ANGELS FOR ANIMALS Spaying and neutering offered at half price

Taking action now can keep the feline population from exploding.
BEAVER -- If you're concerned about that stray cat out in the cold, it's time to start worrying about the heat.
Every spring Angels for Animals and other area shelters are swamped with calls about kittens. Shelters fill fast, and hundreds of cats are turned away every day.
These unwanted kittens are being created now as thousands of unspayed stray female cats are going into heat and mating with unneutered cats. Angels for Animals wants to stop that from happening with a program called January Heat.
How it works
Now through Feb. 1 the non-profit organization is offering a two-for-one deal on its spay and neuter program for stray cats.
There are two standard programs. For $50, cats are tested for feline AIDS and leukemia, spayed or neutered, and given a rabies vaccination. For $90, they can have that plus vaccinations and worming.
Call Angels for Animals at (330) 549-1111, push option 3, then option 2, to make an appointment.
Action now can prevent a problem later. If someone feeding a stray cat doesn't spay it, they will have at least 15 to 20 cats by this fall. The litter born this March or April will mature and may have kittens of their own by October.
One cat and her offspring, each producing only four females per year (a conservative estimate), will produce 420,000 cats in just seven years.
Angels for Animals, which is supported by donors and more than 200 volunteers, operates an animal education and shelter facility just four miles south of Canfield.