The Tax Commissioner's Office will be promoting the Georgia Pet Foundation on Friday, February 15th, 2019.
![Georgia Pet Foundation](/sites/default/files/inline-images/GPF.png)
Through the sale of specialty license plates and private charitable donations, the Georgia Pet Foundation funds eligible, state-wide spay-neuter programs in an effort to eliminate pet overpopulation and the euthanasia of healthy and treatable cats and dogs. GPF was established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in April 2016, when Governor Deal signed legislation approving the new tag. The tags can be purchased at the Tax Commissioner's Offices.
Approximately 62% of homeless pets who enter Georgia county shelters are killed each year. In addition to GPF's spay-neuter grant program, they also focus on public education initiatives to increase community awareness of the benefits and imperatives of spaying and neutering Georgia pets.