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Cats are good at reproducing and this is what can happen if the cats are not spayed /neutered
Humans had to wear masks to be able to be in the house.
Cats lived there and had no chance to get fresh air.
 
I spayed LA
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"Dear Friends:

I am so excited to tell you about Stray Cat Alliance’s newest program, I Spayed LA. We have recently embarked on this innovative spay/neuter project that targets some of the poorest demographic areas in Los Angeles—areas with little to no services for spay/neuter, in desperate need of support that now comes from Stray Cat Alliance.

We not only provide vital spay/neuter services but also key elements, which are not traditional to spay/neuter campaigns, as part of our new program. To increase effectiveness, we use proven, successful, community organizing tactics to communicate the intrinsic value of our life saving program. Our volunteers and staff speak to churches, schools, community groups, senior groups, door to door and neighborhood councils to share the benefits of a well organized and orchestrated spay/neuter campaign. We are setting up block and neighborhood captains who will be trained and outfitted with information, and education and resources to help their streets.

Stray Cat Alliance is also partnering with key human-centric nonprofit organizations in these areas. For example, we are teaming up with a nonprofit group whose purpose is to keep troubled youth in school. These children will work alongside us, helping to spread the word at their schools and churches, distributing educational flyers and even trapping free-roaming cats. We also plan to interface with an organization committed to help the homeless lift themselves from poverty. The group’s leaders say they there is much to learn from our program.

I Spayed LA weaves itself seamlessly into the very fabric of this community and we believe it will have far-reaching results. We know that if we fixed every single cat in the area, two years later, the cat population would return to its original number. Our goal is to change the hearts and minds of neighborhood residents by education and the empowerment to take positive action. We’re already witnessing incremental changes.

We have begun with the zip code 90037, a very impoverished area where we believe as many as 10,000 free-roaming cats live. There, two well-stocked trap depots await caring citizens who want to learn all aspects of humane trapping. Once trapped, cats are taken to our strategic partner for spay/neuter, Animal Rescue Center in South Los Angeles. All services are paid by Stray Cat Alliance at this low cost facility.

Additionally, Stray Cat Alliance is establishing dispute resolution teams to manage neighborhood conflicts. We also know from experience that once all cats are fixed, many conflicts resolve themselves.

Much work lies ahead of us but we are determined. Our goal is for Much 70% or more of all cats to be sterilized in this zip code in the next three years so no more free-roaming cats enter the South Los Angeles shelter. First and foremost, the city of Los Angeles must cease killing healthy and treatable animals—I Spayed LA is paving the way for this monumental achievement.

CONSIDER: The implementation of I Spayed LA brings us one step closer to the fulfillment of our mission to educate and empower the community to advocate for every cat’s right to be safe, healthy and valued. We are building a no kill nation, one stray at a time, starting in zip code 90037.

The I Spayed LA program is modeled after a successful political campaign…..and we’re out to win! Won’t you join us?

Won’t you accompany us on the road to achievement? Thank you, as always, for your support. "

Sincerely,

Christi Metropole
Executive Director"

http://www.straycatalliance.org/how-we-help/programs/i-spayed-la-program


I think this is wonderful.
From the pictures in the link it seems like dogs get help too.
They say we can never help every cat , but with more programmes like this in the world I believe that one day we can.
I keep the faith
 
It´s crowded but they are alive and have a chance to get adopted
Every life matters

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"To respect a cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense."
 
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Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary, a no-kill shelter
 
They aren´t considered god enough although they want to please you
People think they don´t live up to their standards.people have no heart.
innocent animals with loving hearts have to die.
Families want their children to experience miracle of life and let their cat have kittens.
When they don´t find home to kittens they leave them to the shelter and they can let the cat have more kittens

Those who work in shelters don´t want to kill these animals,help them, spay/neuter

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We can make a change
 
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Ashtanga, I wanted to thank you for the pictures you post, I love coming here almost everyday, and you always post new amazing pics !!!

Thanks !!!
 
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Is it humans nature to first love them and then throw them away?
 
"T/N/R, Adoptions, Rescue, Hoarding: Do they all go together?
When people decide to do TNR, they also must be clear on what they aim to achieve.
If you&#8217;re considering embarking upon this important task, be specific about what you can do well and what you can't.
It&#8217;s very important so you don&#8217;t get in over your head.

If you already trap regularly and believe that you can trap and adopt out every cat, you are mistaken.
If you think you can trap and take every cat that might not be in an ideal situation, you are also mistaken.
And if you think you can adopt out every kitten you trap, you are mistaken.
I am not talking about the person who traps once a year. I am talking about the person who does this on a regular basis.

Set your limits, goals and decide what you can and cannot do.
It&#8217;s not healthy for you OR the cats to trap them, keep them in cages and only HOPE one day they will tame.
Truly un-socialized cats don't really like you anyway, so why not spay or neuter them and be on your way.

There is a recent hoarding situation in Florida, in which the person both trapped cats and took cats from the city and put them all in cages. When officials busted the hoarder, they had 700 cats living in cages in their own filth.
Tragically, now the humane community has 700 cats to deal with. not to mention the suffering of these poor angels who could have been living their lives out in the place they were originally found.

A cat rescuer in California created a similar situation, albeit with fewer cats. I told him once that he really needed to TNR the older kittens, stop trapping for a while, and focus on getting the socialized kittens adopted. He said he felt &#8220;all kittens deserve a soft pillow to sleep on.&#8221;

Well, he didn't take my advice, continued trapping, didn't adopt out and he, too got busted.
Now people who were going about their own business helping cats had to stop and help him-otherwise these cats would have ended up at Animal Control and, as you know, no pillows for them.
Instead, their bodies would have ended up in trash cans instead, a scene that sadly plays out every day in America&#8217;s shelters.

No one wins this way, especially not the cats. Keep focused. Do what you do best. Have boundaries. Take good care of yourself and be ethical in all that you do with the cats. Make sure their best interest is at heart.
Remember: You are no good to them if you are in jail for animal cruelty and neglect."
Aug 02, 2011
http://www.straycatalliance.org/news/stray-talk/2011/jul-aug-sep/hoarding
 
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Cats who got a chance to continue to enjoy life
 
Cleo´s birthday party
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