Caravita Foundation brings High Volume Spay & Neuter to Texas
The future of animal welfare isn't more rescue. It's preventing the crisis before it begins.
Texas faces one of the most severe animal overpopulation crises in the United States, and nowhere is the situation more urgent than in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV).
Public shelters are overwhelmed with little ability to respond to stray pick up requests. Dumping of pets is rampant.
As a result, it’s common to see 50 unsterilized stray dogs roaming a single neighborhood.
There is no way out of this crisis, except through widespread access to affordable and free spay and neuter services.
Caravita Foundation to add 3rd Clinic Location in Texas's Rio Grande Valley
In partnership with Yaqui Animal Rescue, Caravita Foundation is building a permanent High Quality, High Volume Spay & Neuter Clinic (HQHVSN) to scale Yaqui Animal Rescue's already-established, innovative spay and neuter operations.
The Rio Grande Valley clinic will model a scalable, repeatable clinic model that can be adopted nationwide.
By providing safe, high-volume surgeries at the lowest possible cost, Caravita's clinics:
- Reduce shelter intake
- Provde access for owned-pet sterilization
- Offer affordable/free veterinary care
- Break the cycle of pet overpopulation
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Building Upon Yaqui Animal Rescue's Innovation - Training Vets, Helping Pet Owners
In 2024, Yaqui Animal Rescue partnered with Donna North High School’s Veterinary Animal Science Program - where 99% of students face financial hardship - to launch a student-driven pop-up spay and neuter clinic.
Students earn veterinary assistant certifications while assisting licensed veterinarians,creating pathways to employment and higher education.
Through a series of 6 clinics, Yaqui Animal Rescue and Donna North students have sterilized 600+ animals, and every clinic sells out within days.
Thousands remain on the waitlist.
With support from the Caravita Foundation, Yaqui will open the region’s first permanent HQHVSN hospital at the end of 2026.
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This is what real change looks like
Using a conservative population-growth model - where each spay/neuter prevents an estimated 243 births - the Yaqui RGV hospital is expected to prevent more than one million unwanted births for every year it operates.
Over five years, the cumulative impact expands to 5–10 million animals prevented from suffering.
This means less unwanted dogs and cats, less unaltered stray dogs to continue to populate and suffer without care.
The impact will change the game in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
CARAVITA FOUNDATION
Caravita takes a multi-pronged approach to pet overpopulation prevention: High-volume S/N vet staff development, Access to vet services, and Education.
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“No one organization can do this alone. We're grateful to partner with these incredible supporters who share our vision of creating a better world for animals in need. Together, we're making real change." -Lauren Lundy, Founder, Caravita Foundation
