Go Big AND Go Home: Animal Welfare Groups Collaborate to Increase Impact

APPLETON, Wis. - July 11, 2013 - PRLog -- July 10, 2013- Appleton, WI – Two area animal welfare groups, Cats Anonymous and Wish Upon a Paw, are teaming up to more than double the number of feral and community cats helped in a single clinic on Saturday, July 27, 2013.  Rallying around a “Go Big AND Go Home” sports theme, Natalie Nelson from Wish Upon A Paw explains, “There’s a good-natured competition to see who can fundraise the most, but ultimately the real winners are the over- 200 community cats who will get the spay/neuter and vaccines they need, then return to the outdoor homes where they’re already happy and healthy.”

Nelson cites the additional volunteer help from several high volume spay/neuter vets from the Madison area, as well as borrowed equipment from other area organizations for helping make such a large endeavor possible.

Lisa Kay Peters from Green Bay-based Cats Anonymous says, “Our team is really excited and grateful for the opportunity provided by Globe University of Appleton to use such a large clinic space. It will not only help reduce our waiting list of over 900 cats, but also provide a great  experience should we ever get closer to the dream of being able to host larger TNR clinics on a regular basis.”

A feral cat has not had human social interaction at an early age and as a result, is 'wild' and wary of human interaction. A free-roaming cat can be feral or friendly. Trap-Neuter-Return programs humanely trap and bring the cats to a veterinarian to be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and eartipped (universal symbol for a sterilized cat), and returned to their outdoor home.

Anyone wishing to support the efforts of either or both programs can find their fundraising competition at HuTerra, the Charitable Social Network: www.huterra.com/community/gobigandgohome/fundraisers

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Wish Upon A Paw, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and operates as a 100% volunteer-run, no-kill, foster-home-based animal welfare organization that is based in the Fox Cities. We receive no federal or local funding; we rely completely on donations to fund our TNR program and care for the homeless kittens and special needs cats in our foster homes. For more information, visit wishuponapaw.org

Cats Anonymous, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose sole purpose is to better the lives and reduce the number of semi-feral and feral cats in Northeastern Wisconsin. We promote, educate and advocate the non-lethal reduction of the feral cat population utilizing the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) method in a safe and humane manner. For more information, visit www.CatsAnonymous.org

MEDIA OPPORTUNITY
Photographers and videographers welcome anytime between the hours of 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 27, 2013, at the high-volume spay/neuter clinic, located at Globe University, 5045 West Grande Market Drive Grand Chute, Wisconsin 54913.