BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Humane Society will stop providing routine pet care and non-emergency orthopedic surgery for pets belonging to middle-income or wealthy owners.
Director Jeff Rosenthal told the Idaho Statesman (https://bit.ly/1NGvfWT), a newspaper in Boise, that the organization agreed to limit its services at the request of the Idaho Veterinary Medical Association. The industry group had lobbied for a state law to restrict the Humane Society to low-income pet owners only, because some veterinarians in the region worried about losing customers when the nonprofit expanded its animal hospital.
Under the agreement, the Idaho Humane Society will still provide pet owners of all income levels with spay and neuter services and euthanasia. Low-income pet owners will still be able to get routine care and nonemergency orthopedic surgeries for their animals.
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Information from: Idaho Statesman, https://www.idahostatesman.com
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