Taft School 5th Graders Help  Hungry Dogs and Starving Feral Cats In Orange County That  Often Are Ignored.

The Community Animal Network welcomed the request from Taft School 5th Graders to help hungry dogs and cats in the Orange County area.

"Some of the abandoned pets live in some unbearable conditions; without clean water and search for food", says the organizations founder DiAnna Pfaff-Martin. "We feel fortunate that the children have thought of helping local animals with their school project." 

Abandoned and unwanted animals are a big problem all over the United States. Feral cat populations are exploding and people turn over their pets to an already over- crowded shelter system  which force the killing of  approximately 4 million dogs and cats a year, according to "The Daily Beast" which posted an article from "Newsweek" in 2008.  

When animals are left behind in backyards, or  tied up or let go in parks, they can suffer and so can their offspring; kittens born outdoors without human touch contribute to the already over-pet-population of feral (wild and untouchable) cats nation wide while packs of dogs can run wild on the streets in some cities.  

When people witness hungry animals at their workplaces, apartment complexes and mobile home parks, most try to help and feed them. However, feeding stray animals can have its consequences when the population increases due to unwanted births.

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Animal organizations encourage people to help stray and feral cats the right way with "Trap Neuter and Release Programs", also known as TNR. Feeding stray animals without trapping and altering them contributes to the problem of a growing population of feral animals that have no possibility of becoming socialized pets. 

Donated Dog and Cat Food.  Given By Taft School 5th Graders.

"Community Animal Network's rescue phone lines indicate that calls from kind hearted people come in after they have been feeding and an animal is pregnant, or a dog is injured. We wish people would call for help "before" there are multiple mouths to feed, or an animal is in an unbearable condition." says Pfaff-Martin. 

Feral cat trapper Gena Bartrom, distributed the collected pet foods and fed dogs living in poverty in mobile home parks and abandoned cats living in industrial areas. 

Community Animal Network thanks Taft Elementary 5th graders for helping feed pets in need!  

Please email contact@animalnetwork.org to volunteer, donate, or adopt an animal in need.