THANK YOU to Poppa Inc. for providing funds to fix 35 Cats (so far) in a Corvallis Homeless Camp. (www.poppainc.org)
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Things are rough and getting rougher out there, for the cats and kittens of Mid Valley Oregon! If you have an unfixed cat or feed unfixed strays, be responsible and immediately get that cat or those strays fixed! Do not add to the suffering going on out there right now, as I write this. Most people do not have any idea of how bad it is. Come on people, please, fix your pets! It's a battle royal out there on the streets, trying to save lives. Educate yourselves. Get involved. Be responsible. Got a cat? Get it fixed. DEAD KITTENS AREN'T CUTE! How can the overpopulation problem be solved? This is a human caused problem and the effects of people getting a free kitten on a whim that they cannot afford in front of a supermarket or in a pet store ripple outward to cause suffering, death and massive costs to taxpayers and all sorts of people. Shelters and rescuers that adopt out unfixed cats and kittens make matters worse. People often do not follow through even if handed a spay voucher. It should be against the law for an animal shelter or rescue to contribute to the problem by adopting out unfixed animals.
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WHAT I DO
From January 1, 2008, to January 1, 2009, I took in 939 cats to be fixed. That's 939 cats in 2008, feral and owned, who will not be producing unwanted litters of kittens this spring, or producing litters given away free, who then go on to produce more and more litters, contributing grossly to the suffering of feline overpopulation. That's 939 more cats who will not be as likely to get or spread Feline Aids (FIV) or Feline Leukemia (Felk), common in areas where people don't fix their pets. I primarily use Poppa Inc. funds. These funds are very low. Please donate to Poppa Inc. by clicking the link to go to their website. 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, if you want to make a significant difference for cats in Oregon, donate to Poppa Inc. whose mission is solely spay/neuter. To donate, visit Poppa's website via blue link above.
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Partial List of Colonies Trapped and Colony Numbers
35 Homeless Camp cats and kittens. At the request of homeless campers, I began getting cats fixed at a homeless camp. I've trapped 35 so far. Over half have been kittens I did not return because they need real lives. I still have 3 homeless camp kittens here awaiting homes. Check out Teddy, Honey and Starr.
21 cats fixed, three kittens removed from an Albany man's place. Most were Bengals or Bengal mixes. Shaulin remains here from this situation awaiting a home.
With KATA of Sweet Home, helped remove and rehome over 30 cats from around a Lebanon house after the owner was foreclosed upon.
33 Cat Trailer: 33 cats living on one old woman's trailer porch in Albany.
HTN Colony: 95 cats fixed, on two short streets in Albany. Many were owned, and I consider getting them fixed, good feral prevention. Brambles originates from this colony and is still here, awaiting a home.
BS Colony: 145 cats fixed on one dead end street off highway 20. Half of these cats were tame. I rehomed about 40 of these cats over a year's time. Shady, Mops and Buffy originate from this colony and remain here, awaiting homes.
Vanman Kitten Colony: 18 cats I trapped/got fixed at Columbus Greens Trailer Park. I rehomed the 13 kittens plus one adult. I also got 8 owned cats fixed from one trailer and got 16 cats fixed, dumped out by one tenant, then fed by an old woman. She then died. Her family said they'd help place the cats and donate if I took them in, which I did, but they did not help find them homes or donate. Button and Tweetie remain here from that group, awaiting homes.
Bond Orange colony: 16 orange tabbies, trapped, fixed and relocated. Colony began when family brought in two pregnant cats as barn cats. Then suddenly they didn't want any of them.
Scravel Scramblers Colony: 24 cats and kittens trapped and fixed. Four kittens rehomed.
Millersburg Road Chaos Colony:12 adults and 7 kittens fixed.. Overpopulation Poster Child Colony: five cats so far fixed from this small colony in Albany, so named because the little group was ripe to explode in numbers. It consisted of: three teen girls, one mom with abandonment issues and an angry big tom. The first litters of kittens this spring would have increased the colony numbers by 16 to 20 cats. These are only a fraction of the situations I've addressed. Please donate to Poppa Inc. so I can continue solving these cat situations as they arise. | |
Linn County has too many cats. Sheltering 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 its aftermath. Better to prevent the problem in the first place. The most efficient effective use for donations is in high volume spay/neuter. Donate to spay/neuter groups, like Poppa Inc. . You can also 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 $20. Call or go to SafeHaven to get the voucher application. (I am not affiliated with SafeHaven) 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 is returning to Oregon for a series of clinics.. Or use your local veterinarian. Get Involved!
