By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
It’s hard to drive anywhere — be it around Glasgow, through Barren County, or across Kentucky — without seeing the spay-and-neuter specialty license plate. After 20 years being a familiar sight for Barren County residents, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture is offering the public a chance to give the plate a new look.
The open call for local artists will remain open until April 20 and people are asked to consider that spaying and neutering “helps cut down on the pet population,” allows for potentially more pet adoptions, can reduce bad behavior and “reduces risk of disease.”
“Practicing responsible pet ownership and the need to reduce the stray and homeless pet population are the messages surrounding this plate design,” Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell said in a press release. “With 411 animal shelters and animal welfare organizations in Kentucky, it’s obvious we, as a society, need to do more to control the population.”
The current Spay and Neuter license plate was adopted to raise awareness of the need to reduce the population of stray and homeless animals in Kentucky, according to the press release.
“During [the plates] lifetime, sales have equated to more than $600,000 in grants being awarded to organizations, resulting in more than 17,200 cats and dogs being spayed or neutered,” the release states.
Proceeds from specialty plate sales go to the Animal Control and Care Fund, which is administered by the Animal Control Advisory Board that makes recommendations to the Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture relating to animal control issues and evaluates applications for spay and neuter grants to Kentucky counties and municipalities.
Entries can be submitted to Michael Grant at Michael.Grant@ky.gov.
Comments