Alley Cat Allies has written a letter offering a free rabies vaccination clinic for all animals in South Newton Township, PA if the township’s leaders retract a proposal to trap and kill outdoor cats.
In July, supervisors in South Newton Township announced they had hired a company specializing in “wildlife nuisance control” to trap and kill all outdoor cats, after one cat tested positive for rabies.
The trapping and killing of outdoor cats has been pursued for decades, but does nothing to protect the public from the threat of rabies. The best approach for feral cats is Trap-Neuter-Return, where cats are trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and returned to their outdoor homes. There is already support among South Newton’s residents for such a program.
Read the Press Release.