Itty Bitty Kitty Committee is piloting the occasion this weekend, hopes to repeat each three months
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 might be internet hosting their first low-cost spay and neuter clinic in Saanich’s Royal Oak neighbourhood. If all goes properly, Sharon Rubin hopes to make it a daily 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 perfect 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.”
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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 might 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 have the ability to afford the process.
Rubin stated she is concentrating on this portion of the group as sudden litters of kittens from household pets are a big supply of the deserted kittens discovered within the wild. She stated round 75 per cent of kittens dwelling 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 providers 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 earnings between $27,000 and $71,000 relying on the variety of members of the family. Cats have to be at the very least eight weeks old, weigh at the very least 2.5 kilos, and in any other case be wholesome for surgical procedure.
A $200 deposit for the surgical procedure is required, however $100 might be refunded as soon as the cat is dropped off the morning of the scheduled appointment. The cats might 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 appliance is profitable, and the deposit might be forfeited if the appointment can’t be stored.
Should this preliminary clinic show profitable, Rubin stated she plans on organizing one each three months.
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