It's a sickening fact that funding for local shelters has dropped and they are always over crowded. I had a feral cat problem where I live, outside of town. I asked the local private shelter for help but they were always full and could not even loan me a trap to trap the cats. I guess they were afraid I might try to bring them to the shelter. As a result there are feral animals in town and outside of town. People don't spay or neuter their pets and this is the result. The state and county run shelters keep a stray animal for 3 days and then kill them.
This is a direct result of the economy being in such a mess. If you look at almost any purchase you make these days the item was probably made in China or some where outside this country. Jobs just are not available and now our towns, cities, counties and states are having to cut back because they do not have the tax revenue they once had. Sadly they feel the animals should get the cuts first.
I ended up trapping these cats myself and getting them spayed one by one. Some were tameable and some where not. The ones I could not tame now eat on my patio and go in my shed during bad weather. This is the first year we have not had a new litter of kittens to deal with in several years.
My point is that individuals need to start doing something about the problem. Everyone can help at least one dog or cat. People who love animals can form groups and pool resources to help more animals. I got tired of watching those poor creatures suffer and die and decided that I could do something if only one critter at a time.
I took those cats to a low cost spay/neuter clinic. It's sad but the last time I was there they told me that they were having less and less people call to make appointments for their pets. |