When pets in the community are left unaltered, they can produce upwards of a dozen offspring in a year, leading to an exponential increase in the pet population when each of those cats or dogs has a litter and so on. The Big Fix is aimed at preventing the number of pets that would end up on the streets.
“They (cats) can go into heat three times a year,” Norman said. “You can do the numbers. They have multiples. Unfortunately there s not enough shelter capacity.”
Cats of all kinds
The event included both owned and feral cats, unlike last year s focus on just feral felines. Owned cats were spayed and neutered at VOCAL, while feral or community cats were altered at Sheltering Hands.