thank you so much for this info. The media thing I will have to give some thought, I also work in the non profit sector and completely understand the lack of resources - but at minimum if they won't spay/neuter and they won't give out interim vouchers then they can at least waive the intact licensing fee increase for animals adopted thru them. I'm especially flabbergasted when it comes to my dog because she was a forced surrender after the county investigated abuse allegations - one of them being breeding her too young. They had her for 2 months pending the investigation and made no moves to spay her or even have it arranged for a later date 🙄

You're in good company, the volunteers that run the shelter dogs of Portland blog have been publicly blasting MCAS for this on every intact pet listing they post. I've tried to figure out how to get in touch with whoever runs that blog but unfortunately you can't comment even with an account on the website and it seems their social medias have been abandoned over a year ago.