A.P.E. (the Animal Protection & Education Charity) from Paton, IA, is a non-profit, 501 ( C ) 3 charity. 

 

Puppy and Kitten Program

We are hoping to never see puppies or kittens advertised "Free to Good Homes" ever again, as all mix breed (and most purebred) animals should be altered.  With more then 4 million animals being euthanized annually in the United States we truly have enough.  At a minimum animals should be sold/adopted by the owner at the cost of vet work done, free animals means no vet work done!

For example, we will do the vet work on an entire litter of pups for $45.00 each, having them altered (spay / neutered), microchipped, vaccinated and de-wormed.  Kittens are vetted for $25 each, which includes alteration (spay / neutered), vaccinated and de-wormed.

This, along with advertising the litter on the Internet for the litter owner, is done with no direct cost to the litter owner.   The litter owner must do the entire litter, and needs to re-coup the vet work expenses for us when they place the animal.