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Animal Friendly License Plates
Show Your Support While You Drive
If you are living in the United States, one of the many ways to help reduce the pet overpopulation problem is to show your support through animal friendly license plates. Many states are trying to reduce pet overpopulation though the sale of animal friendly license plates. You pay a little extra to purchase animal friendly license plates and usually that extra money goes to spay and neuter funds in the state.
Besides the money going to spay and neuter funds, other benefit of these plates is to educate the public about the pet overpopulation problem. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the national average of driving time each day is 24.3 minutes and Americans spend more than 100 hours a year for commuting to work. That is a lot of time you can help educate the public! Everywhere you go in your car or even just being parked in your drive way, you can show your support to the public and help people become aware of the problem and the importance of helping animals.
Animals cannot spread words about their suffering, but you can and they need your help!
Animal friendly license plates are available in the following states*. Call your state’s Motor Vehicle Division or visit their website for more information. If your state does not offer animal friendly license plates, write a letter or start a petition to your state legislatiors asking for support of an animal friendly license plate program. Also encourage your family members and friends to purchase animal friendly license plates!
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Arizona
The sale of each plate is deposited into a fund that will pay for spay and neuter services for dogs and cats statewide.
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Conneticut
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each plate helps to provide vaccination/sterilization benefits for any Connecticut resident who adopts a pet from a municipal pound through the Department of Agriculture, Animal Population Control Program.
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Delaware
Funds from the sale of this plate are provided to organizations or veterinary clinics that provide low-cost dog and cat spaying and neutering and to non-profit organizations that provide shelter to unwanted stray dogs and cats.
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Florida
The revenue generated from the sale of license plates will be distributed to non-profit organizations around the state for spay/neuter programs.
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Georgia
The manufacturing fee, minus $1 county tag agent's fee & the actual cost to manufacture the tag, is deposited in a special fund supporting the Dog & Cat Reproductive Sterilization Support Program under direction of the Ga. Dept. of Agriculture.
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Hawaii
Not state wide. Sponsoring organization is The Hawaiian Humane Society. The Hawaiian Humane Society receives $20 each year the Humane Society license plate is renewed.
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Illinois
Proceeds from these plates go into a pet overpopulation fund to provide money for spaying and neutering Illinois Companion animals.
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Kentucky
To support spay and neuter.
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Maryland
The Maryland "Spay and Neuter" license plate is set up as a combination between an organizational and commemorative plate. Commemorative plates may be purchased by any Maryland resident, and Organizational plates may only be purchased by an organization's membership. In the case of the Maryland PET (Spay/Neuter) plates, any member of the public may purchase the plate, but only by purchasing through a Maryland non profit shelter or rescue group.
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Massachusetts
The funds collected will be awarded to non-profit humane organizations and municipal animal control agencies in the Commonwealth, to be used to prevent pet overpopulation by funding programs that provide services such as spaying and neutering to cats and dogs for free or at minimal cost.
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Mississippi
Part of the proceeds from these plates will go into a Pet Overpopulation Fund to help indigent and low-income pet owners sterilize their pets. None of the monies collected may be used for euthanasia.
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Montana
While no state-wide program exists, a pet friendly plate where proceeds go to one organization, the Humane Society of Gallatin Valley is available.
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Nevada
Supports spay and neuter programs administered or approved by each Nevada County.
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New Jersey
Helps to fund animal population control programs.
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New York
$20 of the annual fee supports the Animal Population Control Fund.
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North Carolina
$10.00 returned to DHHS to promote spaying and neutering of dogs & cats.
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Ohio
Fifteen dollars of the total plate cost helps provide funds for spay and neuter surgeries as well as educational programs concerning the care of those pets for senior citizens, veterans, low income individuals, pets in shelters, humane societies, and foster/breed rescue groups. Your contribution will help prevent the spread of disease and reduce the negative impact on wildlife by fewer dog and cat attacks.
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Oklahoma
Sale of Animal Friendly License plates is one method of accruing funds to combat Oklahoma’s Pet Overpopulation Crises. $20 from the sale of each license plate will go into the Pet Overpopulation Fund.
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Tennessee
$15.38 of the $35.00 additional fee is allocated to the Humane Society to provide additional funding for the spaying and neutering of dogs and cats.
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Texas
The department shall deposit $22 of the $30 application fee to the credit of the animal friendly account established by Section 828.014, Health and Safety Code.
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South Carolina
A portion of the fees collected for this plate go into a special account for the State Veterinarian to support annual spaying and neutering programs. The fee for this special plate is $70.00 in addition to the regular vehicle registration fee.
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Utah
To generate funds to be used for the benefit of programs to alleviate the number of homeless pets in Utah.
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Virginia
These funds are paid annually and shall be used by the localities to support sterilization programs for dogs and cats.
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*If you know there are any other states offer animal friendly license plates, please let us know.
**Animal license plate availability status on states listed above is verified as of 6/3/2005. If you know any changes to their availability, please let us know.
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