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E-PAWS
Official Electronic Newsletter of AzCATs
Issue: October 2007 October Volunteer of the Month – Lucy Linder Lucy Linder has been an AzCATs Volunteer since December 2006. She is frequently volunteering in various areas of our Sunday clinics at Tempe Spay/Neuter Clinic and has been know to trap on occasion as well as staff informational tables at community events. Lucy has a very bright personality and is a pleasure to work with. If you haven't had the pleasure of meeting Lucy, stop by a Sunday clinic and she is sure to be there. 2007 TNR Goal Update Attention…AzCATs needs your help to meet our 2007 TNR goal!!! We continue to work tirelessly in our effort to meet the 10K goal in 2007, but additional support is needed. This is the perfect time of year to sterilize ferals as fewer are pregnant during the months of October, November, and December, resulting in lower surgical costs and the ability to sterilize more cats. Below is our progress so far, and as you can see, we need a lot more cats and additional support to make this goal a reality. We have dedicated volunteers trapping almost every day of the week, we have clinics available throughout the valley, and we have great depots to train the caregivers on the trapping process. So you are probably asking "what else do you need"....that is simple...Cats!!! AzCATs needs to add more cats to our TNR log so we can get our clinics spaces filled. We also need volunteers to assist caregivers on a waiting list for assistance. The longer these caregivers wait, the higher the chance their colonies will grow because of unsterilized animals reproducing. Even if you have never trapped before, don't let that discourage you. Training and support is available, and it is fun. Our founder, Jan Raven, has referred to it as "fishing without the guilt". If you want an active role in this movement, call our office at 480-968-4TNR and ask to speak with our Volunteer Coordinator, David Dewitt, or email at ddewitt@azcats.org. You can also complete a volunteer application online at www.azcats.org. As always, your support is appreciated and necessary for our continued success.
"It All Starts With You" Campaign Currently, AzCATs is working on a new approach to TNR, which will allow us to extend our reach and expand our program. The “It All Starts With You” campaign is an idea originally conceptualized by one of our long term volunteers, Pam Kalish. The basic concept for the program involves current volunteers, caregivers, and supporters of our program reaching out to their own sphere of influence. If each person were to reach out to his/her own circle offriends, neighbors, vets, etc. to promote the AzCATs TNR program and educate those close to him/her about the benefits of TNR and Spay/Neuter, then AzCATs could reach more people, more effectively, in a shorter period of time. Not only will this approach allow us to get more actively involved with City agencies, community organizations, etc., it will essentially result in expanding our ability to end the breeding cycle forfree-roaming cats, and potentially increase our monthly TNR numbers so we can reach the 10K goal. If you need TNR cards, brochures, or other materials to hand out to your neighbors, friends, etc. please contact us at 480-968-4867 and we will be happy to provide you with any materials you need. In addition, if there are materials that you think would be effective in your neighborhood that AzCATs is not currently providing, such as door hangers, magnets, etc. please let us know and we will consider adding them to our PR materials. Please also remember that AzCATs is available to do community presentations at HOA meetings, neighborhood association meetings, etc. Just contact our office to schedule a presentation. 101 Things Your Cat Would Ask Each month we will include some information from the book "101 Things Your Cat Would Ask" by Honor Head. This is just a fun element we wanted to include in the e-news. If you have suggestions on other fun facts or stories to include, please send them our way. Question from the Cat: Why have I started to soil in the house? Answer: There are several reasons why a usually clean and housebroken cat will start to soil in the house. Perhaps the litterbox has been moved to a less private area, or the cat associates the box with something unpleasant, such as being given medicine, a ploy used by many owners. Maybe a new thye of litter is being used and the cat doesn't like the smell or texture; perhaps a new cat has joined the family; or its owners have moved to a new home. Whatever the reason, punishment is pointess - the cat will not understand why a normally caring and loving owner is shouting at it when it is simply performing an everyday function. Solution: Retraining is necessary, but before that it is essential to clean the area thoroughly to remove all smells, since the lingering odor encourages a cat to return to the same spot again and again. Avoid using bleach containing chlorine or ammonia, because these are compounds of the cat's urine, and will actually encourage the cat to continue soiling the same area. Swab the spot with white vinegar to hide any remaining smell. Then cover the area with cornflower or sodium bicarbonate, which can be vacuumed when dry, to help elimiinate any lingering odor that only the cat can detect. There are a few tricks to help deter a cat from soiling or spraying the same spot in the house. 1) Place the cats food bowl on the spot. Cats dislike eating in the same place where they go to the bathroom. 2) Place a piece of polythene sheeting or aluminum foil on the spot because cats dislike the feel and sound of these materials.
Happy Birthday… Suzie Jones - 1st Elizabeth Lewis - 7th Jana Nash - 20th Barbara Carter – 21st David DeWitt - 23rd Susan Jones - 29th |
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Arizona Cat Assistance Team (AzCATs) P.O. Box J Scottsdale, AZ 85252 480-968-4TNR (4867) 480-967-0202 fax Www.azcats.org Office Location 225 W. University Dr. Suite 103 Tempe, AZ 85281 |
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