Every animal's life has value, and each cat or dog is a unique, irreplaceable individual with needs and feelings.

"Pet overpopulation and pet homelessness are an epidemic in the United States, with 3 to 4 million companion animals euthanized each year in our animal shelters, and millions more dying hungry, cold, beaten, and sick on our streets."

The Leesburg Canine Country Club is committed to ending pet overpopulation and pet homelessness forever by helping to find forever homes for those animals that are already here, and even more importantly, by helping to prevent more unwanted animals from being born. Throughout the year, The Club will hold fundraising events (including The Canine Country Jamboree, our signature fundraising event to benefit Northern Virginia Spay and Neuter Alliance and Clinic), host adoption fairs and fundraising events for local animal welfare organizations, and sponsor animal welfare seminars.

Northern Virginia Spay and Neuter Alliance and Clinic (NoVA-SNAC)

Northern Virginia Spay and Neuter Alliance and Clinic (NoVA-SNAC) is dedicated to ending pet overpopulation by working with local animal welfare advocates, companion animal businesses, and animal rescue organizations to invest in the creation of a regional high-volume, low-cost spay/neuter clinic which will serve animal shelters, rescue organizations and low-income pet owners.

NoVA-SNAC promotes a nationwide network of targeted, aggressive, high-volume, high-quality, low-cost strategically-placed sterilization clinics as the best defense against all sources of companion animal overpopulation. A single regional high volume clinic can sterilize thousands of animals each year and greatly minimize regional shelter intake. Lauren Shifflett, co-owner of The Leesburg Canine Country Club, actively supports NoVA-SNAC’s mission, “We do not need to accept pet overpopulation as inevitable. If we invest our resources in sterilization, we will dramatically decrease the numbers of unwanted animals being born, thereby freeing up existing resources—both available pet homes and money—for those unwanted animals which are born. The Humane Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic in Asheville, North Carolina sterilizes more than 22,000 animals each year and has reduced local shelter intake by over 70 percent. Investment in widespread sterilization programs is the best answer. We can end pet overpopulation forever.”

For more information about NoVA-SNAC and the Canine Country Jamboree, please visit www.doggonenatural.com/jamboree2008.

For more information about pet overpopulation and existing spay/neuter programs:

Low-Cost Spay Neuter Clinics

Pet Overpopulation Estimates

Solving the Pet Overpopulation Problem

Companion Animal Overpopulation: What Can You Do?

Shelter Dogs: A Documentary Film