The county shelter where my dad lives doesn't have enough funding for a vet to check the animals. Unfortunately they only have one who is willing to put down injured animals but nothing else. The other vets in town want to charge the shelter full price for anything else. It's sad and they are working to get a vet. Right now if they can tell the animal is spayed or neutered they charge $25 to adopt - state law. If the animal is unaltered they charge $65 and refund you the $40 once you show proof of the spay or neuter. Compared to the shelter they used to have years ago, a small concrete building with a hose to hook up a car's exhaust to euthanize the animals, I guess this is a major improvement.