ORANGE COUNTY SPCA
PO BOX 6507, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92615 www.orangecountyspca.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO SAVE THE LIVES OF ANIMALS IN ORANGE COUNTY BY PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION, EMERGENCY RESOURCES AND REFERRAL SERVICES.ORANGE COUNTY SPCA IS COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING THE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF ANIMALS THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY. THE ORGANIZATION ENVISIONS A COMMUNITY WHERE ALL ANIMALS ARE CARED FOR WITH THE LOVE AND RESPECT THEY DESERVE.

TO SAVE THE LIVES OF ANIMALS IN ORANGE COUNTY BY PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION, EMERGENCY RESOURCES AND REFERRAL SERVICES.

LAST YEAR 3,000 SPAY/NEUTER VOUCHERS WERE ISSUED THROUGH THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND (ARF") SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM TO INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THEIR COMPANION ANIMAL SPAYED OR NEUTERED. SPAYING AND NEUTERING REDUCES PET OVERPOPULATION AND THE RESULTING EUTHANASIA OF ANIMALS IN SHELTERS. THAT EQUATES TO THOUSANDS OF LIVES SAVED BY NOT BEING BORN INTO A WORLD WITHOUT ENOUGH HOMES. AT THE SAME TIME, RESEARCH INDICATES THAT STERILIZED COMPANION ANIMALS LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES. STRONG SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAMS ALSO HELP LOWER COMMUNITY COSTS BY REDUCING THE NEED FOR SHELTER SERVICES. SADLY, THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS THE OCSCPA RECEIVES EACH MONTH FREQUENTLY EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF VOUCHERS AVAILABLE. WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING, EVEN MORE ANIMALS COULD BE HELPED AND LIVES SAVED. TO TRY AND REACH MORE ANIMALS, THE OCSPCA HOSTS SPAY/NEUTER CLINICS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN ADDITION TO ITS REGULAR SPAY/NEUTER VOUCHER PROGRAM. NETWORKING WITH LOCAL VETS AND CLINICS, THE OCSPCA IS ABLE TO OFFER LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS THE ABILITY TO GET THEIR ANIMAL SPAYED/NEUTERED AT NO OR VERY LOW COST.

THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND (ARF") FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THE OCSPCA'S MISSION TO SAVE THE LIVES OF ANIMALS IN ORANGE COUNTY BY PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION, EMERGENCY RESOURCES AND REFERRAL SERVICES ALONG WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICAL AID FOR LOW INCOME PET OWNERS. AT TIMES, LOW INCOME PET OWNERS ARE FACED WITH HEART BREAKING, LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS AFFECTING THEIR ANIMALS BASED ON THEIR INABILITY TO PAY. WITHOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, MANY OF THESE ANIMALS DO NOT RECEIVE CARE AND SUFFER OR THE OWNERS ARE FORCED TO TURN THEM INTO SHELTERS. OCSPCA'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOME PET OWNERS GAVE OUT OVER $57,000 IN AID LAST YEAR TO ANIMALS WITH MEDICAL NEEDS. MANY OF THESE CALLS FOR HELP CAME FROM ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS, SINGLE PARENTS ON FIXED INCOMES, DISABLED VETERANS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, HAVE HIGH MEDICAL BILLS, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE DESPERATELY LOVED THEIR PETS AND DID NOT WANT TO SEE THEM SUFFER OR HAVE TO GIVE THEM UP. FOR MANY OF THEM, THEIR PET IS ALL THEY HAVE AND PROVIDES GREAT COMFORT TO THEM. THE OCSPCA WANTS TO GROW THE ARF PROGRAM EVEN MORE BECAUSE THE NEED IS SO GREAT AND SO MANY MORE ANIMALS WHO ARE ILL, INJURED AND SUFFERING COULD BE HELPED.

ORANGE COUNTY CARES ABOUT CATS ("OCCATS") IS A PROGRAM OF THE ORANGE COUNTY SPCA THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH HELPING CONTROL AND REDUCE THE POPULATION OF COMMUNITY/FERAL CATS IN ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH A SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM CALLED TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN (TNR). COMMUNITY/FERAL CATS ARE NOT TAME CATS, AND THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN HAVE ENDED UP ON THE STREETS. MOST ARE LIKELY THE OFFSPRING OF DOMESTIC CATS WHO WERE LOST OR ABANDONED. BECAUSE THESE COMMUNITY CATS ARE NOT SOCIALIZED TO PEOPLE, IF TRAPPED AND TAKEN TO A SHELTER THEY ARE EUTHANIZED. NOT ONLY IS THIS INHUMANE BUT IT IS ALSO COSTLY TO MUNICIPALITIES TO TRAP, HOLD AND EUTHANIZE THESE CATS. THROUGH OCCATS, SPAY/NEUTER VOUCHERS ARE ISSUED AT NO COST TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. CATS ARE THEN HUMANELY TRAPPED AND TAKEN TO ONE OF OCSPCA'S PARTICIPATING VETS TO BE SPAYED/NEUTERED. AFTER BEING SPAYED/NEUTERED THE CAT IS RETURNED TO THE LOCATION IT CAME FROM, FREE TO LIVE OUT ITS LIFE FREE FROM REPRODUCING. NOT ONLY DOES OCSPCA SUPPLY FREE VOUCHERS BUT THE ORGANIZATION ALSO LOANS OUT TRAPS AND GIVE COUNSELING AND ADVICE TO THOSE SEEKING TO HELP COMMUNITY CATS. TNR SAVES THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF CATS EACH YEAR, AND IS FAR MORE EFFECTIVE THAN MASS EUTHANASIA. IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT EUTHANASIA IS THE NUMBER ONE DOCUMENTED CAUSE OF DEATH OF ALL CATS IN THE UNITED STATES' ANIMAL SHELTERS. AT THE LOCAL COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER, THE MOST RECENT STATISTICS REPORT THAT 74% OF CATS WERE EUTHANIZED (HTTP://OCPETINFO.COM/ABOUT/STATS). CLEARLY THERE IS AN OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM IN THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS IN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES. THE OCCATS PROGRAM IS HELPING TO REDUCE THIS HORRIBLE PERCENTAGE AND THE ORGANIZATION IS DETERMINED TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. PREVENTING COMMUNITY/FERAL CATS FROM ENTERING THE ANIMAL SHELTERS SAVES THEIR LIVES, SAVES MONEY FOR TAX PAYERS, SAVES MONEY FOR THE SHELTERS AND INCREASES ADOPTION RATES FOR THE ADOPTABLE CATS. LAST YEAR OVER 1,500 VOUCHERS WERE ISSUED BY THE OCSPCA TO SPAY/NEUTER COMMUNITY CATS. THIS PREVENTED THOUSANDS OF CATS FROM BEING BORN AND ENDING UP ON THE STREETS AND ULTIMATELY EUTHANIZED AT AREA SHELTERS. IN ADDITION TO THE FREE VOUCHER PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HOSTS SEVERAL COMMUNITY/FERAL CAT CLINICS EACH YEAR. OC FERAL FIX IS AN EVENT SPONSORED BY THE OCSCPA THAT BRINGS TOGETHER COMMUNITY TRAPPERS, VETS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR A DAY DEDICATED TO SPAYING/NEUTERING COMMUNITY CATS. IN FACT, THE ORGANIZATION HAS SPAYED/NEUTERED UP TO 100 CATS IN ONE DAY. THE OCSPCA'S PLAN AND HOPE IS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE FUNDING WHICH WILL ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION TO ISSUE MORE VOUCHERS AND THEREFORE PREVENT MORE CATS FROM ENDING UP EUTHANIZED AT AREA SHELTERS.

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