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Kentuckians for the last twenty years have shown their support for animal shelters across the commonwealth with the Kentucky Spay or Neuter special license plate. With more special interest plates available and the same design in place for two decades, Kentucky Animal Control Advisory Board Co-Chair, and Elizabethtown City Council Member, Julia Springsteen said the board decided it was time for a refresh.
“We did a statewide design competition in the spring, and in the summer, we looked at all of the submissions,” Springsteen said. “We actually had about 120 submissions. It was great, and we chose this one that you guys will see online and at the clerk’s office, and we’re just hoping it’ll do some good.”
The winning design was submitted by Hayli Strickland, a graphic design teacher at the University of Kentucky. When you register your vehicle or renew your registration, you can pick Strickland’s plate and support the state’s animal population.
“The Animal Control Advisory Board’s mission is to distribute revenue from the sale and renewal of the Spay/Neuter license plate, and those monies go out in the form of spay/neuter grants to animal shelters across the state, including the Hardin County Animal Shelter,” Springsteen said.
The new plate comes at a time when shelters everywhere are struggling with demand.
“Shelter Animals Count reports the average intake for Kentucky shelters is 319 dogs and 322 cats each month, and adoptions are only about a third of those numbers, so we hope this encourages people to be very public about their support for spaying and neutering pets,” Springsteen said. “Every animal fixed outside of a shelter gives a shelter animal a better chance at getting a new family.”
The new plate is available now for purchase at all Kentucky County Clerk offices, including Hardin County, or on the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s website.
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