Our History and Successes

2004
Cynthia Farrar, Founder of Jury-Duty Spay & Neuter lost her beloved cat, Jury. Cynthia and Gregory often refer to Jury as their first child having adopted them when they were still newly weds. Cynthia was overwhelmed with grief and realized that she could direct this emotion to be a positive force and save the lives of countless animals in our community.  After months of research Cynthia decided that the best approach to ending the euthanize of over 12,000 animals in our community each year was to have an organization devoted solely to spaying and neutering, which can end this problem in the only humane solution. The first ever assessment was developed by Cynthia assessing the animal overpopulation and the solution to the problem.

2005
Founded the Northwest Florida Animal Alliance, bringing together all animal welfare organizations both public and private to coordinate services, Guided and coordinated the first collaboration with our local humane society, Pensacola Humane Society and the Escambia County Animal Control to be a Charter recipient of the Florida license plate grant and have subsequently received grants from the organization for our own ongoing work with feral and free roaming catsCelebrated reaching the milestone of completing 100 "effective" spay/neuter surgeries in one year (those that would otherwise never happened without financial subsidies).

2006
Introduced a public awareness campaign to educate pet owners and residents in our community of the importance of spaying and neutering. These campaigns while cute were and still are informative, and provoke conversations.

2007
Jury-Duty Spay & Neuter presented an ordinance to the County Commissioners and they approved to fund a low cost spay and neuter program through an increased pet license fee. This program is funded by your dollars. Began the Paws and Purrs Calendar Contest open to all owned and non-owned animals in northwest Florida. This event was a huge success and has continued to grow over the years. This program was the first time in Pensacola history that a fund raising event was conducted solely over the Internet.  Resurrected the Spay Florida non-profit organization and under Cynthia's leadership veterinarian services contacts were established in each county in our state. As well as a toll free number and a database for access to the program throughout Florida. Lobbied the Escambia County Commissioners to Proclaim February Spay and Neuter Month.Reached the milestone of completing 772 "effective" spay/neuter surgeries in a single year (those that would otherwise never happened without financial subsidies).

2008
Presented to the County Commissioners a program to establish a spay and neuter program through a license tag fee increase in Escambia County, and using the extra proceeds to fund a county-run low income spay and neuter programThe first "Fur Ball" was held in September 2008 and was a huge success with over one hundred guests enjoyed and evening of great food, art auction, and a silent auction. Recipient of the Florida Animal Friends Grant dedicated to solely spaying and neutering of free roaming cats. The largest grant ever received in our area for spay and neuter surgeries.  Reached the milestone of completing 950 "effective" spay/neuter surgeries in a single year (those that would otherwise never happened without financial subsidies).

2009
We saw the establishment of the first Animal Advisory Committee to guide and be a liaison between the community and the County Commissioners on animal issues.  This program was established this year through the efforts of JDSN.  We are also able to lobby for an increase in the low income guidelines for the county run spay and neuter program to make the program more accessible to more residents. We surpassed our goal of a 1000 targeted surgeries this year.

2010
We were off to a running start this year. The demand for our services has increased as more people are hearing about us and seeing the results for themselves. Our Fur Ball was a HUGE SUCCESS. Thanks go out to all of our volunteers and to the community that supported our event.  

We are entering the last quarter of the year and are looking at surpassing our total number of surgeries that were preformed last year.