{"id":192834,"date":"2026-02-25T09:40:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/192834\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:40:49","slug":"low-cost-spay-neuter-clinics-planned-for-ridgecrest-area-dates-pending-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/192834\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-cost spay, neuter clinics planned for Ridgecrest area; dates pending funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Pet owners in Ridgecrest and nearby communities will soon have a chance to get low-cost spay and neuter services for young cats and dogs through Kern County Animal Services.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic is open to residents in Ridgecrest, Inyokern, Buttermilk Acres, Randsburg and Johannesburg. Cats or dogs must be between two and seven months old to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>A $20 copay includes the spay or neuter surgery, a DHPP\/FVRCP vaccine and microchipping, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Clinics will be held this month, March and April, but specific dates are still pending because they depend on funding.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>To sign up, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kernsafe.org\/eastkern?fbclid=IwY2xjawQLHr5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJ0eDNSZXJMM1hPOGdUQUZtc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHk4hQfdAC0ECQjK5bqcfmGLBT4NxO0SRYfypvHOji75eohtIU2te1J_p8OUm_aem_UzESlF9CP2drepL1AFpskQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">kernsafe.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Pet owners in Ridgecrest and nearby communities will soon have a chance to get low-cost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-192834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}