Humane Society Exceeds First Year Expectations
December 18, 2007
HUMANE SOCIETY EXCEEDS FIRST YEAR EXPECTATIONS
More Than 1000 Feral Cats “TNR’d” In Only Nine Months
OKLAHOMA CITY (Dec. 18, 2007) – The Oklahoma Humane Society had an ambitious goal for its first year of operations in Oklahoma City: to make a major impact on controlling the City’s feral cat population by trapping, neutering and returning 1000 cats.
Through the hard work of about 50 local volunteers, they achieved that goal in less than nine months, an achievement that Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said the City should be very proud of.
“The Oklahoma Humane Society has done a phenomenal job in its first year for our city, with very limited resources,” Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said. “Gaining control of Oklahoma City’s growing feral cat population is an important goal for us, with major economic implications for the future.”
Cornett recently helped launch a metro-wide initiative called the Metro Alliance For Animal Life, a coalition of animal welfare groups collaborating on No Kill efforts.
“We are thrilled with how well this program is going!” said Christy Counts, Oklahoma Humane Society’s executive director. “There is obviously a real need in the feral cat segment of animal welfare and we intend to address it. It is our goal to have one of the strongest trap/neuter/return programs in the country and we are well on our way.”
The Oklahoma Humane Society’s Trap/Neuter/Return program is part of the organization’s overarching goal of achieving No Kill status, a title given to communities with programs in place to help all adoptable and treatable animals avoid being euthanized.
“The fact that the City of Oklahoma City has stepped up to collaborate with us on this program says volumes about the City’s commitment to achieving No Kill status,” Counts said.
The goal for 2008 is to double 2007’s success by trapping, neutering and releasing 2000 of the City’s feral cats.
The Oklahoma Humane Society is a nonprofit animal welfare organization proactively engaging the local community in creating and maintaining a “pet friendly” society by promoting responsible pet ownership, humane education and ending pet overpopulation.
OK Humane is funded solely by donations, grants, and bequests. For more information, please visit www.okhumane.org
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Editor’s Note: Christy Counts can be reached at (405) 343-7057
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