If you enjoy a friendly game of Bingo, check out the new Bingo Plus in the Drusilla Shopping Center! Proceeds from video bingo help support Cat Haven and four other local charities. Live Bingo sessions are held daily at 12:00 noon and 6:00 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, an additional Live Bingo Session is held at 8:30 p.m. It is “Kid’s Day” on Sundays at the 12:00 noon session.

Cat Haven will be “calling” the Live Bingo up to fifteen times per month and will receive any profit from its Live Bingo sessions. Come play with us!*
* Please play responsibly. To find problem gambling resources in your area, call 1-877-770-7867.

In 2005, Sandra Ditusa, founder of Spay Baton Rouge, submitted a proposal for a joint spay/neuter assistance program to the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine. The proposal became the basis for LSU’s Animal Sterilization Assistance Program under the leadership of Dr. Susan Eddlestone. With the participation of Spay Baton Rouge to coordinate monthly Spay Days, the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine committed to spay/neuter up to 100 cats at each monthly event through 2006. Spay Baton Rouge invited the participation of other area animal welfare organizations and Cat Haven was grateful for the opportunity to supplement its ongoing Feral Program with its assigned “slots” at Spay Day.

In an effort to share the duties of Spay Day, the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine decided to rotate the “lead agency” (coordinator) duties among interested animal welfare groups in our area. Therefore, Cat Haven will be filling the lead agency role in 2008. The second Sunday of each month is Spay Day at LSU. Representatives of Cat Haven, Spay Baton Rouge and Capital Area Animal Welfare Society schedule cats for surgery from their feral cat management projects or from their low-income assistance programs. They help to process the cats in the early morning on Spay Day by making sure all appropriate patient information is provided by the cats’ caretakers and properly provided to the veterinary staff. They also assist in discharge of patients at the end of the day.

A significant amount of Cat Haven’s focus this year has been on organizing our successful Spay Days and we look forward to helping to decrease the breeding population of owned and unowned cats by an additional 1200 by year’s end!

Cat Haven’s Fix-A-Feline Program and the 2008 National Spay Day Campaign

During the entire month of February, Cat Haven held its 8th annual campaign in conjunction with Spay Day USA and offered certificates for free spay/neuters for cats. Local veterinarians make this campaign possible by offering their services to Cat Haven at a reduced rate. The service is offered to anyone unable to afford having their cat spayed or neutered. This year, over 100 cats were spayed or neutered through our Spay Day campaign. We thank the following veterinarians for their participation: the LSU ASAP, Animal Medical Center of Plaquemine, Ark Veterinary Clinic, Armstrong VeterinaryHospital, East Ascension Veterinary Clinic, Garden District Animal Hospital, Jefferson Animal Hospital, McCaskill Veterinary Hospital, Park Forest Animal Hospital and Zachary Small Animal Clinic.

Certificates are always available through Cat Haven’s ongoing Fix-A-Feline program. Click here to complete a form online or call 225-346-4238 for more details regarding eligibility.