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Community Cat Spay/Neuter Grant Funding Update

The Cannoli Fund has some good news and some bad news.

The good news is that the Best Friends Animal Society and PetSmart Charities grant that provided FREE spay/neuter services and inoculations for feral cats in 14 San Antonio zip codes, including 78210, which includes Lavaca and a portion of King William, has been extremely successful!

The bad news is that it has been so successful that Year One funds have been depleted in only seven months.

Therefore, the free services have been suspended pending receiving Year Two funding. Funding is scheduled to resume in April 2013, but local Best Friends coordinator Bethany Heins has indicated that there is a request to have Year Two funds begin sooner. The Cannoli Fund will post updates on the status of this grant’s funding.

Meanwhile, The Cannoli Fund will continue to reimburse residents of King William and Lavaca for spay or neuter surgeries for dogs and cats, plus rabies shots, according to our reimbursement rates. The Community Cat Carpool will also remain active for residents trapping community cats in King William and Lavaca.

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The Cannoli Fund’s Community Cat Carpool Takes Off

Are there feral or community cats at or near your house that you–or your neighbors–would like to have fixed, but you lack the time or the means to transport them? Do you live in the King William or Lavaca neighborhoods of San Antonio? The Cannoli Fund’s Community Cat Carpool can help.

6 humane traps of feral cats who have been spayed or neutered at SNAP in San Antonio — *These six cats from participated in the King William and Lavaca neighborhood Community Cat Carpool in October 2012.*

You may have heard about The Cannoli Fund’s spay/neuter reimbursement program and want to take part. However, some may not have transportation or may not be able to take or pick-up the cats at the times required by the service providers.

That’s where the Community Cat Carpool comes in. We make appointments and shuttle King William and Lavaca community cats via our catmobile to and/or from the spay/neuter clinics! Just let us know where there are cats in need. It takes a neighborhood to control the outdoor cat population! T-N-R (Trap, Neuter, Return) works!

For more information on borrowing traps or assistance with transportation, email the Cannoli Fund.

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Generous grant provides a new life for Jack and Viola

Black labrador mix and lab/sharpei mix rescue dogs — *Jack (right) and roommate Margie (left) have become fast friends in Jack’s new home.*

dog in its living space under a temporary classroom building — *Viola, a cautious but friendly stray, peeks out from her den under a high school classroom building.*

The Cannoli Fund recently assisted several stray dogs who had been wandering the King William and Lavaca neighborhoods for months, thanks to an extremely generous grant from a caring neighbor. Jack, a tall black and white dog who appears to be a Labrador mix, was wandering the streets of Baja King William for several weeks. Many neighbors gave food and water to him and his companion, a brown female. Both dogs were cautious but friendly.

Jack was taken to the vet and declared young and healthy, needing only to be neutered and treated for hookworms. Taken in by a neighborhood animal rescuer, Jack has become an extremely affectionate companion who gets along well with other dogs. The cat is another story! Jack has recently been adopted into his forever home with this same family.

Jack’s companion, unfortunately, had multiple health problems and was so severely ill and in pain, that her rescuers, along with the vet, made the difficult decision to euthanize her.

This sweet senior girl was living under a temporary classroom at Brackenridge High School for months. — *Viola, a senior dog, had been living under a temporary classroom at Brackenridge High School for months.*

Many neighbors are aware that dogs have been living under the temporary classrooms at Brackenridge High School for many years. Most are very fearful and unfriendly, or travel in packs. About three months ago, a new female was spotted. She was extremely thin and subdued, but also friendly to both people and dogs. Named Viola, she was taken to the vet who found that she has heartworms that are asymptomatic, as well as mammary tumors. Viola is an older dog and was in a very rundown condition, so the vet recommended not treating her heartworms but allowing her to live out her life in comfort. She has been living with a neighbor who already has several dogs and cats, and getting along well with everyone. She has gained weight and enjoys daily walks. The change in her affect has been significant; Viola literally bounces along on her walks!

The Cannoli Fund is pleased to have been able to assist these dogs.