On Is town of Delavan doing right by geese?
Posted on June 4 at 3:11 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I was at the Thursday meeting and members were asked to quantify what has been done so far. How many eggs were oiled? What was the goose population before and after? What nuisance measures were used and for what period of time and what consistency? The USDA did not ask for any proof that anything had been done before this. Nobody can even say what the assumed population is around the lake. Volunteers have signed up to clean the area all season. Next meeting is Monday. Show up if you care. Don't just say it's a shame!
On Mobile clinic snipping overpopulation problem
Posted on August 21 at 8:05 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
There are low cost spay/neuter programs out there. Unfortunately, they are not always well advertised. Touched By A Paw has the clinic in this article the fourth Friday of every month. We always fill up. The price is going up to $50, but that includes spay/neuter, rabies vacc, distemper vacc, flea and tick treatment and microchipping. We do not take dogs because our focus is the cats. But there are places that do. Shelter From the Storm in Madison does cats and dogs. Cats are $15 (M) and $30 (F). Dogs are $40(M) and $60 (F). Their number is 608-213-8864. You do not need to live in Dane County. Dane County Humane Society runs a similar program, again you do not need to live in Dane County. Their number is 608-838-0413 ext 0. They charge $26 for cats and $65 for dogs. Not all clinics include the same services, but all will get your animal spay/neutered. Rock County has an assistance program that will give you a $25 voucher to take your animal to the vet to help cover the cost if it is a female or you are on government assistance. Hopefully some of this will help someone who might otherwise not be able to care for their pet or barn animal. As far as taking in animals, you might need to check with your city. Some cities have not contracted with the Humane Society for your county. If that is the case, the humane society will not take your animal. Rescues work differently and many focus on one type of animal, or even one breed. I agree there is not enough help. But we are trying our best to change that.
Tammy N
On Mobile clinic snipping overpopulation problem
Posted on August 19 at 8:59 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I believe it is unfair to generalize about any group of people. I work at this spay/neuter clinic and we have many wonderful people who bring in their barn cats to be spay/neutered and vaccinated. These same farmers will also bring in those cats that end up dumped on the end of their driveways, alter them, and care for them. Then I also know of farmers who don't care about their cats who will say that they are 'just barn cats' and don't care if they are killed in the road because they are roaming because they are unaltererd. But there are MANY other people who are not farmers that are just as careless with their pets. We also have people who are trapping feral and stray cats in their neighborhood and getting them taken care of. These are not their cats or their problem, but they choose to take control and fix the problem. We hope to educate, one person at a time. Spay/neuter will reduce cat overpopulation, plain and simple. Barn cats that are spay/neutered are much more likely to stay and take care of the rodents. They won't be roaming to find a mate and kittens won't be born that aren't going to make it. The whole community needs to come together to solve the overpopulation problem, one spay/neuter at a time.
Tammy N - Touched By A Paw Volunteer
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On Relations strained between city, humane society
Posted on October 13 at 12:41 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I am with Community Cat. We are not in Sun Prairie. Perhaps you mean SpayMe? They have a low cost clinic in Sun Prairie, but not a shelter there. Community Cat does not take in owner relinquished animals or strays. We are an organization dedicated to facilitating low cost spay/neuter services focusing on trap-neuter-return for barn cats and feral cat colonies. We focus on preventing the litters before they get here! We do not have a shelter. All cats in our care are in foster homes. Friends of Noah is also foster home based. I think you will find that most recues around here are run totally by volunteers and work out of their own homes. I also know that most rescues are already beyond capacity.I know of no rescues who have the resources to take on the volume of RCHS. The rescues that are able to help do pull animals from there when they can.
Even if there were rescues and shelters to take on this responsibility it takes money, and lots of it. That money has to come from somewhere. Organizations rely on donations and fundraisers. This money comes from the public. There is no magic any of us can work to make this problem go away or cost less. It is very expensive to take in animals. They need medical care, minimally vaccinations and wormers. Many need to be spayed or neutered. Some come in with illness or injury. Some adoptables may remain with an organization an extended amount of time. Every day costs the rescue/shelter money. It is not inexpensive!
As a community we need to focus on the issues. Keeping animals out of shelters in the first place is key. Friends of Noah has a food bank to try to help people with financial issues. Trap/Neuter/Return for feral cats is a must. They don't belong in the shelters. Working with families on behavior issues and finding out WHY an animal is being relinquished. Many issues can be worked through. Offering low cost spay/neuter and microchipping. There are so many ways to deal with these issues.
No matter who takes in strays and who takes in owner surrenders, it costs money and that money has to come from somewhere.