Sumner Spay Neuter Alliance
Programs
Budget
$200,000.00
Description
The Free Roaming, (Community Cat), feral cat population control is a concern in Sumner County and is included in the plan to reduce shelter intake and euthanasia/animal /population control. Feral and free roaming cat programs are offered for persons caring for barn cats, feeding strays or managing colonies. This program will be free to persons bringing cats from Sumner and some other areas as well. Donations will be appreciated.
Program Areas Served
None
$200,000.00
Description
The Free Roaming, (Community Cat), feral cat population control is a concern in Sumner County and is included in the plan to reduce shelter intake and euthanasia/animal /population control. Feral and free roaming cat programs are offered for persons caring for barn cats, feeding strays or managing colonies. This program will be free to persons bringing cats from Sumner and some other areas as well. Donations will be appreciated.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$300,000.00
Description
Financial Assistance for low income, elderly, disabled, unemployed, etc. with our regular clinic fees. Large dogs over 40 pounds can be spayed or neutered for a 10 co-pay, or free if need dictates. Assistance offered for cat fees as well.There is no financial assistance for very small dogs, but free for community/feral cats in Sumner County
Program Areas Served
None
$300,000.00
Description
Financial Assistance for low income, elderly, disabled, unemployed, etc. with our regular clinic fees. Large dogs over 40 pounds can be spayed or neutered for a 10 co-pay, or free if need dictates. Assistance offered for cat fees as well.There is no financial assistance for very small dogs, but free for community/feral cats in Sumner County
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$250,000.00
Description
Male cat $35, Female cats $45, Male Dog $50 and Female dog $60. We can sterilize 70 or more animals per day, 4 days a week. Services are provided in our clinic, a private non-profit in Sumner County. Vaccinations are offered at time of surgery only. However, a free rabies vaccinations is given with every surgery, as needed. For persons of low income, free services are offered or sometimes they will pay a small co-pay if able. We must reach all animals with spay /neuter, not just those belonging to person that can pay, if we are to achieve our mission to reduce euthanasia and the number of incoming animals at the shelter.
Program Areas Served
None
$250,000.00
Description
Male cat $35, Female cats $45, Male Dog $50 and Female dog $60. We can sterilize 70 or more animals per day, 4 days a week. Services are provided in our clinic, a private non-profit in Sumner County. Vaccinations are offered at time of surgery only. However, a free rabies vaccinations is given with every surgery, as needed. For persons of low income, free services are offered or sometimes they will pay a small co-pay if able. We must reach all animals with spay /neuter, not just those belonging to person that can pay, if we are to achieve our mission to reduce euthanasia and the number of incoming animals at the shelter.
Program Areas Served
None
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| A very big challenge for SSNA is helping to control our Community Cat population (free roaming- friendly or feral). Traditional animal control methods, for the last 50 years, has meant that free roaming cats be picked up by Animal Control or brought to the shelter by well-meaning citizens. Yet the truth is, 100% of feral cats will be killed at the shelter. 80% of even the free roaming friendly cats will not find a home either. This method hasn't worked to control the population. There is a better way. SSNA is an advocate for TNVR, Trapping, Neutering, Vaccinating and Returning the cat to its outdoor home to live out his or her life and no longer reproduce litter after litter. They can continue to bond in their colony and enjoy their shelter and food source established. On the other hand, when cats are removed from a location, new and intact cats will come into that area. New cats will breed and take advantage of the resources left by the original, removed cats. They will demonstrate the unpleasant behavior of mating, howling, marking their territory, being a nuisance. Cats that have been spayed or neutered and returned to their outdoor location will not. The challenge is to ask people to make that paradigm change to this non-lethal way of dealing with too many cats. Give it a chance. SSNA will spay or neuter, vaccinate and de-worm free roaming Sumner County cats for no charge. Donations appreciated. Bringing a cat to the shelter is a death sentence. They are very likely to succumb to stress, become very ill and be euthanized. Alternatives exist like TNVR, spay neuter clinic, rescue or just leaving them alone. They may be even someone's cat. |
