Kitty Zimmer's Blog (8)

During 2011 we provided free spay/neuter help for 1,130 cats living in northern New Mexico.  For details, visit…

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July was a benchmark month for Cat Spay of Santa Fe.  Through the end of last month, we’ve helped 570 caregivers fix – and keep -- over a thousand cats.    And we’ve done this through the participation of ten private and nonprofit clinics based throughout northern New Mexico.  We’re especially pleased with these numbers as in our earlier Michigan program (2000-2010), we had only fixed a total of 560 cats for 115 caregivers after completing our first full year of operation.    With another 4…

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We had hoped to fix 500 cats in 2010 -- our first partial (May-December) year but fell a bit short ending with 459 sterilizations through December 31.  But since then we've fixed 114 more cats  and are now well above the 500 mark. 

 

If you know of anyone who needs financial help getting their cats fixed,…

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Cat Spay of Santa Fe has sterilized 190 cats through our free voucher program since we started in April. In addition we’re now running a current backlog of 135 outstanding vouchers – which should be redeemed in the next 30 days. At this rate, we’ll easily fix 1,600 cats over the next twelve months. These are cats that traditionally live under the spay/neuter radar – with families that know it’s the most important thing they can do for their cat… Continue

In addition to our original lower-income spay/neuter program that provides lower-income pet guardians with up to 3 free spay/neuter vouchers, we now offer assistance to managers of feral cat colonies caring for up to 20 cats at their home or business. Full details are posted to our web site and a summary is at Mews &… Continue

Our free cat spay/neuter program just closed its first quarter. Cat Spay of Santa Fe received its first application on April 17th and since then we've approved 13 applications for 80 spay/neuter vouchers. 51 cats were sterilized through the three clinics we currently work with: Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society Spay/Neuter & Wellness Clinic, Gruda Veterinary Hospital and Sangre de Christo Animal… Continue

If so, please make sure you fix your cat as soon as possible. Kittens as young as 16 weeks old can get pregnant -- and so it's important to spay (females) and neuter (males) before they turn 4 months old. If you live in the Santa Fe vicinity and need financial help to fix your cats, we may be able to help through our Cat Spay of Santa Fe FREE spay/neuter program. Visit our web site… Continue

Since our first burst of activity in late April, Cat Spay of Santa Fe went dormant. We kind of expected that to happen as it takes time for a new program to build a rhythm. And – since it is a new program – that’s okay -- because it gives us some time to work out any kinks without making too many public mis-steps. (We used our earlier Ann Arbor spay/neuter programs as a model but there are differences between Ann Arbor and Santa Fe that'll cause… Continue