Network Alert (NJ: Programs available to curb cat population )
Liberty Animal Shelter in Jersey City and many local veterinarians
perform low-cost spay/neuter procedures for less than .
The following programs are available for feral cats, those that are
born on the streets and have not been domesticated:
Liberty Animal Shelter, 235 Jersey City Blvd., Jersey City, will
perform a spay/neuter procedure for and administer a rabies
vaccination, deworming and topical flea/tick prevention for feral
cats.
The program is subsidized by the nonprofit group People for Animals.
For more information, call (201) 547-4147.
The Hudson County Animal League offers subsidized fees up to for
medical services for hardship cases and will also pay for
spay/neuter.
Bills ranging from to 0 are subject to approval by the
League's medical coordinator, with those more than 0 requiring the
approval of board members.
The League has a low-cost spay/neuter certificate that is accepted by
eight veterinary clinics in Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Union City
and North Bergen.
For domestic cats, the following programs are available:
Cats adopted from a participating adoption facility or referral
agency are eligible for a spay/neuter procedure through a state
Department of Health and Senior Services Animal Control Program
grant. To qualify, the new owner must be a New Jersey resident and
have adopted the cat from an eligible facility or agency.
Local facilities participating in the program include:
Hudson County SPCA, 480 Johnston Ave., Jersey City, (201) 435-3557
Secaucus Animal Shelter, 525 Meadowlands Parkway, (201) 348-3213
Liberty Animal Shelter
Animal Hospital and Clinic of Jersey City, 603 West Side Ave., (201)
435-6424)
Animal Clinic of Bayonne, 926 Broadway, (201) 437-6666
Animal Infirmary of Hoboken, 600 Adams St., (201) 216-5777
Arlington Dog & Cat Hospital, 857 Passaic Ave., Kearny, (201)991-3664
Bayonne Animal Hospital, 1170 Kennedy Blvd., (201) 339-0121
Hoboken Animal Hospital P.A., 640 Washington St., (201) 963-3604
Cats can be spayed or neutered and immunized at the above
participating veterinary hospitals for for those who qualify for:
food stamps, Supplemental Social Security income, Aid to Families
with Dependent Children, General Public Assistance, Medicaid,
Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled, Lifeline Utility
Credit or Tenants Lifeline Assistance.
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