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October
16 was National Feral Cat Day
The Philadelphia
Community Cats Council (PCCC) and The Pennsylvania SPCA opened one of the
nation's first permanent clinics devoted to providing basic veterinary care
and spay/neuter surgeries for feral cats. The Clinic has been named "the
Cube"
Becky Robinson,
president and co-founder of Alley Cat Allies, traveled from Washington,
D.C., to join us for this momentous occasion.
It is estimated that the Philadelphia region is home to tens of thousands of
feral and abandoned cats-cats that, if not spayed or neutered, could
possibly produce millions of sick, unwanted offspring in just a short period
of time.
The
Cube is located in the PSPCA's former evaluation room, in an area isolated
from the rest of the Philadelphia Adoption Center. In addition to a
dedicated exam/surgery space, the PSPCA will provide veterinary
expertise with
its vets and vet techs, medical supplies and equipment. The facility will
be open three days a week. In the first year, we expect to perform 10
spay/neuter surgeries a day-approximately 2,600 surgeries total. In
thesecond and third years, that total will increase to an average of 20 and
30 procedures per day, respectively, or approximately 5,200 and 7,800
procedures per year. With the daily TNRM program, PCCC will be able to
reachout to more feral cat colony caretakers, providing basic care and much
needed spay/neuter surgeries for thousands more feral and abandoned cats in
need!
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