Nothing else you do will alleviate as much suffering or prevent the killing or 'warehousing' of adoptable pets as quickly or efficiently as spaying and neutering." ~ Nancy Burnet
Our bookkeeper (pictured here) has done the math. He says it is time for another on-line AUCTION! We have just had two cats returned to us that were adopted out almost 6 and a half years ago. How sad is that? They are now 7 and a half years old. The woman doesn’t want them anymore because they were essentially her daughter’s cats and the daughter moved out a year and a half ago. Of course we will take them back. In the time they were in the home they have had no vet care. So that means we need to do a full veterinary workup (including blood work), and bring their vaccines up to date. This will take a big chunk out of our funds. And that is why the book keeper says it is time for another on-line auction. He says we can ask if anyone is willing to make a monetary donation to help with this cost but he insists we do an auction too. (Consider too that we already have 21 cats and kittens in our system up for adoption that we have to provide for!) So our request to you: if you have any gifts you received over Christmas (or at any time) that are not quite suitable to you will you consider re-gifting them to us? Or do you have something else you would like to donate to our auction? This can be new or nearly new items, or items that have been pre-owned but are in excellent condition. We also accept gift cards or gift baskets. Wine baskets are popular as are cat baskets. Please help us in one way or another. Donations can be made by e-transfer to nsnap@cogeco.ca This is also the email you can reach us at if you have something to donate for our upcoming on-line auction. We are aiming for mid-February 2023 for the auction. Thank you for your continued support.
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Our aim is to help end cat overpopulation in the Niagara Region
That there is a cat overpopulation means simply this: there are not enough homes for all the cats and kittens. As a result, thousands of healthy, adoptable cats and kittens are killed each year in Niagara alone. It is our failure to spay and neuter our pets that has brought us to this tragic situation. Consider this: one female cat and her offspring, in 7 years, can be responsible for the birth of 420,000 cats.
Pet abandonment is also a major contributing factor to the cat overpopulation crisis. In Niagara thousands of abandoned pets and feral cats suffer sickness, exposure, starvation and death on the streets and in the countryside as they attempt to survive on their own.
The single most important thing you can do to help end this sad situation is: spay/neuter your pet! Do not allow your pet to breed. For every new kitten born more animals in shelters die. Please be a responsible pet owner and fix your pet! Spay/neuter surgeries will lead to a decrease in the euthanasia rate and increase the live release rate (the number of animals that leave the shelter alive) of animals. If you cannot afford to spay/neuter you pet, please contact one of the two local low cost spay neuter clinics. There are no income requirements to using the clinic.
Welland & District Regional Spay Neuter clinic
700 E Main St, Welland, ON L3B 3Y4
289-820-9651
Lincoln County Humane Society Spay/Neuter Clinic
160 Fourth Ave, St. Catharines, ON L2S 0B6
(905) 688-7722
http://spayneuter.ontariospca.ca/booking.html
Besides being the humane thing to do, there are many health benefits to spaying and neutering your pets! It will increase his/her chance of a longer and healthier life. Spaying a female cat helps prevent uterine and ovarian cancer. It will also help prevent mammary gland cancer, perianal tumors, and pyometra. Neutering your male cat prevents prostate and testicular cancer. Cats that have been spayed or neutered are less likely to roam and/or get into fights that can lead to serious bite wounds that spread diseases such as Feline Leukemia, Feline Aids, and Feline Infectious Anemia.
If you would like to support our work by making a much needed financial donation, please click on the "How You Can Help Tab " and you will see a donation button allowing you to pay either by PayPal or by Credit card. For a list of cats/kittens up for adoption please click on the "Up for Adoption" tab.
That there is a cat overpopulation means simply this: there are not enough homes for all the cats and kittens. As a result, thousands of healthy, adoptable cats and kittens are killed each year in Niagara alone. It is our failure to spay and neuter our pets that has brought us to this tragic situation. Consider this: one female cat and her offspring, in 7 years, can be responsible for the birth of 420,000 cats.
Pet abandonment is also a major contributing factor to the cat overpopulation crisis. In Niagara thousands of abandoned pets and feral cats suffer sickness, exposure, starvation and death on the streets and in the countryside as they attempt to survive on their own.
The single most important thing you can do to help end this sad situation is: spay/neuter your pet! Do not allow your pet to breed. For every new kitten born more animals in shelters die. Please be a responsible pet owner and fix your pet! Spay/neuter surgeries will lead to a decrease in the euthanasia rate and increase the live release rate (the number of animals that leave the shelter alive) of animals. If you cannot afford to spay/neuter you pet, please contact one of the two local low cost spay neuter clinics. There are no income requirements to using the clinic.
Welland & District Regional Spay Neuter clinic
700 E Main St, Welland, ON L3B 3Y4
289-820-9651
Lincoln County Humane Society Spay/Neuter Clinic
160 Fourth Ave, St. Catharines, ON L2S 0B6
(905) 688-7722
http://spayneuter.ontariospca.ca/booking.html
Besides being the humane thing to do, there are many health benefits to spaying and neutering your pets! It will increase his/her chance of a longer and healthier life. Spaying a female cat helps prevent uterine and ovarian cancer. It will also help prevent mammary gland cancer, perianal tumors, and pyometra. Neutering your male cat prevents prostate and testicular cancer. Cats that have been spayed or neutered are less likely to roam and/or get into fights that can lead to serious bite wounds that spread diseases such as Feline Leukemia, Feline Aids, and Feline Infectious Anemia.
If you would like to support our work by making a much needed financial donation, please click on the "How You Can Help Tab " and you will see a donation button allowing you to pay either by PayPal or by Credit card. For a list of cats/kittens up for adoption please click on the "Up for Adoption" tab.
Reducing the flood of unwanted animals is best done...by stopping surplus animals from being born in the first place.
