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Fort Defiance Humane Society to host two-day mobile TNR event at shelter
Summary
Fort Defiance Humane Society announced a two-day trap-neuter-return effort at its shelter at the end of June, with a goal of 50 cats, a three-trap-per-person limit and same-day recovery using a mobile unit from Fort Wayne.
Lisa Weiner, executive director of the Fort Defiance Humane Society, told the Defiance City Council on June 3 that the shelter will host a two-day trap-neuter-return (TNR) event at the end of the month using a mobile clinic out of Fort Wayne.
“We’re gonna do surgery days that following Monday and Tuesday,” Weiner said, explaining there will be drop-off between 8 and 9 a.m. and pick-up around 4 to 5 p.m., and that the shelter will handle trap returns on the 25th.
Weiner said the mobile unit lets the shelter avoid overnight housing; the mobile clinic’s doctors had previously worked at the Fort Wayne Humane Society and will run procedures on site at the shelter.
The event will cap at a target of 50 cats over two days. Weiner said the shelter will limit reservations to three traps per person to spread participation and avoid social hoarding of trap allocations. She said calls to reserve traps will begin the following day, with trap distribution planned for Friday the 20th.
On pricing, Weiner said the mobile group’s package — spay/neuter, ear tipping and rabies — is “right in line with the Rascal unit” and that the cost per animal is $110. She said the shelter will give out a few extra traps to account for unused reservations.
Council members asked how traps and drop-off days would be staggered. Weiner said traps will be labeled, assigned a day and accompanied by instructions to prevent people from setting traps too early.
For more information, Weiner said residents should contact the Fort Defiance Humane Society directly.
Less-critical details: Weiner said the shelter will use barn space for daytime recovery during the event; the group expects the mobile unit can travel to the shelter easily because it is about an hour away.
