NORWICH – The Chenango SPCA is pleased to announce the reinstatement of the organization's Spay Neuter Outreach Opportunity for Pets (SNOOP) after being suspended for several months due to lack of funding.

“The CSPCA has been working with the community to raise funds to bring the program back to the community, and we are confident that we have reached a point where we can offer spaying and neutering assistance again,” said CSPCA Director Annette Clarke.

The program incentivizes responsible pet ownership for Chenango County families currently receiving public assistance buy subsidizing two-thirds of spaying or neutering fees.

According to Clarke, the CSPCA's SNOOP program distributed more than $10,000 in aid. Subsequently, the program had to be put on “paws” as finding dwindled near the end of 2014.

While nonprofit funding usually involves tedious grant writing and proposals, the CSPCA was able to secure positive cash flow from a very rudimentary source: bottles and cans. The organization has held several bottle and cans drives and collected more that $3000 in returnables.