Low-Cost Spay/Neuter for Community & Pet Cats
March 20, 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to COVID-19, we have temporarily suspended voucher purchases in-person. However, the option to purchase vouchers online and have them mailed to you is still available.
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For only $20 - your cat can be neutered!!Spaying and neutering is essential in reducing and managing the cat population within our community. These procedures are performed by veterinarians to sterilize animals - making them incapable of reproducing. This is crucial because one female can become pregnant as young as four months of age and have at least two litters a year!
Spay/Neuter has many benefits in that cats who have this procedure tend to live longer, healthier lives and it eliminates the chances of certain kinds of tumors. It can also prevent/reduce unwanted behaviors associated with un-neutered cats such as fighting, mating, and wandering off which increases their chances of being hit by cars. |
If you have community cats that you are feeding, consider Trap-Neuter-Return to get them all spayed/neutered and prevent more from being born! More details below about how it works.
**IMPORTANT - the spay/neuter assistance programs are for Beaufort County, NC individuals only due to limited funds available.**
Although the cost to you is only $20 per cat, Paws and Love pays out $60-100. Our low-cost spay/neuter program depends heavily on donations and small grants to stay active. All donations, no matter the amount, are welcome so we can continue funding this program and making a difference in the community by helping others like yourself. If interested in donating, please click the "donate" button below. Thank you!
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March 20, 2020: Due to COVID-19, we have temporarily suspended voucher purchases in-person. The option to purchase vouchers online and have them mailed to you is still available.
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Every donation brings us one step closer to stabilizing the community cat population so that both felines and humans can live in harmony.
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What is Trap-Neuter-Return?
Trap-Neuter-Return (known as TNR) involves trapping unowned outdoor community cats (also known as feral cats), taking them to the vet to be spayed/neutered and vaccinated, and then returning them to their outside homes. This process helps the cats in that it stabilizes and reduces community cat populations allowing them to live happier, healthier lives AND it reduces the number of cats who wind up in the animal shelter. Check out the video below to learn more about how TNR works.
Cats who have been spayed/neutered are less likely to develop certain cancers, spray, fight, roam, and will no longer produce offspring - no more kittens showing up in need of homes! With enough people spaying/neutering through TNR, it will eventually make a BIG impact on shelter intakes of cats. Currently 50% of all cats that enter the Beaufort County, NC animal shelter are euthanized. In 2018, 1146 cats entered the shelter - 557 were euthanized, while 564 were rescued or adopted. Be the difference today and let's spay/neuter your cats!
Trap-Neuter-Return (known as TNR) involves trapping unowned outdoor community cats (also known as feral cats), taking them to the vet to be spayed/neutered and vaccinated, and then returning them to their outside homes. This process helps the cats in that it stabilizes and reduces community cat populations allowing them to live happier, healthier lives AND it reduces the number of cats who wind up in the animal shelter. Check out the video below to learn more about how TNR works.
Cats who have been spayed/neutered are less likely to develop certain cancers, spray, fight, roam, and will no longer produce offspring - no more kittens showing up in need of homes! With enough people spaying/neutering through TNR, it will eventually make a BIG impact on shelter intakes of cats. Currently 50% of all cats that enter the Beaufort County, NC animal shelter are euthanized. In 2018, 1146 cats entered the shelter - 557 were euthanized, while 564 were rescued or adopted. Be the difference today and let's spay/neuter your cats!
