Animal groups operating in 13 central and eastern Kentucky counties will share a 250-thousand dollar grant that will help fund spay and neuter programs for cats.
The grant is from the Joanie Bernard Foundation.
Linda Gafranek is the clinic manager for Lexington’s Woodstock Foundation. She said the grants help reduce the number of homeless cats.
“Our mission is spay and neuter because we understand that spay and neuter is the only way we’re going to get on top of the overpopulation problem in Kentucky. So with this funding, we are able to spay and neuter the feral cats in the community.”
Once a week, Woodstock takes its show on the road to Clark County.
“Our surgical staff goes to Clark County Animal Shelter one day a week. We’ve been doing that for the past three years and fixing the feral cats out there, specifically through the Joanie Bernard Foundation money, and we have fixed so far, 1,186 cats.”
The Joanie Bernard Foundation is an Ohio-based non-profit with a mission of creating a no-kill cat nation. The annual grant pays for about 3-thousand spay and neuters annually in Fayette and surrounding counties.
Animal groups operating in 13 central and eastern Kentucky counties will share a 250-thousand dollar grant that will help fund spay and neuter programs for cats.
The grant is from the Joanie Bernard Foundation.
Linda Gafranek is the clinic manager for Lexington’s Woodstock Foundation. She said the grants help reduce the number of homeless cats.
“Our mission is spay and neuter because we understand that spay and neuter is the only way we’re going to get on top of the overpopulation problem in Kentucky. So with this funding, we are able to spay and neuter the feral cats in the community.”
Once a week, Woodstock takes its show on the road to Clark County.
“Our surgical staff goes to Clark County Animal Shelter one day a week. We’ve been doing that for the past three years and fixing the feral cats out there, specifically through the Joanie Bernard Foundation money, and we have fixed so far, 1,186 cats.”
The Joanie Bernard Foundation is an Ohio-based non-profit with a mission of creating a no-kill cat nation. The annual grant pays for about 3-thousand spay and neuters annually in Fayette and surrounding counties.
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