From http://www.spcans.ca/
The NS SPCA will facilitate a Town Hall meeting between interested groups and members of communities who wish to be part of the Feral and Stray Cat solution. We invite all concerned residents, City/Municipal staff, and anyone who wishes to be a part of the solution to attend.
In addition to its core mandate of prevention of cruelty to animals, the NS SPCA also works hard to take in abandoned and unwanted animals whenever space and resources allow, accepting over 5,000 unwanted cats per year provincially. While the function of animal control falls under City/Municipal responsibility, the NS SPCA cares about the welfare of all animals and wants to be part of the solution. This is a community issue and therefore must be resolved by our community as a whole.
There will be speakers on successful local programs such a Trap-Neuter-Release program in the Halifax dockyard and a low-cost spay/neuter program in Halifax including discussion on how such programs are implemented, how they work, and how you can do it in your own community!
Date:Saturday, May 30th
Time:8:30am –12:00pm
Location:Saint Mary’s University, Sobey Building, Room 265, 903 Robie Street
Feral and Stray Cat Community Town Hall
RSVP appreciated to animals@spcans.ca
It was lovely to find this ..... especially the day after I have caught site of a new visitor at the outdoor feeding station for the kitties.... one that was hungry enough to empty a fairly substantial dish of dry food. With my perfect track record of completely getting the genders wrong, I'm not even going to hazard a guess at the whole boy/girl thing until we get better acquainted : )))
Today's wish list starts with the hope that the Town Hall Meeting invitations included all the municipal councillors around the province.
If there are people who can't make it in ..... because not everyone around NS will be able to .... a timely submission of suggestions and practical lessons learned to spcans would help those chairing the meeting round out the picture for those who can be there.
I certainly can't speak for the society , but I can tell you that this new bod has been the soul of patience with this middle aged granny anytime I have had a suggestion or proposal for them.
Will this meeting solve everything? Not by a country mile .... but there will never be any solutions if we all wait for the 'instant fix".... because that's about as realistic as my great hope that people will stop dumping cats out here. This Town Hall is a great first step down a road that will need everyone to pitch in and help.
In the meantime ..... I think I'll call the new visitor Jamie .... after the chef who likes food so much ... just in case: )))
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