Desexing Project Award

Companion Animals Trust is dedicated to supporting projects beneficial to the community, those that provide care and protection to companion animals and projects focused on education within the field of companion animal welfare and urban animal management. The Desexing Project Award will fund a community project up to $10,000 (not including the cost of microchips and free registrations on the Companion Animal Register NZ). If your application is successful, microchips and registrations for the number of animals expected to be desexed with be automatically supplied.

Please note: all animals being desexed as part of your award application must be microchipped and registered with the Companion Animal Register NZ. If you do NOT require microchips and/or free registrations please provide explain how you will ensure these animals are microchipped and registered, and provide supporting documents.

All animals being desexed must receive appropriate pain relief.

There are two funding rounds per annum. Applications must be received by the closing date advertised on the home page. You may only submit one Desexing Project Award application, per organisation, per funding round.

Please complete this form for your proposed desexing project. If a section is deemed not to be relevant to your project put N/A. Applications not completed in full will not be considered. Complete the application form and submit or save draft.

Please read the Terms & Conditions before completing your application.

Please provide details on the number of animals your organisation rehomed or rehabilitated in the last 12 months.

Applications must be accompanied by your latest annual audited accounts (where applicable)

Identify previous funding you or your organisation have received from Companion Animals Trust. Include application number, amount received. Also describe if all the funding has been utilised, if not, why not?

Please provide details of the number of cats and/or dogs involved in this project.

Please describe how the animals for this project are being sourced (e.g. owner provided, trapped or caught). If the animals are being trapped/caught please describe how this will be carried out including the type of trap you propose to utilise.

Please provide the number of microchips and CANZ microchip registration forms you require. Companion Animals Trust reserves the right to alter the amount provided from the amount sought. Please also indicate whether you require 8.5mm or 12mm microchips.

Describe the total cost of the project. If the total cost of the project exceeds what you are requesting from CATNZ please provide details of how the additional funds will be sourced or raised.

Please provide a detailed budget. Please expand as necessary. The cost of each item (other than microchips and registrations) must be listed in the budget and should be supported by a written quote. This quote must be included as an attachment to your application. Costs not supported may not be approved (add rows to the table as necessary).

I declare that to the best of my knowledge the information I have provided is true and correct. I confirm that I have read the associated project notes and conditions and if successful with this application I agree to abide by these conditions. I declare that I / Organisation I am applying on behalf of is not currently under investigation by SPCA New Zealand.