Eugene Vets Vow to Sterilize 500 Ferals
In Eugene, Oregon, members of Lane County Veterinary Medical Association will donate their labor to spay and neuter 500 feral cats this year. Plans are to sterilize 10 to 15 cats weekly at the Greenhill Humane Society, with the shelter, the city and Lane County Animal Services supporting the efforts.
“As we head into spring, spaying and neutering is a critical part of limiting unwanted pets in our community and ultimately reducing the number of homeless animals that enter our shelter,” said Tom Howard, supervisor for Lane County Animal Services. “We recognize that feral cats play a significant part in pet overpopulation.”
Volunteers will place traps near large feral cat colonies, capture them and bring them in for sterilization. Sterilized cats have their ears notched to indicate that they’ve been altered, and are returned to their capture site.
To learn more about feral cats, visit The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon.
The Feral Cat Coalition is great. We just talked with them about neutering the two new strays that have shown up. What a great thing for the community to do.
That is so cool. In my community in Boquete, Panama, there are also some spay clinics every month, and I think that they have neutered more than 300 in the last year.
Woo hoo! I wish more cities would do this!
We’re going to look into this too. What a HUGE difference they can make. Very good cause!
I was trapped-neutered-returned using the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon services. It’s a wonderful volunteer service!
For more information on setting up a clinic in your area (if you’re in Oregon, contact FCCO at the link in the article), see the Alley Cat Allies website. They have information about programs throughout the US and support on setting up programs if your area doesn’t have one.
Here’s the link to request information on T-N-R programs in your area or how to start one
Here’s the link for information on how to humanely trap cats
now dat’zza kyoot kitten. i’m sorry it’z gointa havva notched eer!
oh well … dat’z da price u havta pay.
Way to go, Oregonians!!! And adding to Dot’s info above, you can also visit http://www.bestfriends.org for lots of TNR stories and info. Alley Cat Allies is at http://www.alleycat.org .
Lane County Veterinary Medical Association now has a fully-functional and informational website: http://www.LCVMA.webs.com
Check us out for more information on the Spay and Neuter Project!