Pets Alive - history
In 2002, one of our founding members-to-be wrote a letter to the Bloomington Herald-Times expressing outrage over the killing of homeless animals. Two others responded to her call to action, and formed the Pets Alive founders group.
Gathering momentum, a growing band of volunteers tirelessly researched the crisis of pet overpopulation, interviewed national experts, visited other areas who had successful programs in place, and spent countless hours discussing pet homelessness with area officials. As a result of their work, in December of 2002, Pets Alive Adopt-A-Pet was born.
Within 14 months it was responsible for over 350 adoptions. Not only did this program have a significant impact on the euthanasia rate, it brought to the forefront of the community the plight of over 75% of the homeless animals in our community. Adopt-A-Pet had a successful run of 14 months. However, in that 14-month period, it also became clear that the root of the overpopulation problem could only be addressed by dramatically reducing the number of cats and dogs coming INTO the shelters to start with. It became clear that the solution was spaying and neutering.
Beginning in January 2004, Pets Alive made the decision to focus its energies on finding a permanent home for its spay/neuter clinic and became the first clinic in the Midwest based on the nationally-recognized Spay/Neuter Response Team model of the Humane Alliance clinic in Asheville NC.
Our clinic opened in March 2005, and since then the Pets Alive Spay/Neuter staff has performed over 40,000 sterilization surgeries, thereby preventing the birth of tens of thousands of unwanted kittens and puppies.
Pets Alive is a Bloomington-based nonprofit organization dedicated to ending pet over-population in South/Central Indiana with high quality, low-cost spay/neuter services for cats and dogs.
The Pets Alive Spay/Neuter clinic is located at the intersection of SR 37 & SOUTH Walnut Street (aka OLD SR 37.)
6522 S Empire Rd
Bloomington IN 47401