By Devon Jahn | Development Manager
On Saturday, October 3, 2015, we had 127 cats at our clinic from Othello, Washington. The cats were trapped and transported by a team of volunteers who work on an online show called Animal House. While filming an episode of the show they found an exploding population of feral and stray cats in this rural, depressed community 50 miles north of Richland, WA. They wanted to help them. They worked with the community for months and once they had them on board for Trap-Neuter-Return, they reached out to FCCO.
We lent them traps and carriers, and in one day they caught the 127 cats at 17 trapping locations across the town. While these cats were at FCCO they continued to trap the remaining cats. On Sunday, October 4, 2015, an additional 40 cats arrived from Othello to be spayed/neutered. All 167 cats were safely returned back home to recover.
This mass trapping effort will have a dramatic effect on the cat population and in the hearts and minds of the residents. One caregiver told the trapping team, "I've been trying to get someone out here to help for years. I am 80 years old and had given up hope the cats would ever get care. Thank you so much."
Spay/neuter makes a difference in so many lives.
Thank you for your support!
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