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Trap–neuter–return (TNR), also known as trap–neuter–release, is a controversial [1] [2] [3] method that attempts to manage populations of feral cats. The process involves live-trapping the cats, having them neutered , ear-tipped for identification, and, if possible, vaccinated , then releasing them back into the outdoors. [ 4 ]
In 2009, Shelby County, Kentucky, became the first no-kill community in Kentucky through a joint effort of the county shelter and the Shelby Humane Society. [32] In March 2010, the Austin, Texas City Council unanimously passed a resolution for the City's open-admission shelter to achieve a 90% save rate of all impounded animals. [33]
Other large-scale ASPCA rescues included providing emergency sheltering and assistance for approximately 1,300 animals displaced during the Joplin tornado in 2011 and assisting with the care of 367 dogs in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia in 2013, in what has been believed to be the second-largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history. [43] [44]
The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County awarded $75,118 to seven nonprofit organizations for a variety of programs. Grants to fund spay/neuter for stray cats, help for families ...
The Mississippi State Department of Health is asking for $107 million of the $1.8 billion in federal pandemic relief money allocated to Mississippi.
In 2014, 700 World Spay Day events were held in 41 countries, including all 50 U.S. states, and over 68,000 companion animals were sterilized. [4] In Canada, World Spay Day in February 2014 included spay and neuter clinics in remote communities in northern Quebec, with additional clinics to follow. [9]
According to state figures, as of June, 1,423 families and 2,522 individuals are receiving federal welfare grants administered by Mississippi, a state where 548,000 people live in poverty. Show ...
Often the term neuter[ing] is used to specifically mean castration, e.g. in phrases like "spay and neuter". Neutering is the most common method for animal sterilization . Humane societies , animal shelters , and rescue groups urge pet owners to have their pets neutered to prevent the births of unwanted litters , which contribute to the ...