Though Sunshine Foundation's weekly Thursday low cost spay & neuter program was discontinued, Dr. Stacia Jung and her staff at Sugar Mill Veterinary Center (SMVC) continue to offer support to the Sunshine Foundation Feral Cat Program.

In celebration of World Spay Day today, we wanted to share with you some of the great humane ways in which our community is helping to control feral cats.

Appointments for Spay/Neuter of Feral cats can be made by contacting SMVC.

The low cost Feral Cat Program ($50) includes:

• Test for Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV)
• Spay or Neuter Surgery
• Ear-tipping (to identify that they cat has been spayed or neutered)
• Vaccine (FVRCP)
• Dewormer  

We have many dedicated volunteers in our community who maintain feral cat colonies and bring in feral cats for spay/neuter, often paying out of their pockets.  In honor of World Spay Day, please consider sponsoring this good work by donating to Sunshine Foundation.

$50.00 Sponsor a Cat          

$100.00 Sponsor a Pair       

$250.00 Sponsor a Family   

$500.00 Sponsor a Colony  

Sunshine Foundation continues its work in helping to control the pet overpopulation problem in our community through its support of managed feral cat colony programs.

Feral cats are outdoor cats who are not socialized to humans.

Feral cats should not be taken to pounds and shelters. Feral cats' needs are not met by the current animal control and shelter system, where animals who are not adoptable are killed. Feral cats live full, healthy lives outdoors-but are killed in shelters. Even no-kill shelters can't place feral cats in homes.

Feral kittens can be adopted if they are socialized with humans at a very early age.

Feral cats live healthy lives in their outdoor homes.   

Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) benefits the cats and the community. Cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and eartipped (the universal symbol of a neutered and vaccinated cat), and then returned to their outdoor home. The colony's population stabilizes-no more kittens! Trap- Neuter-Return improves their lives and improves their relations with the community-the behaviors and stresses associated with mating stop. Trap-Neuter-Return is the humane, effective approach for feral cats.

For more information on feral cats and what you can do please visit Alley Cat Allies and consider making a donation to Sunshine Foundation to support our efforts to control pet overpopulation on St Croix.

Sugar Mill Veterinary Center

Tel 340.718.0002