Ohio Pet Fund buys Lake and Ashtabula Community Cats

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Community Cat Companions and its member groups, Lake County and Ashtabula Community Cats, have actually  been granted a $1,500 grant from The Ohio Pet Fund to support its Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program for feral and homeless cats in Lake and Ashtabula counties, according to a release from Community Cat Companions.

The Ohio Pet Fund financial investment of $1,500 will help Lake County and Ashtabula Community Cats to continue this lifesaving overcome its coupon program, which assists balance out sanitation charges for choose neighborhood members who fulfill particular monetary requirement. The group has actually already worked out exceptionally low charges for sanitation and vaccination for these animals, the release specified.

Community Cat Companions is a not-for-profit humane organization and works as the parent organization of Lake County Community Cats for Eastlake, Fairport Harbor, Mentor, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Painesville and Willowick Community Cats, all of which serve the whole Lake County location. It is likewise the sponsor of Ashtabula Community Cats, according to the release.

Since 2015, these groups have actually disinfected, immunized, returned or helped in the positioning of more than 6,000 cats throughout Lake and Ashtabula counties through TNR services. TNR is thought about the most gentle technique of assisting to manage the overpopulation of homeless and feral felines. TNR includes trapping, transferring and recuperating animals after sterilization/vaccination. Animals are then gone back to their outside areas where they are taken care of by certified caretakers. Although most of these animals are not ideal for adoption, about 30 percent of these animals are thought about “friendlies” and have actually been put for adoption through the organization’s adoption partner, Petsmart Charities, the release specified.

“Without the support of wonderful organizations like the Ohio Pet Fund and Western Reserve Junior Service League, we would not be able to help these animals or their caregivers” said Community Cat Companions Executive Director Cindy Valerio.

For more details about Community Cat Companions and Lake County Community Cats, go to www.lakecountycommunitycats.org.