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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any related documents, with the Helen Sanders Cat Protection and Welfare Society, of Boulder, CO, and The Little Lion Foundation, of Long Beach, CA, to partner with Long Beach Animal Care Services for the Long Beach Little Paws Project, to be housed in commercial property at 1179 East Wardlow Road, in Long Beach, from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, with annual renewal options through December 31, 2023; and
Increase appropriations in the General Fund (GF) in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PR) by $50,000, offset by revenues from Animal Care Donation Trust Accounts. (Districts 5,7)
DISCUSSION
Stray or abandoned kittens that are too young to feed themselves, are too young for adoption or are ill, are one of the largest groups of animals euthanized every year in animal shelters across the United States. In a concerted effort to increase the live release rate for cats, Long Beach Animal Care Services (LBACS) would like to enter into an agreement with the Helen Sanders Cat Protection and Welfare Society (CatPAWS) and The Little Lions Foundation (LLF), to operate a Kitten Nursery in a commercial property at 1179 E. Wardlow Road, to nurse LBACS-provided kittens through to adoptable health and age.
CatPAWS and LLF will jointly operate and manage the Kitten Nursery under the title of the Long Beach Little Paws Project (LBLPP). In the past, LBACS has partnered with both CatPAWS and LLF to increase positive outcomes for this vulnerable kitten population. The LBLPP has a goal of saving up to 500 kittens during the first year of the partnership.
CatPAWS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to help address the problem of abandoned and stray cats that perpetuate the tragedy of unwanted litters, though the promotion of spay/neuter education and provision of spay/neuter vouchers, and by providing care for kittens and cats to reduce animal shelte...
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