{"id":52611,"date":"2015-06-16T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=52611"},"modified":"2015-06-16T14:00:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T18:00:37","slug":"fort-wayne-animal-care-control-receives-grant-for-community-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2015\/06\/16\/fort-wayne-animal-care-control-receives-grant-for-community-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Wayne Animal Care &#038; Control receives grant for Community Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Animal_Care_logo-190x200.jpg\" alt=\"Animal Care &amp; Control logo\" width=\"190\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-35108\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>News release from Fort Wayne Animal Care &amp; Control:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>City of Fort Wayne &#8211; Receives Grant from Best Friends Animal Society for Community Cats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(June 15, 2015) &#8211; Fort Wayne Animal Care &amp; Control is pleased to have received a grant from Best Friends Animal Society in the amount of 10-thousand dollars to Fort Wayne Animal Care &amp; Control&#8217;s Community Cat Program to humanely manage the area&#8217;s free roaming, community cats. The grant awarded was met with an additional 11-thousand dollars in local matching funds from private contributions earmarked for programs that save lives &amp; prevent euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These funds will provide 600 cats the opportunity to be spayed or neutered, rabies vaccinated, microchipped, ear tipped, and returned to their community location(s) said Belinda Lewis, Director of Fort Wayne Animal Care &amp; Control. &#8220;The monies will save thousands of unwanted kittens from ever being born through spay and neuter initiatives put into place by the use of these grant dollars.&#8221; Cats that were previously at risk of being euthanized because they were not friendly and adoptable are now being placed back into our community sterilized, ear-tipped, &amp; vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne&#8217;s coalition based Community Cat Program has been nationally recognized as worthy of high dollar grant investments toward saving lives.  Amending our city ordinance allowed citizens the opportunity to trap free roaming cats and request they be processed as Community Cats. The program is designed to reduce illness, over population, and euthanasia of cats in the community. <\/p>\n<p>Liz Finch, senior manager of Best Friends National Programs said &#8220;Best Friends is partnering with communities to help save lives and working with animal advocates such as Fort Wayne Animal Care &amp; Control to prevent the deaths of roughly 9,000 animals each day at shelters around the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the programs start in August of 2014, 571 Community Cats have been processed through Animal Care and Control and placed back into the community as a result of the city&#8217;s coalition work with the Allen County SPCA and HOPE for Animals.    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestfriends.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for more information about Best Friends Animal Society<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/0601101556-00.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne Animal Care &amp;amp; Control and Fort Wayne Police Officers help rescue a dog from a vehicle. 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Courtesy image.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Ranger\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Ranger\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7328\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_ranger.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/172012.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Madeleine Laird, Director of Hope for Animals, during a news conference to announce the launch of a Community Cats program in Fort Wayne on July 9, 2014.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ee132d355880efc52c95a6f11d089fbd' data-image-id=\"7522\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/172012.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_172012.jpg\" data-title=\"Madeleine Laird\" data-description=\"Madeleine Laird, Director of Hope for Animals, during a news conference to announce the launch of a Community Cats program in Fort Wayne on July 9, 2014.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Madeleine Laird\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Madeleine Laird\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7522\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_172012.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/172017.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Belinda Lewis, Director of the Fort Wayne Animal Care &amp;amp; Control, during a news conference to announce the launch of a Community Cats program in Fort Wayne on July 9, 2014.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ee132d355880efc52c95a6f11d089fbd' data-image-id=\"7523\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/172017.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_172017.jpg\" data-title=\"Belinda Lewis\" data-description=\"Belinda Lewis, Director of the Fort Wayne Animal Care &amp;amp; Control, during a news conference to announce the launch of a Community Cats program in Fort Wayne on July 9, 2014.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Belinda Lewis\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Belinda Lewis\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7523\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_172017.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/172018.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Jesica Henry, Director of the Allen County SPCA. during a news conference to announce the launch of a Community Cats program in Fort Wayne on July 9, 2014.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ee132d355880efc52c95a6f11d089fbd' data-image-id=\"7524\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/172018.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_172018.jpg\" data-title=\"Jessica Henry\" data-description=\"Jesica Henry, Director of the Allen County SPCA. during a news conference to announce the launch of a Community Cats program in Fort Wayne on July 9, 2014.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Jessica Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Jessica Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7524\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_172018.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/172026.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Belinda Lewis with Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control, Madeleine Laird with Hope for Animals, and Jessica Henry with the Allen County SPCA, at a news conference to announce the launch of a Community Cats program in Fort Wayne on July 9, 2014.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ee132d355880efc52c95a6f11d089fbd' data-image-id=\"7525\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/172026.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_172026.jpg\" data-title=\"Belinda Lewis, Madeleine Laird, and Jessica Henry\" data-description=\"Belinda Lewis with Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control, Madeleine Laird with Hope for Animals, and Jessica Henry with the Allen County SPCA, at a news conference to announce the launch of a Community Cats program in Fort Wayne on July 9, 2014.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Belinda Lewis, Madeleine Laird, and Jessica Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Belinda Lewis, Madeleine Laird, and Jessica Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7525\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_172026.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/238521.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Jessica Henry, Executive Director of Humane Fort Wayne, announces that the Allen County SPCA and H.O.P.E. for Animals have been re-named collectively Humane Fort Wayne. This photo was taken on March 8, 2021.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ee132d355880efc52c95a6f11d089fbd' data-image-id=\"10950\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/238521.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/thumbs\/thumbs_238521.jpg\" data-title=\"Jessica Henry\" data-description=\"Jessica Henry, Executive Director of Humane Fort Wayne, announces that the Allen County SPCA and H.O.P.E. for Animals have been re-named collectively Humane Fort Wayne. This photo was taken on March 8, 2021.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Jessica Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Jessica Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"10950\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/thumbs\/thumbs_238521.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/238672.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Jessica Henry, Executive Director of Humane Fort Wayne, announces that the Allen County SPCA and H.O.P.E. for Animals have been re-named collectively Humane Fort Wayne. This photo was taken on March 8, 2021.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ee132d355880efc52c95a6f11d089fbd' data-image-id=\"10951\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/238672.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/thumbs\/thumbs_238672.jpg\" data-title=\"238672\" data-description=\"Jessica Henry, Executive Director of Humane Fort Wayne, announces that the Allen County SPCA and H.O.P.E. for Animals have been re-named collectively Humane Fort Wayne. This photo was taken on March 8, 2021.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"238672\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"238672\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"10951\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/thumbs\/thumbs_238672.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/238584.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The unveiling of the new signage for Humane Fort Wayne. The Allen County SPCA and H.O.P.E. for Animals have been re-named Humane Fort Wayne. This photo was taken on March 8, 2021.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ee132d355880efc52c95a6f11d089fbd' data-image-id=\"10952\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/238584.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/thumbs\/thumbs_238584.jpg\" data-title=\"Unveiling of the new Humane Fort Wayne signage\" data-description=\"The unveiling of the new signage for Humane Fort Wayne. The Allen County SPCA and H.O.P.E. for Animals have been re-named Humane Fort Wayne. This photo was taken on March 8, 2021.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Unveiling of the new Humane Fort Wayne signage\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Unveiling of the new Humane Fort Wayne signage\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"10952\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210308\/thumbs\/thumbs_238584.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/tDogHouseTemperature.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control officer taking a temperature reading from inside a dog house. Photo provided by ACC.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ee132d355880efc52c95a6f11d089fbd' data-image-id=\"12247\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/tDogHouseTemperature.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_tDogHouseTemperature.jpg\" data-title=\"Dog house temperature check\" data-description=\"Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control officer taking a temperature reading from inside a dog house. Photo provided by ACC.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Dog house temperature check\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Dog house temperature check\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"12247\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_tDogHouseTemperature.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/tCarTemperatureReading.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control officer taking a temperature reading from inside a car. Photo provided by ACC.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ee132d355880efc52c95a6f11d089fbd' data-image-id=\"12248\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/tCarTemperatureReading.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwacc\/thumbs\/thumbs_tCarTemperatureReading.jpg\" data-title=\"Car temperature reading\" data-description=\"Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control officer taking a temperature reading from inside a car. 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