In October 2008, Clark County adopted
ordinance 10.06 for the managed care of feral cat colonies.
While this
ordinance enables the management of feral cat colonies and provides
legal protection, it does not provide funding or personnel. Clark County
through Animal Control and the private sector through many individuals
and organizations has been working very hard to address the needs of
feral cats
for many years. In the best of times the needs have totally overwhelmed
the resources available. These are not the best of times, the resources
are tighter and the
needs are greater. Extra resources through the existing sources are
simply not there. The untapped resource we do have available is the
people who have been trying to
care for the cats on their own without support and those who want to
help but just do not know what can be done.
My main effort is outreach
and education.
The formation of neighborhood groups to manage cats has worked well
and I support these groups however I can. Part of my current effort is
to work
with HOAs and property owners to gain access for those who want to
establish TNR (Trap, Neuter & Return) projects. We as a community of people who care about the
cats are the only resource
with the scale required to make a difference. With the current
resources stretched as they are it is vital that expansion is done in a
careful and planned way.
If
you would like to contribute to this effort please contact one of our
Supporting or Sponsor groups. They can direct your efforts to the best
way to help.
With over 200,000 feral cats in Clark County we have a lot of work to
do.
