Slate Belt Animal Advocacy Group INC

02/17/2025

02/15/2025
Found Delabole road area Pen Argyl
It is too darn cold out there for me! (I'm warm now) If you know my people please have them call
610 217 7025
Christine

02/16/2025

‼️Public Service Announcement ‼️ BITE INJURIES - INJURED STRAYS - MATING SEASON🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈



As kitten season 2025 rears it’s ugly head we have begun to get the expected calls regarding cats that are injured. Swollen paws, swollen heads, torn ears, neck wounds, etc. Just this week we have received at least 4 calls about cats with bite injuries. We suspect all of these are likely abscesses resulting from mating and territorial fights. Most If not all can be prevented if outdoor cats or strays are fixed. $0-60 in neuter fees can prevent hundreds of dollars in vet bills or even death.

Aunt Helen’s will help when and how we can, but we are not available 24/7. Nor can we take on all cases where a caller cannot do anything at all and we would have to trap, vet, rehab, neuter/tnr, transport and pay. We are able to help residents who can contribute to trapping and/or spaying first.

There is no universal free medical care for stray cats. And rescues are NOT animal control. Only the humane society has that job (and even then it’s only for 11 municipalities ). Roughly 45 of the 67 municipalities in lehigh and northampton county have NO animal control. No one designated to come help. But 15+ have tnr (trap neuter return) programs that pay for spay neuter. Check our pinned facebook post or website for all the who/what/where resources of trapping.

If a call is one where we cannot come out, for injured cats , in many cases the fastest cheapest way to get a minor injury treated is to get the cat in question spayed or neutered through tnr- other then us our preferred clinics for minor wound treatment like abscesses or bad ears are FURR fix it and Forgotren felines and Fidos.

The cost is $40-60.

Now if the cat is already fixed or the injury is worse than that their are vets that see ferals - but the average treatment for a feral that is limping or has a wound is $300 at Rush Urgent Care in Allentown or through one of the collaborating vets. If it’s a non emergency and the cat can be treated without sedation for less.

So while we empathize with callers concerned about an injured cat , we get the frustration , please understand that we cannot cover every injury that comes to us.

We will always give resources and advise.

We will let you know that the fastest way to get help is if you can trap/trap train/feed in the trap yourself because if you’re not waiting for a volunteer.

We will explain how to Crowd raise funds using next door or Facebook.

We will tell you what clinics or vets to use.

We will recommend other rescues or organizations that may help.

But if after all that time we take to explain the options and recommendations, what we CAN or CANNOT do - your only take away is that we told you we WON’T help and “to just let the cat die or suffer”…..😑🙄 then we clearly are not going to be a good resource for you.

The truth hurts. We have an overpopulation cat problem and a lack of efficient, centralized, funded, well run animal control services in Pennsylvania. Yes if you do nothing, no one else may come and the cat may die.

We encourage people to take that anger over lack of services and dying strays and find a way to be part of the solution not direct it at us in rescue or vet staff. Go to township meetings, ask for animal control, demand tnr program funding, get involved in rescue, volunteer to help your neighborhood. Trap one cat. Give one person a ride to a clinic. Pay for one $30 trap or uber ride. Share the fundraising posts when rescues or others ask for help.

Be the change.

02/15/2025

02/12/2025

OWNER FOUND

02/09/2025
Found Lower Mount Bethel Township . Depues road area. If you know me please help me get home.
Call 610 217 7025

02/03/2025

I want to thank everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes. Sorry this is late coming but I've been very sick with pneumonia for a few weeks. I believe I'm on the other side of it now. Also I want to thank everyone who has been waiting on paperwork . Two of our other board members have also been sick, one is still hospitalized. Just getting the day to day done has been a lot. I have several dogs that will be up for adoption soon. If you reached out looking for something special, I will contact you first. A few need to be seen at the vet before posting which hasn't been possible. Again Thank you all! And to the person who brought me a homemade birthday cake and left it on my doorstep, you're the best!

01/20/2025

01/07/2025

OWNER FOUND
01/06/2025
Found in Upper Mount Bethel Pa.
Call 610 217 7025
Proof of ownership required.
Christine

01/04/2025

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01/04/2025

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