Last year, Greater Good Charities, through its mobile spay and neuter program The Good Fix, sterilized over 640 animals on the Kenai Peninsula in a single visit. Numerous more families were turned away due to lack of capacity. The need was undeniable. This program directly reduced overpopulation, shelter intake, disease, and needless suffering across our community.

Despite this overwhelming public benefit, three of the largest local veterinary clinics (Twin Cities Veterinary Clinic, Soldotna Animal Hospital, and Kenai Veterinary Hospital) jointly pressured The Good Fix not to return. Only after intense public backlash did they release a carefully worded statement attempting to reframe their actions.

Their public explanation, that free spay and neuter services harm local clinics, collapses under even the most basic scrutiny. What was actually harmed was their elective surgery revenue. Their own statement admits that after The Good Fix event, they saw a 30–40% decline in paid spay/neuter procedures, because families chose a free public-health program over procedures priced at $650–$1,000+ per animal. Instead of responding by lowering prices or expanding access, these clinics moved to eliminate the only affordable alternative in an attempt to force pet owners to pay their inflated prices.

This was not a medical decision.

This was a financial decision.

By sending a coordinated letter discouraging The Good Fix from returning, these clinics used their market power to block charitable veterinary care for low-income families, rescues, and rural residents; fully aware that most of those animals will now go unsterilized. That directly fuels:

 • Increased stray populations

 • Overcrowded shelters

 • Rising euthanasia rates

 • Higher public health risks

 • Greater long-term strain on local rescues and borough animal control resources

After public outrage, the clinics claimed they only wanted The Good Fix to operate elsewhere. But the outcome speaks louder than any excuse:

The Good Fix will not return to the Kenai Peninsula unless these very same clinics agree to invite them back. Our community’s access to lifesaving preventive care is now being held hostage by private business interests with a vested financial interest. 

This is not protecting veterinary infrastructure.

This is weaponizing it.

Free spay and neuter programs do not take business from full-service clinics; they serve families who cannot afford care at all. Blocking this program does not redirect those clients (and funds) into local clinics; it simply ensures that their animals remain unaltered and continuing to contribute to the overpopulation crisis. The inevitable result is more suffering, more abandoned animals, and higher public cost.

OUR FORMAL REQUESTS

We respectfully but urgently request the following:

 1. That The Good Fix be allowed to return to the Kenai Peninsula, without requiring approval from for-profit veterinary clinics.

 2. That charitable, nonprofit animal welfare programs be permitted to operate free from local economic interference.

 3. That public need, animal welfare, and community health be prioritized over the protection of elective surgery revenue of private practices.

 4. That no private veterinary practices be allowed to block or restrict access to lifesaving preventive care through coordinated pressure or influence.

Preventive spay and neuter services are a matter of public health, animal welfare, and community responsibility. We are asking that decisions affecting thousands of animals and families be guided by compassion, access, and the demonstrated needs of this community, NOT by financial self-interest.

It is grossly inappropriate and ethically indefensible for Twin Cities Veterinary Clinic, Soldotna Animal Hospital, and Kenai Veterinary Hospital to presume they have the authority to speak for or decide ANYTHING on behalf of this community. These are private, for-profit businesses with a clear financial conflict of interest, and their coordinated effort to block a charitable medical program represents a misuse of professional influence for economic self-protection. The people of the Kenai Peninsula — not financially threatened businesses — are the rightful voice on access to care and are the ONLY voices that should matter.