A non-profit kitten rescue organization is providing up an opportunity for low-income households to get their cats spayed and neutered this weekend, with the objective of lowering the feral cat inhabitants and in flip saving lives.
From Sunday (Oct. 8) to Tuesday (Oct. 10), the Itty Bitty Kitty Committee shall be internet hosting their first low-cost spay and neuter clinic in Saanich’s Royal Oak neighbourhood. If all goes nicely, Sharon Rubin hopes to make it an everyday occasion.
“We have way too many cats and kittens in the world,” stated Rubin, noting her decade of caring for deserted and feral kittens has proven her prevention is the very best methodology to lowering the variety of kittens dying within the wild.
“Every year we are getting further and further behind on this issue. Every year there are more and more kittens being left behind, so we need to get in front of the problem, and that’s why I am doing this clinic.”
Partnered with a cellular veterinarian who’s bringing a trailer-based working room to city for the clinic, Rubin hopes to spay and neuter 40 cats over the three-day clinic.
Half of the cats shall be “community” or feral cats to assist management that inhabitants, whereas the opposite half of the surgical procedure slots are available for low-income households who in any other case wouldn’t be capable to afford the process.
Rubin stated she is focusing on this portion of the neighborhood as surprising litters of kittens from household pets are a major supply of the deserted kittens discovered within the wild. She stated round 75 per cent of kittens residing within the wild don’t survive.
“My goals in all of this is not only to help people in the community, but also to make the community aware there are resources if kittens are found outside. Please reach out if you do see kittens – don’t just take them, reach out first so there is a plan.”
Information on the rescue companies Rubin offers, and registration for the spay and neuter clinic is available on-line at ibkcca.wordpress.com.
To be eligible for the clinic, households will need to have an revenue between $27,000 and $71,000 relying on the variety of members of the family. Cats have to be not less than eight weeks old, weigh not less than 2.5 kilos, and in any other case be wholesome for surgical procedure.
A $200 deposit for the surgical procedure is required, however $100 shall be refunded as soon as the cat is dropped off the morning of the scheduled appointment. The cats shall be prepared for pickup later that very same day.
As the vet is travelling from out of city for the clinic, surgical procedures can solely happen on the time and date assigned as soon as the applying is profitable, and the deposit shall be forfeited if the appointment can’t be saved.
Should this preliminary clinic show profitable, Rubin stated she plans on organizing one each three months.
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