On countless occasions, in many setting, I have advocated for the importance of spay and neuter efforts. Yes, I am also the person who wears a T-shirt that says "I'm into S&N" and is a very fun conversation starter. TNR (trap-neuter(spay)-return) is hands down the absolutely best way to regulate the population of homeless animals. One single street cat can over the years give birth to many, many kittens who will in turn face illness, hunger, cold, and abuse. The kittens who survive to an old enough age to reproduce will continue the cycle. Into perpetuity.
Animal Aid International regularly raises funds for spay and neuter efforts. During our latest round of spays, we came across Lola - a kitty whose own life was saved quite directly and unexpectedly by being trapped and spayed.
Lola was homeless on the streets of Bulgaria. Maybe she was born homeless, maybe she was dumped. We would never know. A kind person trapped Lola and took her in to get spayed as part of AAI's Winter 2016 campaign. The procedure started as usual. Except that when the vet made an incision, he came across something unexpected - Lola had a severe infection of the uterus! Being homeless, nobody noticed the poor kitty was suffering and was likely having symptoms for a while. Lola's illness was so advanced, that the vet estimated she would have died within a week! Our spay campaign afforded Lola the lucky, life-saving attention which every kitty deserves but only few will get. The vet performed full surgery to remove the badly ill uterus and the rescuers took Lola into a foster home and will find her a forever family instead of returning her to the streets - this particular sweetheart has suffered enough!
By donating to spay and neuter, YOU can make a life-saving difference. Choose to help a homeless soul, you may be the only one who does.
AAI's current spay campaign fundraiser can be found
here
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