{"id":19552,"date":"2013-03-06T18:23:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T23:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=19552"},"modified":"2013-03-06T18:23:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T23:23:59","slug":"lee-county-needs-your-help-to-save-lives-this-kitten-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/03\/lee-county-needs-your-help-to-save-lives-this-kitten-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County Needs Your Help to Save Lives This Kitten Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/lee-county-needs-your-help-to-save-lives-this-kitten-season\/cat\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19553\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19553\" title=\"cat\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/cat-153x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/cat-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/cat.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a>Lee County Domestic Animal Services is encouraging residents to be proactive and prevent pet overpopulation during the 2013 kitten season.\u00a0 In 2012 over 5,000 cats and kittens entered local shelters with over 3,000 euthanized due to serious injury and illness.\u00a0 These tragic statistics could easily be prevented by spaying and neutering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing an alarming number of pregnant felines entering our shelter earlier than usual causing quite a concern because there just are not enough homes for all these animals.\u00a0 The senseless deaths of domestic animals in Lee County needs to stop, especially when there are free services being offered to solve pet overpopulation in our community,\u201d states Executive Director Donna Ward.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of income there is an option for every owner to have their pets sterilized in Lee County.\u00a0 There are many full services veterinarians as well as low-cost clinics for those who do not qualify for free programs but need affordable alternatives.\u00a0 A list of Lee County veterinarians and low-cost clinics is available at<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leelostpets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.LeeLostPets.com<\/a>. \u00a0Residents receiving government assistance are eligible for free spay\/neuter services through Lee County Domestic Animal Services by calling 533-9234 or emailing\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hostmaxusa.com:2095\/3rdparty\/squirrelmail\/src\/compose.php?send_to=spay@leegov.com\" target=\"_blank\">spay@leegov.com<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tax-deductible donations are gladly accepted to offset the cost of spay\/neuter programs so more animals may benefit from these life-saving programs.\u00a0 A $25 donation will help spay or neuter one more.\u00a0 To donate online go to\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leelostpets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.LeeLostPets.com<\/a>\u00a0or mail tax-deductible donations to:\u00a0 Animal Care Trust Fund, 5600 Banner Drive, Fort Myers, FL\u00a0 33912.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee County Domestic Animal Services is encouraging residents to be proactive and prevent pet overpopulation during the 2013 kitten season.\u00a0 In 2012 over 5,000 cats and kittens entered local shelters&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}