Minneapolis file 2026-00544, before the Minneapolis City Council. Passed as of 2026-05-30.
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Shelter vets get advanced training in spay and neuter A Minneapolis Animal Care & Control veterinarian will attend ASPCA training to improve surgical skills, which can reduce surgery times and recovery costs at the shelter.
Better training could lower adoption fees and wait times Skilled spay and neuter surgeons work faster and safer, which may let the shelter perform more surgeries per year and reduce the cost passed on to adopters.
Grant covers one vet's training, not permanent staffing The $2,000 trains one person; if that veterinarian leaves or retires, the shelter loses the benefit unless someone new receives the same training.
Accepting a grant fromthe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Northern Tier Shelter Initiative, in the amount of $2,000,to send a Minneapolis Animal Care & Control (MACC) shelter veterinarian to the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance Veterinarian Training Program.
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