VOICES OF CHANGE ANIMAL LEAGUE, INC.
OCALA, FLORIDA

This is where VOCAL’s spay and neuter program could help with this issue and also help Marion County become a “no kill county. What is VOCAL doing in regards to feral cat rescue? VOCAL, a nonprofit animal welfare organization, is a supporter of trap-neuter-return. We believe that if our community can keep the quantity of cats under control in these colonies through sterilization, we believe that they can live happy and complete lives in the wild. All cats that are fixed through TNR programs are ear-tipped and released back into their colony. We do not currently have a TNR program at VOCAL, but as we grow, we hope to develop one. In the meantime, we are helping those wishing to be colony caregivers by educating them on services and resources available in our community. How can you help feral cats? So what can you do to help our feral cat rescue efforts? Do you see stray cats running around your neighborhood? If they are friendly, but you think may have been abandoned, you can take them to a local shelter or vet and have them scanned for a microchip and checked for a spay/neuter. If you find a litter of newborn kittens – don’t move them! More than likely, their mother is out finding food and will return to her babies shortly. Try to keep an eye out for their mother, and if you can catch the whole family, contact VOCAL. We will do our best to provide you with community contacts, find a foster family, and/or spay the mother cat when she is finished nursing. If you have a feral cat colony in or around your area and are feeding these cats but need help with spaying and neutering them, please call us. We are trying to lower the feral cat population so fewer cats end up in shelters or abandoned and homeless.