Kerrville Pets Alive updates council on spay/neuter clinics, shelter donations and new campus plans

Karen Guerrero, founder of volunteer nonprofit Kerrville Pets Alive, told the City Council on April 22 that the group has donated more than $17,000 in medical care to Kerr County animal services and has vaccinated, spayed and neutered 50 animals so far this year.

Guerrero said the group also has provided about $1,200 in vaccines and equipment and logged more than 1,000 volunteer hours to the county shelter and its clinics during the first quarter. “We recently reported to the Kerr County Commissioners over $17,000 in donations for medical care for the pets at Kerr County animal services,” she said.

The group has worked with the city on “snip and chip” clinics — free and low-cost spay, neuter, vaccine and microchip events — and Guerrero encouraged low-income residents to sign up for upcoming clinics. She said four additional clinics are planned and that sign-ups are posted on the nonprofit’s website.

Guerrero said Kerrville Pets Alive and the city are refining a feral cat community caretaker registration to address community cat populations, and that the nonprofit has helped form an interdisciplinary animal-abuse team involving law enforcement, Kerr County Animal Services and the district attorney’s office to identify and pursue abuse cases.

She also announced a capital campaign for a permanent “safe campus” at 2926 Memorial Boulevard, and previewed the group’s December fundraiser, Furball, with tickets and sponsorship available online.

The council did not take formal action on the presentation; the update was delivered during the public comment portion of the agenda.