January 24, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      
Contacts:  (602) 265.SPAY

Stephanie Nichols-Young and Sonia Hernandez

Animal Defense League of Arizona’s Spay Neuter Hotline Urges Maricopa County Residents to “Beat the Heat in 2012”

Every spring thousands of homeless kittens come into animal shelters in Maricopa County.  Most do not get out alive.  Before temperatures rise and cats go into heat, the Spay Neuter Hotline is asking people to stop procrastinating.  Get companion cats fixed, and als

Our state's wildlife need your help! Arizona Game and Fish is considering extreme proposals to allow night hunting of mountain lions and coyotes and permitting Arizona-style fox hunts with hounds. Other proposals include killing small animals with 'hand-held projectiles', and killing mountain lions with shot pellets.

The Animal Defense League of Arizona has submitted comments to Arizona Game and Fish stating that all of these proposals are extreme and should be rejected. ADLA will be at the Commission meeting on Friday and Saturday, and hope you will join us in person, at a regional office or by viewing the webcast.

The Arizona Republic ran an excellent editorial denouncing the radical proposals. You can read it here.

What You Can Do

Attend the AZ Game and Fish Commission meeting on Friday, Dec. 2, at 5000 W. Carefree Hwy in Phoenix. The Commission will be discussing the proposed rulemaking and will take public comments. Read the agenda here.

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission is considering allowing the use of artificial lights to hunt coyotes and mountain lions.  This rule change is being considered as a precurser to allowing night hunting of these species.  

The Commission rejected a similar proposal in 2002 at the recommendation of the Arizona Game and Fish Department, and many individual biologists who worked for the Department at that time.

We need to send a clear message that Arizonans think this is a bad idea that should be rejected.

Animal Defense League of Arizona continues to work with members of Coconino County communities in their efforts to alleviate the homeless, feral cat population.

                            Are there stray/homeless/feral cats in your neighborhood?  
              Together, we can help to stabilize their population the humane way...by TNR. 
                                                   Trap-Neuter (or Spay) & Return

                    Please call the Animal Defense League of Arizona's Flagstaff member 
               & representative; Marlene at (928) 773-8018 for information and assistance.

*Our program is soley funded by donations. Funds are always needed to continue offering spay/neuter services for the homeless/feral/stray cats of our communities.

To donate to ADLA's Coconino County Feral Cat Program, call (928) 773-8018 or email adla@adlaz.org

Thank you!

                                   SPAY NEUTER HOTLINE OF GRAHAM COUNTY
                   A program for Companion Animals of Graham County Residents

                                                  1-866-952-SPAY (7729) option 3

                                                   Email: grahamhotline@adlaz.org

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