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County cat population in 'crisis mode'; shelter forced to euthanize 1720 ...

A ballooning cat population in Jackson County has veterinarians and shelters in what Dr. Melissa Owings calls “crisis mode.”

Owings, a veterinarian at Kibby Park Animal Hospital, at 3025 Kibby Road, said there are far too many cats and not enough people willing to adopt them, which means they end up being euthanized.

“There is nowhere for them to go,” she said.

Of the 2,671 cats admitted into the Jackson County Animal Shelter last year, 687 were adopted, 29 were returned to owners, 137 were transferred and 86 were listed as other, according to the Michigan Annual Animal Shelter Activity Report.

The shelter euthanized 1,720 felines.

This year has been the worst so far in terms of felines being brought in, said Karen Smith, the shelter’s head kennel manager. Smith said she has worked at the shelter for 17 years.

When a kitten or cat is brought into the shelter, they are kept for about four or five days while staff tries to get them adopted or returned to their owner, she said.

The key to solving this furry problem is spaying and neutering, Owings said.

“We have to stop the cycle,” she said.

Cats are “long-day breeders,” which means they are much more likely to reproduce when days start getting longer in February through the summer months, Owings said. A cat can produce 16 to 30 kittens each year, she said.

There are about 25 cats and kittens currently at the shelter, Smith said. The number usually increases in the spring and summer, she said.

Smith said there is not a dog population problem partly because dogs are more dependent on people, and they have smaller litters.

The poor economy might be a factor in the growing problem, she said.

Cost can be a deterring factor for those who want to spay or neuter their cats. The operations could cost anywhere from $50 to $100, depending on the veterinarian.

Cascades Humane Society offers a program to help those without enough money to sterilize their cat in an effort to curb the population boom, said Debra Carmody, executive director. The spay and neuter assistance program, or SNAP, is an agreement with various local veterinarians who will do the operations at a lower cost, Carmody said.

“We’re trying to do as much as we can to reduce the population,” she said, including spaying or neutering every animal that comes through the society’s doors.

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