Stray cat occasion goals to spay/neuter 1,000 in simply 4 days
by Burt Mummolo
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TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) —
If a single cat has 9 lives, doing the mathematics for Snip, Tip, Hooray would require a calculator.
“This is as many cats as I’ve ever seen in a single room,” and that is saying so much since Samantha Polen’s group, T-Town TNR, has fastened over 10,000 cats over the previous ten years.
“It actually works, entice, neuter, return actually works,” she stated.
All volunteer, the group routinely traps, neuters and returns cats to the tune of about 120 a month. But this mega-event, Snip, Tip Hooray, shall be doing roughly 300 cats a day for the subsequent 4 days, with cats from all around the state.
“We have cats right here from Enid, from Sand Springs, we’ve got cats from outdoors the Tulsa space, from McAlester,” she stated.
It’s a trigger so necessary that some of us are keen to threat itchy eyes and fixed sneezing.
“I’m allergic to cats, and I’ve taken my allergy medication right this moment,” stated Alicia Etgen. She is making a paper path for every cat, which can be microchipped and vaccinated for parasites and rabies.
“It is an important factor to any animal proprietor to spay and neuter as a result of the inhabitants of undesirable animals is simply uncontrolled within the metropolis and that is going to avoid wasting lives in order that animals don’t need to be euthanized,” she stated.
Helping management Oklahoma’s stray cat inhabitants with a 4 day medical marathon; Snip Tip, Hooray.
“Our objective was a thousand. I believe we’ll do in all probability 1,200 or 1,300,” stated Polen.
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