WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY
875 Oklahoma Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Tel. (805) 543-9316 Fax (805)543-9524
Or email us info@woodshumane.org

Shelter Hours

Monday 10-5
Tuesday 10-5
Wednesday 10-7
Thursday 10-5
Friday 10-5
Saturday 10-4

 

News Update February 2, 2008

 

San Luis Obispo County is currently experiencing a very large feline overpopulation problem. There are simply too many cats in our county and not enough homes. One of the main causes of this problem is a lack of low-cost Spay and Neuter services throughout the county. The overpopulation of cats in San Luis Obispo County has reached a saturation point. Over the past 18 months, our shelter and other local rescue groups have seen feline adoptions decrease drastically, while the demand to relinquish cats is greater than ever. At Woods, the number of dogs brought in and placed have both increased over the past year, but the number of cats brought in and placed is only 60% of what it was for the previous year.

There is a correlation between the increased cat population and the dissolution of the only low-cost spay/neuter option in the area, the now-defunct Central Coast Spay Shuttle. Rescue groups are no longer able to use the shuttle, and must instead contract with local veterinary clinics. Woods Humane Society will fill the gap left by the demise of the spay shuttle by offering feline spay/neuter to Animal Services and local rescue groups.

Spay/Neuter Program

In an effort to reduce the number of homeless companion animals in our community, we implemented a mandatory spay/neuter policy for all animals we shelter in 1993. Now that our Spay/Neuter Surgery Suite is completed, our ultimate goal is not only to serve pets in our care, but to expand our spay/neuter program to include spay and neuter for county Animal Services, rescue groups, and low-income pet owners who would otherwise be unable to afford it. There is currently no low-cost spay/neuter option available in San Luis Obispo County, and we consider filling the need for affordable sterilization an essential component of our larger goal of becoming a no-kill county.

In recognition of the county’s cat overpopulation crisis, we would like to make our first steps towards this goal by offering free sterilization for cats to local rescue groups. By collaborating with local rescue groups, whose activities include Trap-Neuter-Release and adoption programs, we will collectively deal with the cat overpopulation problem. Local organizations that we would offer feline spay/neuter services to are: Cal Poly Feral Cat Program, Feline Network, H.A.R.T., North County Humane Society, and P.O.U.N.C.E.

 

 
 

 

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WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY
875 Oklahoma Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Tel. (805) 543-9316 Fax (805)543-9524
Or email us info@woodshumane.org

 

Shelter Hours

Monday 10-5
Tuesday 10-5
Wednesday 10-7
Thursday 10-5
Friday 10-5
Saturday 10-4