Add One Day. Add One Thousand Surgeries.

Fixing the Surgery Bottleneck

Dear friend,

We are a nonprofit surgical clinic. Most of our work is high-volume spay/neuter.
We also perform non-routine procedures that change an animal’s life: enucleations, tumor removals, limb amputations. These are the procedures that now come with estimates in the thousands.

There is high demand for surgery, and our schedule stays full. We accept referrals from other clinics and ERs whenever we can, especially for urgent cases.

Surgical capacity is staff, time, space, and equipment all lining up at the same moment. When they align, animals get treated. When they don’t, cases wait longer than they should.

This year we added a second surgeon on Sundays. That one change let us complete more than a thousand additional spay/neuter surgeries compared to last year. It showed us exactly what one more day can do.

We are ending the year by starting something big.

Add One Day. Add One Thousand Surgeries is our plan to build the capacity needed for more timely surgery. We focus on access to care in the most literal sense: animals treated when they need it, without delay.

Adoption programs help animals already in the system. Surgery keeps many out of it.

It’s not glamorous work. No ribbon-cutting. No fanfare.
It’s surgery, and we need to be able to do more of it.

We have a $12,000 year-end match to begin the work for 2026. Every gift supports the staffing, supplies, and infrastructure that make this care possible. This is how the next phase of Add One Day begins.

What your gift makes possible

• $50 covers supplies for TNR surgeries.

• $200 helps offset the true cost of a spay or neuter for a family who needs help.

• $500 supports a major surgery.

• $1,000 helps fund the staff and time needed for an additional surgical day.

• $20 a month keeps surgery within reach all year.

Share the Spirit

This month, the East Bay Times chose Animal Fix Clinic for its Share the Spirit series. Their story looks at the surgical access work happening here each week and why expanding that access matters for the Bay Area.

If you think others should understand this work, please share it. Every new reader helps grow the community that keeps surgical access within reach.

Read it here:

The surgical team at work

We don’t have a C-suite. We have a surgery suite, and our goal is to keep it running more days a week.

We wish you a warm and restful holiday season.

Jean Goh, DVM