Of the millions of cats who enter American shelters each year, around half are unowned, free - living felines, some of them lost or abandonedpet cats and many others not socialized to humans enough to be adopted.
«These free and low - cost services will have a significant impact on reducing the number of homeless petsentering shelters or being abandoned on the street.»
It is the only program in NYC and one of the few nationally that allows for co-sheltering; This means that a victim fleeing an abusive situation will not have to face the nearly impossible choice of abandoning their pets to enter a shelter.