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I am stuck out in bum fuck Kansas helping family out. I've been here quite a while. We have tons of feral cats around the neighborhood. I have very seriously looked into starting a trap, neuter and release program here in town. I talked to a couple of local vets here about working out some kind of deal for cheaper spay/neuter fees and vaccinations. I shit you not, one of these back woods, inbred, hillbilly asshole vets actually told me "Naw, I ain't gonna fix 'em on the cheap but what I can do for ya is put them down for 10 bucks a piece and I will even take care of disposal."
Everyone in this little shithole town seems to be against providing even the most basic care for these cats. To them, euthanasia is the only option. That has always been the city policy for feral cats around here. Clearly the population is growing despite the trap and kill policy they have always had. A reasonable person would have to conclude that their policy to control the population is completely ineffective. I can't get the city or local vets to cooperate with me at all. I could do this all on my own but would run out of money very quickly. Once I leave, I'll bet there isn't a single person in this town who would carry on. Unfortunately I will probably just have to put this on the back burner, forget about it and be thankful that I don't live here.
With winter here I might see if I can get a couple of the neighbors to allow me to place these shelters on their property. I doubt it though since my goal is to humanely control the population and give them basic care and the neighbors just want the cats gone. Allowing me to place a shelter on their property would just make the cats want to stick around. They probably wouldn't go for that.
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