DENVER - Animal welfare groups indicate taxpayers are spending more than $1 million a year housing, feeding, adopting and euthanizing homeless and feral cats. The cat population continues to grow, but thousands of cats are not fixed, continuing to have litters of kittens.
The Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Alliance is working hard to change all that by offering a low cost, high quality spay and neuter cat clinic. The group partners with the Denver Animal Shelter and the Animal Assistance Foundation while getting funding thru the Pet Smart Foundation. The clinic does about 4,000 operations a year they hope to double that number in the years ahead.
"We know that the more surgeries we do here, we will decrease intake at local shelters," said Amy Angelilli, Director. "Our staff surgeon is the best in the city. He can do nearly a hundred a month."
"For less than $40, people can have healthier pets and save money in the long run, but it all starts with getting pets spayed and neutered, " said Doug Kelley, Denver's Animal Shelter Chief.. Adding, "Otherwise it's a losing battle and more tax dollars will have to be thrown at the alley cat problem."
When unfixed house cats are tossed away and mixed up with alley cats litters come twice a year, something the Feline Fix Clinic is trying to put in check.
For more information, call the RMACA at 303.202.3516 or log on to their website at www.rmaca.org.
The Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Alliance is working hard to change all that by offering a low cost, high quality spay and neuter cat clinic. The group partners with the Denver Animal Shelter and the Animal Assistance Foundation while getting funding thru the Pet Smart Foundation. The clinic does about 4,000 operations a year they hope to double that number in the years ahead.
"We know that the more surgeries we do here, we will decrease intake at local shelters," said Amy Angelilli, Director. "Our staff surgeon is the best in the city. He can do nearly a hundred a month."
"For less than $40, people can have healthier pets and save money in the long run, but it all starts with getting pets spayed and neutered, " said Doug Kelley, Denver's Animal Shelter Chief.. Adding, "Otherwise it's a losing battle and more tax dollars will have to be thrown at the alley cat problem."
When unfixed house cats are tossed away and mixed up with alley cats litters come twice a year, something the Feline Fix Clinic is trying to put in check.
For more information, call the RMACA at 303.202.3516 or log on to their website at www.rmaca.org.
