Last year in Dover, legislators passed and Gov. Minner signed a bill to establish the Delaware Spay and Neuter Fund. The state put up $250,000 as starter money, and to build the fund, pet owners contribute $3 each time they take their dog or cat to their vet for a rabies shot. That's a lot of $3's.
The money is targeted to help low-income people and communities pay to get dogs and cats spayed or neutered. The idea is to reduce the number of cats and dogs that need to be euthanized by controlling the population before they breed.
So, what's happening? Word is that the state is in the second round of interviews for someone to oversee this program.
Why do we need it? From 2002 through 2005, the state euthanized 52,962 cats and dogs. That's 52,962 living and breathing creatures.
The next question is, when will the state start putting that fund into practice? When will we start saving the next 52,962 animals from euthanasia?
9 comments:
Wow. It's taken a YEAR to get to the second round of interviews for someone to oversee the program. That's our government in action!
Come on...let's get the ball rolling on this. It's too important to so many innocent lives.
I take my animals to Animal Rescue Inc. Their number is 717-993-3232. Spaying and Neutering is $30 each. Rabies and distemper shots are $7 each. Worth checking them out. It's a bit of a drive, but they said they do have customers that come from Delaware.
You should contact Faithful Friends and ask for their director. She and a coalition of rescue groups started
the bill. They may have more information. You should also write
to Mike Castle, Gov. Minner, Lt. Gov.John Carney and your representative in your district.
I think it is more important to contact your state senator and representative to put pressure on them
http://portal.delaware.gov/elected.shtml
I have been to Faithful Friends and have fostered some of thier animals, they don't have time to thank you for anything you do. I made a $20.00 cash donation and spent over $100.00 in supplies(although that may not have gone very far) I didn't even get one thank you. I was willing to adopt the two animals that I fostered but they never got back to me and driving up and down the state(living in Dover) was not an easy task. I wasn't doing it but for the animals and since they can't speak I would have at least would have liked a thank you from someone there. I will not donate again but that doesn't mean others shouldn't adopt from them because they do not put thier animals to sleep and they do take care of them.
Lost and Found Dog Rescue Adoption Center (www.lostandfounddogrescue.com) in New Castle also offers low-cost spay/neuter services, as well as transportation for your pet to and from the facility.
I adopted a cat from Faithful Friends, and honestly would probably not do so again. They blatantly lied about her disposition ( which has changed with hard work ) but still is terrified of my very passive but curious cat. They said she had been around other cats, but clearly has not. Someone else may have just brought her back, but I am way more responsible for that. It may take more time ( it's been almost 2 months now ) but eventually she will come around, I hope. She was also way under weight, and it was obviously by the way she reacted when she was fed that it was something she had no control over. To me, Faithful Friends just isn't what they portray themselves to be.
Come on, most animals act differently in different environments. It's not their fault that your new cat doesn't get along with your old cat.
Let's try and be more intelligent here.
Excuse me, but it doesn't take being a member of MENSA to see that they blatantly lied about her disposition. Like I said, I am not willing to give up on her, but the detail in which they described her personality ( which was important by the way, since she also lives with a dog as well as the cat, and a 9 year old child ) was untrue. Also, it doesn't take intelligence to determine she was extremely under weight. And I did not say they don't get along. What I said was, "she is terrified" of our other cat. She CLEARLY has not been around other cats.
Let us use intelligence, as well as some basic reading/comprehension skills, and we'll call it a day.
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