Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

In five years, one cat couple and their offspring can produce over 12,000 offspring. This is much faster than the growth rate of adopting families. By spaying/neutering your pet, you can help to decrease the number of homeless cats.

The Cat Connection spays/neuters every cat before they are adopted out to their new family.

Spay-Neuter Assistance

We understand that spaying and neutering can be an expensive procedure.
Here is the information we have about low-cost spay and neuter services in the greater Boston area.

Animal Control

The Mass Animal Fund can provide free spay/neuter vouchers to low-income residents for their cats and dogs. If you are eligible to receive government help such as: TAFDC, SSI, VS, SNAP, WIC, etc. you can qualify.

Massachusetts residents who qualify can apply by contacting their local animal control officer. Contact information for municipal animal control officers is available here: ACO List.

To save time you can prefill in our voucher application to give to your local ACO.

MSPCA Snap Program

You can also call the MSPCA Snap Program which is another resource for low income pet owners. The phone number is 1-617-541-5007 and information about this is in the link below.

MSPCA Learn More

MA Animal Fund

There also is a Massachusetts Animal Fund that provides spay/neuter vouchers:

https://www.mass.gov/service-details/spayneuter-voucher-program

To check if your animal is eligibile click here:
https://www.mass.gov/doc/spayneuter-voucher-program-animal-eligibility-chart/download

To save time you can prefill in our voucher application to give to your local ACO.

If you have an emergency situation, please contact Sheri at 617-626-1740. For general voucher inquiries please contact Kyle at 617-626-1790.

Friends of Animals

Another potential resource is a certificate from Friends Of Animals. You can apply on-line or call 1-800-321-7387 and request an application. These can be used at any participating veterinarian in their area. This is a national program.

As of now, neutering males costs $61.00 and spaying females is $85.00. This is without shots.
https://friendsofanimals.org/program/spay-and-neuter-certificates/

Merwin Clinic

Another Place to call is Merwin Memorial Free Clinic. 1-617-782-5420 in Allston. (I’m not sure if they do surgeries, but they do provide pet services.)

https://merwinclinic.org/