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Spay/Neuter/Vaccine and Medical Expenses by two Independent trappers, one <br />cat networker in Santa Ana alone since the closing of OCAC due to Covid. <br />2020 <br />30 cats <br />$8,309 <br />2021 <br />238 cats <br />$15,166 <br />Only 31 of these cats were TNR'd. All others were networked to rescues and a <br />majority were kittens that found rescues that then incurred the spay/neuter and <br />vetting costs. <br />2022 <br />130 cats <br />$15,192 <br />2023 ytd <br />52 cats <br />$5,368 <br />These numbers are only down because we have so few places to get kitties <br />fixed. In 2020, we had 5-6 vets that would do low cost spay neuter. Today we <br />have to go to LA or Riverside County to get low cost. <br />Due to this, the county most particularly Santa Ana, will be over -run with <br />homeless animals. We will start looking like a third world country. <br />Even a rescue I volunteer for, have lost their three vets they have used for 15 <br />years for Spay/neutering. <br />Orange County has NO truly LOW COST spay/neuter facilities. The few <br />reasonable vets or vets that accepted vouchers offered by animal welfare <br />agencies, stopped taking or limiting acceptance of feral cats for spay/neuter. <br />LA County, San Diego County and Riverside County — less affluent counties <br />then Orange County, all have these services. <br />OUTCOME: <br />Animal owners can not afford to spay/neuter their pets. People who feed <br />feral/community cats can not afford the cost to spay/neuter. Hence, the cat <br />