Animal Friendly License Plates

Honk if you love animals!  Better yet, purchase a special Animal Friendly license plate.  Proceeds will provide free or reduced-cost spaying and neutering for dogs and cats across Texas.

The 75th Texas Legislature created the Animal Friendly license plate in 1997.  It is reported that it was quite an uphill battle.  The intent was to raise money to fund low cost or free spay and neuter programs throughout Texas; to help stop the killing of unwanted animals across our great state.  $20 from the sale of each set is deposited in the Animal Friendly account in the state treasury.

However, the State may disburse the money only after $500,000 has been credited to the account. This goal must be met by September 2004 or all the money raised will revert to the state's general fund. This means that before any grants can be made, 25,000 sets of plates must be sold. 

These plates have been available now for 2 years.  As of last Wednesday, November 17, 1999, only 7,513 sets were sold. At this current rate of sales, it will be a very close call for this goal to ever be met.  And that's giving Texans 7 years to meet this seemingly easy goal.

An estimated 1,000,000 dogs and cats will end up in Texas shelters this year.  Most will be destroyed.  Spaying and neutering prevent homeless animals and needless suffering.

Order your Animal Friendly license plate today and keep homeless animals off the road.

Here is a link to the TxDOT Application for Animal Friendly License
Plates: http://www.lubbocktax.com/forms/vtr-409.pdf

TxDOT Special Plates (Austin): 512-374-5010.

Here is a link to artwork of the Animal Friendly plates.  (Right click on the image and then click on SAVE IMAGE AS.  Then place the image in a directory where you will later be able to find it.)
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tdotnews/advisory/anima200.gif