2015-2016 data. FOHO is on a mission to update this data. Please assist us in doing so. Let’s prepare now for extending our state spay neuter program for 10 more years. We need the data to make that happen.
| Barbour |
$52,175 |
Mercer |
$434,739 |
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| Berkeley |
$304,766 |
Mineral | ||
| Boone | Mingo |
$55,895 |
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| Braxton |
$107,400 |
Monongalia |
$545,998 |
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| Brooke |
$280,633 |
Monroe | ||
| Cabell |
$260,000 |
Morgan |
$113,296 |
|
| Calhoun | Nicholas |
$120,483 |
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| Clay | Ohio | |||
| Doddridge | Pendleton | |||
| Fayette |
$325,627 |
Pleasants |
$23,000 |
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| Gilmer | Pocahontas | |||
| Grant |
$18,062 |
Preston |
$263,000 |
|
| Greenbrier |
$292,000 |
Putnam |
$387,000 |
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| Hampshire | Raleigh |
$132,000 |
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| Hancock |
$261,617 |
Randolph |
$175,000 |
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| Hardy | Ritchie |
$34,700 |
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| Harrison |
$313,012 |
Roane | ||
| Jackson |
143, 528 |
Summers |
$22,318 |
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| Jefferson |
$349,648 |
Taylor |
$91,228 |
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| Kanawha |
$244,000 |
Tucker | ||
| Lewis |
$128,639 |
Tyler |
$0 |
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| Lincoln |
$37,800 |
Upshur |
$174,502 |
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| Logan |
$101,154 |
Wayne |
$100,000 |
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| Marion |
$256,270 |
Webster | ||
| Marshall |
$319,840 |
Wetzel |
$193,744 |
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| Mason |
$127,500 |
Wirt | ||
| McDowell | Wood |
$270,996 |
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| Wyoming |
$33,280 |
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FOHO WV made phone calls to these counties in 2015 talking to county commissions to obtain this data. There is no other funding added except for county commission dollars and in some few cases money from some municipalities. This is the cost to impound, care for, and euthanize unwanted dogs and cats. The average sheltering cost per animal is $218.
Each year, animal shelters in West Virginia take in over 50,000 cats and dogs, and each year, about 40% of these animals, including perfectly healthy and adoptable pets, are euthanized. Meanwhile, West Virginia taxpayers spend nearly $10 million annually to impound, care for, and euthanize unwanted dogs and cats. By funding the WV State Spay Neuter Fund, we can control this pet-overpopulation by helping pet owners and communities throughout West Virginia spay and neuter local cats and dogs! We can save money and save lives!