she’s a 50-pound dog, Titus said.īoth momma canines will be with their pups for about eight weeks, until they are weaned. ![]() She’s never had newborn puppies in her home before.Īnd she’s getting attached to them. They have been in Titus’ bathtub for about a week. Titus helped rescue the six puppies and mom from underneath the trailer. ![]() ![]() “There’s no room,” said Tricia Titus, a retired teacher who volunteers with SNIP. Mom and her litter are in Kepp’s bathtub he’s waiting for space to open up for them at the Humane Society. The Immokalee family had a second pregnant dog who recently gave birth to three puppies.
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