In groundbreaking action, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and San Diego City Council are directing a portion of the dog license fees toward a new spay/neuter Trust Fund. The establishment of the fund recognizes the importance of making an investment in preventing the births of the large numbers of companion animals who will ultimately become the taxpayer's responsibility. The Trust fund is the most efficient investment the County of San Diego can make toward the reduction of our pet overpopulation problem.

The Spay/Neuter Fund was seeded with about $40,000 from dog license revenue. While this fund was not set up to help ferals - it is focused on companion animals - it has indirectly helped reduce the number of ferals by reducing the number of unaltered cats in homes and thereby reducing the number of kittens needing adoption or roaming free.

Since 1992, the enormously successful private program, the Feral Cat Coalition, has directly aided 10,000 feral cats in San Diego - altering them, providing vaccinations and the most basic medical care. This model program can be visited at www.feralcat.com.

The combination of the public and private programs has proven to be most effective: The statistician at San Diego county Animal control verified the following euthanasia rates for cats. The figures show the most dramatic drop following the start of FCC.

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