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I get cats fixed, feral or tame, as many as I can. From January 1, 2008, to July 15, 2008--the tally for the number of cats I've taken to be fixed is..........538!!!!!!! Along the way, when rounding up unfixed cats for fixing, I run into cats without options. Some people would consider them the bottom of the barrel cats and better off dead--little kittens with URI's, existing in junkpiles or deep in berry vines, but these are the cats who end up here, hoping for homes. They're perfectly wonderful kitties, too. Plese check them out when you are looking for your forever friend. I'm always out there, trying to find ways to reduce the suffering by getting cats fixed. People with unfixed house cats, or who are feeding ferals, find me somehow. Or, sometimes, I find them, by going door to door, or stopping, when I see cats congregated on a porch or property. I do try to get people to contribute, not only to the effort of getting their house cats or the cats they feed, fixed, but to donate to offset the money involved. I primarily use private clinics and money from nonprofit Poppa Inc. to take in hundreds of cats for fixing. If you want to make a vast difference for the feline world, or, even if you dislike cats and wish there were fewer, consider making a contribution to Poppa Inc., for fixing mid valley cats. One spay prevents thousands of cats from ever being born, to be abandoned or suffer and die, for lack of homes, or from ever needing rescued or shelter care, down the line. Spay/Neuter helps individual cats, the cat population as a whole, the person who cares for the cat or strays, the neighborhood, the community, stops disease spread vectors and even helps the environment. In other words---Spay/Neuter is a WIN WIN WIN situation for everyone. So, want to make a real difference? Donate to Poppa Inc. whose mission is solely spay/neuter. To donate, visit Poppa's website via blue link above, and donate online, through Paypal, or send your donation to the address on their website. If you wish, designate the money go to Jody's mid valley fixing fund. That request will be honored. ALERT!!!! KITTENS KITTENS EVERYWHERE! I have three kittens born to a mother abandoned along Highway 34. The kittens were born in the floorboard of a wrecked trashed car. I have three boys only two weeks old from a mother cat, now fixed, in Shedd. And from the same location, four tabby kittens, six weeks old, whose mother now is fixed. LISTEN FOLKS--kittens are already jamming shelters and being dumped along roads and taped up in boxes left in driveways. TOO MANY LINN COUNTY RESIDENTS are not fixing their cats and this creates CATASTROPHE for kittens and adults. FIX THOSE CATS PLEASE. Don't be part of this tragic horrible problem!Cat Fixing Week in Review. This last week, June 30 to July 4--22 more cats were fixed. 16 of these were from Albany, including several mothers AND their kittens. June 23 to June 28, I took in 16 cats to be fixed, including six kittens I located by calling free kitten ads. I wanted them to be fixed, so that by late fall, I won't be chasing down the kittens born to these kittens. at least now, they will be adopted out already fixed and will never go on to be part of the problem. Their mothers were also fixed. I continue to struggle with the BS colony. This is an out of control area, with over 100 cats shared by four rural Albany households who apparently felt no responsibility to spay/neuter. I was not happy to hear about more kittens born in a back barn. One of the kittens had been savagely killed, with all four paws and tail cut off, and laid on the bottom of an old cabinet in the barn. I dug out the other three kittens from a junk metal pile, where they were hiding, and they are here. I trapped the mother and got her fixed. Now I hear there are more kittens from another unknown mother. I have gotten over a hundred cats fixed just in this location and rehomed over 30 cats from there. Donations from the households involved are under $50. Linn County has too many cats. We all know this. Sheltering and rescueing cats and kittens is a wonderful thing, but sheltering helps only a fraction of the cats out there in need. In Oregon, about 25, 000 cats are killed in shelters every year. Shelters are after the fact. They don't prevent overpopulation, they house a fraction of the results. Better to prevent the problem in the first place. For instance, if a shelter holds 30 cats, that is the offspring of just two cats who have three litters each in one summer. A more efficient way to solve this problem is not to donate to the shelter housing the 30 offspring, but to spay those two females before they reproduce. In other words, getting your cat or a neighborhood cat spayed, or donating to groups or nonprofits whose sole mission is spay/neuter, will benefit cats far more than donating to shelter the never ending supply of offspring of unfixed cats. I am certainly not against shelters, since I sort of am one. But the solution to the suffering doesn't lie with shelters, that's for sure. Most shelters do almost nothing to help solve the overpopulation problem. Some contribute to it by adopting out unfixed cats or kittens. As we begin a new year, if you are an animal lover, I challenge you to get involved actively. Research the issues. Encourage your shelter to adopt out ONLY fixed cats and kittens and to become primarily involved in spay/neuter. And donate to spay/neuter groups, like Poppa Inc. and the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon. And of course you can help by NOT being part of the overpopulation problem. Get your cat fixed immediately! If you are a Linn County resident and low income, disabled or elderly, you can qualify for a SafeHaven Cats Count Voucher and get your cat fixed for $10. Call or go to SafeHaven to get the voucher application. (I am not affiliated with SafeHaven) Then make sure your neighbors get their cats fixed, also. Also, identify strays in your neighborhood and get them fixed using programs like The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon mobile clinics, The Neuterscooter clinics. The Neuterscooter may be back in Oregon in late July. Or maybe even use your local veterinarian. Get Involved! If you are feeding feral cats, TRAP them Now.
Ty Tiger Abandons--a Tenant Moves Out and Leaves 16 Cats Behind.
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Feral Night Cat Trapper Rescue wants YOU to FIX your PETS! Every spay prevents an incredible amount of suffering. A great big THANK YOU and purrs from the kitties to a trio of Linn Benton Community college employees who brought me bags of cat food and cat litter. This was incredibly helpful and also an encouragement to me. Helping cats can be extremely demanding lonely work Thank you to Midori of Ridgefield, WA, for her continued support. Midori adopted Little Miss Sunshine awhile back and continues to support my cat work. Thank you to Shefali of California, also, for her continued support and encouragement. Shelter wish list: MONEY to fix more cats. High quality cat food. Strongid and Droncit for worming. Advantage or Revolution for flea treatment. Ink cartridges. Wood pellet fuel, to use for cat litter. Volunteers! to foster cats, socialize cats, create and post adoption fliers. |
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I am a cat trapper. I am an obsessive relentless propenent of spay/neuter. I trap feral cats in humane live traps so they can be spayed or neutered and returned to their caretakers. Although I never intended to do rescue, I have come upon situations of need from which I cannot turn away. And so, I often find myself fostering and taming feral kittens or strays who badly need chances at loving homes. I call my rescue "Feral Night" because I am a lover of strays and ferals and there is nothing I like more than hanging out with ferals in the black of night beneath the shining stars. I believe one individual can make a difference. I identify with strays. I once lived homeless along the banks of the Willamette River. A colony of cats became my family and provided me love and acceptance. Now I help out strays whenever I can. I do not take in cats from the general public. |
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Contact me, by e-mail preferably, about a specific kitty. I e-mail you an adoption application. You fill it out and return it. What am I looking for in an adoptor? If you rent, I need to know your landlord allows pets. I'll need a reference, preferably a vet you have used with previous or current pets. Then you come on over and meet the kitties! Be sure to bring a carrier. I'm just looking for stable loving homes for these rescued kittens. The process can be quick. Adoption fee is $30 for a fixed rescued kitten or cat. I also usually have fixed wilder cats, in the wings, needing mousing barn cat positions. |
