Article Contributed on: 8/18/2009 12:01:20 PM
Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Alliance (RMACA) opened the state's first high quality, high volume spay/neuter clinic for feral and stray cats, The Feline Fix, on July 15. The low cost spay/neuter clinic -- located in Denver -- can accommodate up to 40 cats, four days a week, 50 weeks a year.
"The clinic will enable RMACA to double the number of surgeries it performs annually," says Executive Director, Amy Angelilli."Through this increase, we hope to see fewer homeless cats entering area animal shelters."
Every year approximately 30,000 cats are euthanized in Colorado simply because there aren't enough homes for them all. Unfortunately, adoption cannot solve this problem. Spay/neuter is the only way to humanely control the homeless cat population. With The Feline Fix, RMACA is committed to providing affordable and accessible spay/neuter surgeries in an effort to lower these euthanasia numbers.
Because the clinic is subsidized through RMACA's fundraising efforts, surgery prices are affordable with $20 the cost of a spay or neuter (which also includes rabies and distemper shots) for a feral cat.(Tame cat surgeries are $35; vaccinations are $5 each.)
The clinic is open Wednesdays through Saturdays. For more information, or to make a reservation, call 303.202.3516 or go to www.rmaca.org.
About RMACA
Founded in 1991, Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Alliance (RMACA) is dedicated to humane population control for the Denver region's free roaming cat population.The FelineFix, RMACA's spay/neuter clinic, is the only high quality, high volume clinic in the state devoted to providing affordable spay/neuter services for feral and stray cats.Traditionally RMACA spayed or neutered approximately 3,000 feral and stray cats annually with veterinary partners. With The Feline Fix, the goal is to double the number of surgeries; and in doing so, humanely prevent up to 45,000 homeless kittens from being born each year. RMACA also offers humane traps for loan, along with instructions for safely and effectively catching cats.The Feline Fix Ambassador Program provides TNR (trap-neuter-return) information and education to the public. For more information about RMACA, call 303.202.3516, or go to www.rmaca.org.