Today licensing can also be used to protect people from the many problems which arise from our contact with domestic dogs just as licensing was used to curtail the threat of rabies many years before a safe anti-rabies vaccine was discovered, so too can licensing help protect the public from dog problems until a better solution is discovered. Some people have inquired about making donations of money or things we might need. If you would like to make a donation please feel free to call us at 487-0137. Feline Overpopulation A number of our phone calls coming in are generated by problems with cats. Most of these calls are a direct result of feline overpopulation resulting from owners failing to spay or neuter their pets.
Cats can become pregnant at five months of age.
Contrary to popular belief an animal does not have to have a first litter before being spayed. It s equally important to neuter male cats as they contribute to the spread of Feline AIDS and leukemia. Unfortunately our facility does not deal with stray cats problems, cats in trees or unwanted pet cats, and cats hit by a car who are deceased because there are no laws that protect the town from liability. The only time we can legally get involved with a cat problem is if a human was bitten or scratched by a cat, if a cat has been struck by a vehicle and is still alive, if it is showing signs of rabies or to enforce the rabies vaccination requirement. Unfortunately there aren t a lot of organizations that can help cats due to liability issues and not having any laws to protect organizations that could deal with cats.