This report is from Dorothea’s latest spay day in Italy. These reports show just how much she makes a difference in the homeless cat populations in her region.

On Friday 28th of May 2010 another “spay day” took place in the SPAY AND NEUTER CENTRE of LEGA PRO ANIMALE in Castel Volturno (CE)/southern Italy. In this 18th event 53 different care takers caught 131 cats in the entire territory of the region of Campania. 85 females and 44 males were neutered. One of the cats had to be put to sleep because of an uncurable tumour and another cat had already been spayed. These spay events are announced in the LEGA PRO ANIMALE home pages and in the local newspapers and the response of the public is incredibly positive.

On Friday morning all the cats checked in the Centre of LEGA PRO ANIMALE in their cages or traps. The entire day was dedicated only to these cats and the entire staff (5 vets, 2 assistants and lots of volunteers) worked heavily without any incidents. After one overnight stay in the clinic of LEGA PRO ANIMALE, on Saturday morning the cats were picked up again and released at their feeding points.

The founder and president of LEGA PRO ANIMALE, German vet Dorothea Friz, is convinced and has demonstrated in the past working on the territory that has a stray problem can be resolved through birth control. The “production” of puppies and kittens has to be restricted to the demand of pet owners who wish to adopt a new family member (for the entire life of the animal!). If the “production” is excessive, “goods” (dogs and cats) are losing their value and are “sold off” (abandoning, accumulating in kennels, etc).

Spaying and neutering of stray cats in Italy should be performed free of charge by the public veterinary services, but very often this service does not work very well or if the numbers neutered are not high enough to make a difference on the territory. We should not forget that a cat at 5 months of age can already be pregnant and there can be up to 4 litters in just one year. On average there are 3 kittens in a litter, but during this event we found a cats pregnant with 10 !!! kittens at the beginning of her pregnancy.

LEGA PRO ANIMALE is constantly searching for funds to continue this important task of preventive measures that is offered free of charge to the cat care takers.

In Italy:

LEGA PRO ANIMALE
Conto corrente postale: 10973816
Codice IBAN: IT81 Q076 0114 9000 0001 0973 816
Codice BIC/SWIFT: BPPIITRRXXX

In the UK:

In the UK mail your donation to:
AISPA, 136 Baker Street, London, W1U 6DU
Attn. Susan Dale – secretary
Add: FOR LEGA PRO ANIMALE

For more information visit our home pages:
www.legaproanimale.org or www.fondazionemondoanimale.com