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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Humane Society of Wicomico County Pledges to Help Save One Million cats

The Humane Society of Wicomico County is joining animal shelters across North America to save the lives of one million more cats in the next five years. It's all part of a joint campaign of the Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida and the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. 

The Million Cat Challenge is based on five key initiatives that offer every shelter, in every community, practical choices to reduce euthanasia and increase live outcomes for shelter cats. 

"The shelters who have taken the Challenge are leading the way in finding and implementing new approaches to saving cats' lives," said Dr. Kate Hurley, director of the UC Davis program. 

“The million cat challenge is a great opportunity for the Humane Society of Wicomico County to find more ways to increase live release rates of cats. Annually we have over 1,700 cats come through our doors and our goal is to find as many homes as possible for these cats through a series of adoption specials, other events, and programs we plan to introduce throughout the summer.” –Aaron Balsamo, Executive Director, Humane Society of Wicomico County. 

The Humane Society of Wicomico County is located at 5130 Citation Drive near the Airport in Salisbury. Our summer adoption hours are Tuesday from 11 am to 7 pm, and Wednesday through Saturday 11 am to 5 pm. 

About the Million Cat Challenge 

The Million Cat Challenge is a shelter-based campaign to save the lives of one million cats in North America over the next five years. The core strategy of the campaign will focus on five key initiatives that offer every shelter, in every community, practical choices to reduce euthanasia and increase live outcomes for shelter cats. Drs. Levy and Hurley are available for interviews. For more information, visit http://www.millioncatchallenge.org.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is a win win for cat lovers here.

Anonymous said...

A widow in Parsonsburg has offered to adopt every last one of them

Anonymous said...

We don't need to "save" a million cats. They reproduce like rabbits! lol

If anybody's looking to adopt one, Talbot County has them for $5 each.

Anonymous said...

This Purrrfict!

Anonymous said...

Good to hear our H. S. is participating, Mr. Balsamo
Many are hopfull you , as our New Director will be bringing
many positive changes in the way "things" have been "run"
out there in the past .

Anonymous said...

Let's see.... 700 million people, a million cats. One person in 700 needs to adopt one to make it happen. In Wicomico County, that means 129 cats have to be adopted to keep pace. That shouldn't be too hard.

Please, people , neuter and spay your cats! That goes double for those of you with outdoor cats.

Anonymous said...

They should have a trap & spay/neuter program here.
Cats multiply so quickly ---- their population gets
out of control fast.

Anonymous said...

They should be focusing on providing affordable spay / neuter programs.

Anonymous said...

They should focus more on following up on complaints about animal abuse example Eden's puppy mill situation and many others that get ignored.

Anonymous said...

They do provide affordable spay and neuter clinics. I swear if most people on here would do 10 seconds of research into what they're complaining about...

Anonymous said...

3:55 but the birth rate to unwed mothers here is still above the national average, more people here need to go to these clinics.

Anonymous said...

There is a trap and spay/neuter program here for feral cats.

Anonymous said...

Omg.

Anonymous said...

If they would fire kimberly monar and David Fitzgerald place would be a lot better

Anonymous said...

There are low cost spay/neuter programs, sometimes even free.