FORT MADISON – A local woman has taken on corralling about 20 cats in her neighborhood and is working with PAW Animal Shelter to get the animals medical attention including being spayed or neutered.
Noelle Stanbridge, said she the animals are in danger in the neighborhood and she wants to get then seen by a veterinarian and then release them back into the neighborhood.
Stanbridge is capturing the animals to get them to the shelter. Shelter director Sandy Brown confirmed that an account has been set up at the shelter called 613 Avenue F cats.
“I was approached by this person asking for advice on how to get people involved to help save these cats. I suggested they canvas the area, ask for donations to help get the area cats spay/neutered,” Brown said.
“Adult spay/neutered cats would be returned to the area while kittens and young adults could be adopted or relocated. This will drastically cut down in the number of unwanted kittens. PAW would be happy to loan traps, give advice and set up appointments with our low cost spay/neuter clinic.
“It was mentioned that people will often not give money to people going door to door. So I told them people could donate to the 613 cat vetting by sending it to PAW and earmarking it for the 613 Ave F cats.”
Stanbridge has been trapping the animals but said other efforts are underway to get rid of the cats and she’s trying to pull them together and get them taken care of and adopted.
All money donated to the fund will go directly to the care of the animals as they are brought in to the shelter.
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