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Shelter Alliance of Portland Awarded $180,500 Grant by the ASPCA
Contact: Anika Moje, Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland; (503) 802-6727; Anikam@oregonhumane.org
Feb. 17, 2012
Animal Coalition Targets Portland Neighborhoods
Portland, Oregon: An alliance of Portland-area animal organizations will be strengthening its efforts to help owners of pit bulls and cats in southeast Portland, thanks to a generous $180,500 grant from the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®).
Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping conducted by the ASPCA identified a specific geographic location within the metro area that will be the focus of efforts to encourage responsible pet ownership practices for owners of pit bulls and young cats. The goal of the one-year grant to the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland (ASAP) is to increase the live release rate of homeless dogs and cats in shelters in this area, which includes portions of the Hazelwood and Mill Park neighborhoods in southeast Portland.
“This grant is a great example of how the entire community can come together to find innovative solutions that help save more animal lives. Multnomah County Animal Services is proud to be part of this community effort with its focus on spay/neuter, and helping promote responsible pet ownership,” said Michael Oswald, director of Multnomah County Animal Services.
Sharon Harmon, executive director of the Oregon Humane Society, said the grant “will help us tackle some of the most pressing animal issues that face this community. We’re proud to say that ASAP members did not euthanize any healthy shelter animals last year, and with this grant we can make a real difference in combating pet overpopulation.”
Dr. Emily Weiss, vice president of shelter research and development for the ASPCA, said the ASPCA is eager to assist Portland in developing new ways to decrease risk for community dogs and cats. “It is clear that ASAP is dedicated to improving the lives of Portland’s animals and it is our hope that this grant will allow them to continue their life-saving efforts.”
For dogs, the program will strive to increase responsible pet ownership through a variety of efforts, including: introducing incentives for spaying and neutering dogs; offering waived redemption fees for impounded dogs; offering puppy classes and personalized pet ID tags; and providing fenced yards for dogs who are chained or tethered. The grant also will fund a youth-to-youth program to reward innovative youth-developed efforts promoting responsible pet ownership.
For cats, the grant builds on ASAP’s existing Spay & Save program, which provides low and no-cost spay and neuter services to low-income residents. The grant will help expand the existing network of Spay & Save partners and will offer new services to promote responsible ownership. For example, cat owners from targeted areas can qualify for free cat licenses and personalized ID tags, free crates to transport their cats to a veterinary clinic, and a $75 credit toward veterinary care. The program also will work with local apartment managers to encourage responsible pet ownership among tenants, and with local human service organizations to provide needed human services to pet owners.
ASAP is composed of the following Portland-area animal shelters and organizations: the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs; Cat Adoption Team; Clackamas County Dog Services; Feral Cat Coalition; Humane Society for SW Washington; Multnomah County Animal Services; Oregon Humane Society; Portland Veterinary Medical Association; SW Washington Veterinary Association; and Washington County Animal Services.
2012: A Spay Odyssey is Here: Free Surgeries February 27 – March 2
*In honor of World Spay Day the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland (ASAP) boldly sets out to alter 500 cats in one week. For free!
2012: A Spay Odyssey
2012: A Spay Odyssey
500 Cats to be Altered In One Week to help Low-Income Residents
Portland, OR: In honor of World Spay Day on February 28, and to prevent unwanted litters of kittens from being born this spring, the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland (ASAP) is offering 500 free spay/neuter surgeries the week of February 27 in five locations around the Portland/Vancouver metro area. World Spay Day is an annual occurrence that aims to highlight spay/neuter as a proven means of ending pet overpopulation and is part of a global, united effort to end the euthanasia and suffering of companion animals.
Qualified cat owners can have their unsterilized cats or kittens spayed or neutered for free during the week. Caretakers of stray or feral cats can take advantage of this offer as well. Surgeries are performed by licensed veterinarians and subsidized through charitable donations.
“In an average week our program helps 200 cats, adding more surgery slots than usual and offering the surgeries for free this week will help us reach even more cats during this crucial time of year”, says Joyce Briggs, President of the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs, and a volunteer with the ASAP Spay & Save Program. “In wintertime cats go into season, and many are pregnant by March. Preventing those kittens is the reason for this event. With nearly 22,000 cats entering our area shelters annually, we need to focus on finding good homes for them, without a flood of kittens this Spring. There are not enough homes for all of them.”
What: Over 500 free cat spay/neuter surgery spots will be available the week of February 27 – March 2.
How to Qualify: Qualified cat owners must live in Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington, or Clark Counties AND receive government assistance, such as Medicaid, food stamps, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Section 8/Public housing, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Oregon Health plan and Subsidized Lunch Program funding.
Where: Services provided by licensed veterinarians and caring surgical teams at the locations below. Transportation assistance may be available for those unable to take advantage of this offer because of travel issues.
Cat Adoption Team – Sherwood
Oregon Humane Society – NE Portland
Multnomah County Animal Services – Troutdale
Humane Society of SW Washington – Vancouver
Feral Cat Coalition – for strays or feral cats
How to Participate: Call 1-800-345-SPAY for a cat you own; or 503-797-2606 for feral cats. Free spay/neuter appointments will be scheduled for February 27 – March 2, 2012 only.
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The free spay/neuter surgeries are being offered through the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland’s Spay & Save program. ASAP is a coalition of the greater Portland area’s leading animal welfare organizations and the veterinary community. The Spay & Save program is working to reduce the number of cats and kittens that are coming into our shelters every year – over 22,000 in 2010 alone. This vital program is funded through private donations as well as grant monies. Special thanks to PetSmart Charities® for their grant support. See www.spaysave.org for details on qualifying, addresses of surgery locations and more.
Jolly St Snip is Coming to Town – Fix Your Cat For Free Dec 5 – 9
The Oregon Humane Society and four other local animal organizations are bringing “Jolly
Jolly St Snip
St. Snip” and his bounty of free spay and neuter surgeries to town this December. Qualifying low-income cat lovers can have their favorite felines spayed and neutered at no charge from Dec. 5 – 9 at one of five locations throughout the metro area.
“St. Snip is bringing the best of all holiday gifts to animal lovers,” said Sharon Harmon, OHS executive director. “The metro area faces a huge overpopulation of cats, and spaying or neutering your feline is the best thing you can do to prevent needless suffering.”
OHS plans to spay or neuter 225 cats on Dec. 7th, with other participating groups planning to fix an additional 275 Dec. 5 – 9. Caretakers of stray or feral cats can take advantage of this offer as well. The participating animal organization (see complete list below) are members of the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland, which operates the Spay & Save program for low-income residents of the metro area.
“Now is the perfect time to spay or neuter your fertile cats to prevent unwanted litters of kittens being born in spring. Prevention is the key to reducing the number of unwanted cats brought to local animal shelters or free-roaming in your neighborhood,” said Joyce Briggs, President of the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs, and volunteer with ASAP Spay & Save Program.
The Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland believes that all cats should spend the holidays at home this year, and is including a free identifying microchip for every owned cat that is spayed or neutered through the Jolly St. Snip campaign. The microchips are provided thanks to a generous grant from PetSmart Charities®.
What: Over 500 free cat spay/neuter surgery spots will be available the week of December 5 – 9.
How to Qualify: Qualified cat owners must live in Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington, or Clark Counties AND receive government assistance, such as Medicaid, food stamps, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Section 8/Public housing, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Oregon Health plan and Subsidized Lunch Program funding.
Where: Services provided by licensed veterinarians and caring surgical teams at the locations below. Transportation assistance may be available for those unable to take advantage of this offer because of travel issues.
Cat Adoption Team – Sherwood
Oregon Humane Society – NE Portland
Multnomah County Animal Services – Troutdale
Humane Society of SW Washington – Vancouver
Feral Cat Coalition – for strays or feral cats
How to Participate: Call 1-800-345-SPAY for a cat you own; or 503-797-2606 for feral cats. Free spay/neuter appointments will be scheduled for December 5 through 9 only.
# # #
The free spay/neuter surgeries are being offered through the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland’s Spay & Save program. ASAP is a coalition of the greater Portland area’s leading animal welfare organizations and the veterinary community. The Spay & Save program is working to reduce the number of cats and kittens that are coming into our shelters every year – over 22,000 in 2010 alone. This vital program is funded through private donations as well as grant monies. Special thanks to PetSmart Charities® http://www.petsmartcharities.org for their grant support. See http://www.spaysave.org/ for details on qualifying, addresses of surgery locations and more.
How Grant Funding for a Targeted Spay/Neuter Program is Working
http://www.petsmartcharities.org/spay-neuter/accomplishments/oregon-humane-
society.html
Love to laugh? Love Animals? Join us at “Comedy A.S.A.P” Nov 9th!
Love to laugh? Love Animals? Take a mid-week comedy break on Wednesday, November
9th at Comedy A.S.A.P. presented by KPOJ radio. All ticket proceeds go to help animals! Meet us at Helium Comedy club where KPOJ morning host Carl Wolfson will headline an evening of stand-up comedy. And there’s a silent auction too!
By working together, ASAP partners have reduced euthanasia in our region by 44% in four years! But there is much more to be done to save the lives of cats and dogs, and we need your support! This event will raise funds for ASAP’s Spay & Save subsidized spay/neuter program.
What: “Comedy A.S.A.P.” an evening of comedy presented by KPOJ radio to benefit the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland, (ASAP)
When: Wednesday, November 9th. Doors open at 6pm. Silent auction till 7:30pm. Show from 8-9:30pm.
Where: Helium Comedy Club: 1510 SE 9th Avenue (entrance is just South of SE Hawthorne on 9th Avenue).
How much: Tickets are $20* in advance and $25* at the door. (This goes straight to support ASAP!)
To purchase tickets, call Helium at 888-64-FUNNY or pre-purchase online .
(*$2.50 ticket processing charge)
Who:
About KPOJ and Carl Wolfson
Carl and his cats Kali & Tux
Carl Wolfson is the host of The Morning Show, which airs weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m. on AM 620 KPOJ, Portland, Oregon’s progressive talk station. The show can be streamed or Podcast at www.620kpoj.com.
The show features an in-depth analysis of the day’s events, breaking stories and interviews with local and national newsmakers. Each day, Carl draws on his longtime comedy career and a master’s degree in political science to provide illuminating interviews with the likes of Helen Thomas, Ralph Nader, Maya Angelou, Madeleine Albright, and Alan Greenspan. Hosts, guests and callers mix it up on subjects great and small – from polar caps to wiretaps, oligarchy to Glenn Beck’s malarkey.
Carl joined KPOJ in 2007, after a 27-year career as one of America’s top headlining comedians. He is a veteran of more than 6,000 performances. During the 1980s and 1990s, Carl was a frequent performer on national television, appearing on HBO, Showtime’s Comedy Club Network, VH-1 Stand-Up Spotlight, An Evening at the Improv and The Joan Rivers Show. His weekly news segments on Thicke of the Night (“The Wolfson Report”) and Fox Network’s Late Show (“Carl’s Camera”) were the most popular features of each show. Carl began his show-biz career at Hollywood’s Comedy Store in 1980. He received his B.S. in Communications from The University of Tennessee and his M.A. in Political Science from UCLA.
About ASAP
The Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland’s (ASAP’s) mission is to end the euthanasia of healthy, social, and treatable cats and dogs in Portland-area shelters through collaboration and outreach. By working together we have reduced euthanasia in our region by 44% in four years! The coalition is comprised of ten organizations : The Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs; Cat Adoption Team; Clackamas County Dog Services; Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon; Humane Society for Southwest Washington; Multnomah County Animal Services; Oregon Humane Society; Portland Veterinary Medical Association; Southwest Washington Veterinary Medical Association; and Washington County Animal Services/Bonnie L. Hayes Small Animal Shelter.
ASAP’s keystone program is Spay & Save, a Portland metro area-wide program that aims to assist low income families and their cats by offering 10,000 annual, affordable spay & neuter surgeries for those who qualify. The program aims to keep struggling families and their pets together and reduce the number of cats and kittens that are coming into our shelters every year—23,574 in 2010 alone. All surgeries are performed by licensed veterinarians and assisted by skilled, caring support teams. The low cost service is made possible by charitable donations.
Get Your Cat or Kitten Fixed for Free
http://citydogmagazine.blogspot.com/2010/10/get-your-cat-or-kitten-fixed-for-free.html
Get the whole Kitty & Kaboodle fixed!
$10 to spay/neuter every kitty in your household – From September 26 – 30
Portland-area animal shelters want you to get your whole KITTY & KABOODLE fixed. A total of 500 cats and kittens can be spayed/neutered the last week of September for just $10 per household. That’s right, $10 PER HOUSEHOLD!
If you have one cat, $10; if you have one cat and two kittens, $10; if you have five cats, $10. You get the idea.
Most cat loving families have, on average, two or more pet cats. If they are fertile (not spayed/neutered), it won’t take long before two cats can become eight cats. Prevention is the key to reducing the number of unwanted cats brought to local animal shelters or free-roaming in your neighborhood.
KITTY & KABOODLE DETAILS
What: All you can fix for $10. First cat $10, all others (cat or kitten) free (from the same household)
Spay/neuter surgeries for cats and kittens (8 weeks or older; 2½ pounds; and healthy)
For: Qualified cat owners must live in Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington, or Clark Counties AND receive government assistance, such as Medicaid, food stamps, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Section 8/Public housing, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Oregon Health plan and Subsidized Lunch Program funding.
When: Appointments available between Monday, September 26, and Friday, September 30
500 feline spay/neuter appointments available at locations in Sherwood, NE Portland, Vancouver, and Troutdale. Residents in or near Hillsboro may be able to schedule a convenient transport pick up from Washington County Animal Services to the Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood for surgery. Ask about this free service when you call to make your cat’s appointment.
How: Call (503) 802-6755 or 1-800-345-SPAY now to schedule an appointment
Cats R Cool 4 Back 2 School – Ready to start the school year off with a new friend?
Portland Metro Area – While out shopping for backpacks and jeans, make sure to save 
enough time to stop by your local shelter for the greatest variety of cats and kittens in the Portland area. Currently area shelters are all at capacity with cats and kittens in need of a home.
Starting Monday, August 22, five metro area shelters will be lowering their prices on their hottest styles of the season. Stripes are stylish this fall and tabby cats have them in a wide variety of colors. Too Bold? Try basic black. It is always in style. No matter what your favorite look is, remember that everything (including cats) is better in pairs.
Adoption fees are discounted by as much as 50% on cats and kittens. Area shelters carry sizes from XS to 3XL, and have thousands in stock. New shipments will be arriving weekly. Don’t delay!
What: Cat adoption Promotion – reduced fees at five Portland area shelters
When: Monday, August 22 through through Sunday, September 18, 2011
Where:
Cat Adoption Team offers adult cats (over 1 year) for $25; and kittens (under a year old) are $50
Oregon Humane Society offers adult cats (over 1 year) for $35-$85, buy one get one free; and kittens (under a year old) for $85 – $100 if you adopt two, the second kitten is $50
Humane Society of Southwest Washington offers adult cats (over 1 year) for $15; and kittens (under a year old) are $50
Multnomah County Animal Shelter offers adult cats (over 1 year) for $12; cats 6 months to 12 months for $50; and kittens are $100 if you adopt two, the second kitten is $50
Washington County Animal Shelter offers adult cats (over 1 year) for $10; and kittens (under a year old) are $80 if you adopt two, the second one is $40
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