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To: CityClerk; Mayor and Council; Management Team
Subject: [External] New eComment for City Council
Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 3:48:29 PM
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New eComment for City Council
Cecilia Medeiros submitted a new eComment.
Meeting: City Council
Item: PUBLIC COMMENTS - ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
eComment: Funding for Feral/Community Cats--I became involved in spaying and neutering untamed, unowned cats with my mother back in the 1990's. We took care of many cats over the years. Those cats are gone now and I thought my feral days were behind me until some new cats started popping up about 10 months ago. In the last 9 months alone, I have had 24 cats altered and caught 1 that someone else had already taken care of (by recognizing the universal ear tip) and let her go. Feral cats are a huge worldwide problem. Solving the problem is sadly a rather "underground" operation, is not high profile enough, and there are severely limited resources. The solution begins with all property owners being aware of our collective responsibility to these animals and our surroundings. I was thinking maybe inserts with everyone's property tax bills with general awareness information and contacts to resources? Besides Napa Humane, the only other option is Animal Fix Clinic (formerly Fix Our Ferals) in Richmond, an independent non-profit organization offering services for both owned pets and ferals. These places are always fully booked. Regular vets are not a logical option-WAY too expensive and of the mindset of trying to treat them like regular pets. On top of that, ideally no one should have to pay for altering a community cat as we are doing a public service. If we had a clinic similar to these two in American Canyon, along with all property owners being made aware and given the ability to come in regardless of financial status, we could take huge steps in stopping the reproduction of these animals. A clinic here would be very much used and appreciated.
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