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Putnam Advocats urges county to back mobile spay-neuter van as veterinarian capacity tightens
Summary
Putnam Advocats director Lisa Yergo asked the Putnam County Health Committee to support a biannual spay-neuter mobile clinic to address growing feral cat needs, citing limited local veterinary capacity, program statistics and an estimated $75 per-cat fee with a 40-cat minimum for a mobile unit.
Putnam Advocats director Lisa Yergo told the Putnam County Health, Social, Educational and Environmental Committee on Feb. 12, 2025, that she has discussed bringing a mobile spay‑neuter van into the county to serve residents who cannot afford conventional veterinary fees.
Yergo said the county’s existing spay‑neuter funding is limited and local veterinarians have only modest capacity, forcing the nonprofit to send animals out of county. “We have 2 vets that currently, Carmel Animal Hospital and we have, Oldland Place Animal Hospital. But, yeah, it's it's difficult,” Yergo said.
The request matters because Yergo described sustained demand for trap‑neuter‑return (TNR) services across Putnam County towns and limits on who the county will reimburse. “Last year in 2024 … we did 168 cats,” she said, and added that in 2025 the group had performed 76 procedures so…
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