The Neuterscooter is the miracle worker. At least for Oregon. Oregon has a cat overpopulation problem. It's understandable when vets can charge anywhere from $120 to over $300 for a spay job. A good share of Oregon's population couldn't afford $50. A good share of Oregon's human population live in poverty, many in abject poverty. I don't think a lot of people know how bad things are out there for cats and for the people of Oregon. I think a lot of people have their heads stuck in the sand over the suffering going on out there in both populations.
The Neuterscooter held clinics in Springfield, Veneta, Sweet Home, Corvallis and North Bend. These are areas where poverty increases the need for cheaper spay/neuter options. Yes, Corvallis, too, has many people in great need. Over 500 cats were fixed at these five clincs. By one vet dedicated to cats. BY ONE VET!
My friend and I rounded up 31 cats for the Corvallis clinic. I took an additional six cats down, including all five kittens who had ringworm, to the North Bend clinic where 113 more cats were fixed yesterday. I rode down with the vet and her partner. We didn't get back to Albany last night (this morning) until nearly 2:30 a.m. I volunteered all day at the clinic, officially, once we got there and set up, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. But they picked me up here, at my place, for the drive down, yesterday at 5:00 a.m. Very very long day.
My brother came over to the clinic and adopted Pixie!
With the 31 rounded up for the Corvallis clinic, and four more I took in Thursday--three from the Corvallis colony and one from Albany, plus the six fixed yesterday--five kitten fosters---three from the BS and two from the Albany injured eye mom situation, plus a feral kitten from Talbot, total cats taken in for fixing in three days time-----41!
Totals fixed from recent colonies: Over 80 cats fixed now from three houses in the BS colony. 14 fixed plus four kittens removed, from Hate Thy Neighbor Colony. 21 cats and kittens fixed from the Corvallis colony. These are just a few colonies I've been working. The Talbot Troops colony is now done, with the neuter of the third kitten in North Bend yesterday.
I am totally exhausted. Every part of my body hurts. I need cat food, cat litter, maybe a nice microbrew and rest.
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what long days! that is amazing work the 3 of you did! do you know if they might be able to talk to their foundation about maybe helping you out? just a thought :)
ReplyDeletecongrats on pixie's adoption!
rest up and have a cold one!!
We just received the latest FCCO newsletter and they show that for January through September of this year they have s/n a total of 2336 cats. The Neuterscooter accomplished over 21% of that total in just one week. That is some very impressive work by a few dedicated people.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed impressive. The vet is amazing. The 113 total in North Bend included 40 minutes taken out saving a cat that crashed after anesthesia was administered, due to having an abdominal hernia. At the FCCO clinics, the cat would have died. Since that was a rescued cat brought in, and the woman didn't want to deal with a surgery later to repair that hernia, a Eugene woman took her in. It's amazing! People can donate online also, to subsidize those who can't pay. It's all done online, including appointments, which makes things so much easier. The majority of cats fixed are house cats, but a third, in many locations, at least are feral. Feral populations arise because people don't or can't afford to fix their house pets. This program gets at the root of the problem, but also takes care of the aftermath of unfixed house cats--ferals.
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