January 2024

Dr. Christi Camblor, cofounder and veterinarian with Compassion Without Borders. [Photo courtesy Compassion Without Borders]

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warmer. As temperatures rise, there’s been no set ‘kitten season,’ which used to last from March to October. This is part of why we do a spay and neuter clinic two to three times a week,” says Pip Marquez de la Plata, executive director of Forgotten Felines of Sonoma County, a cat spay and neuter organization in Santa Rosa. Marquez de la Plata says the spay and neuter clinics help enormously by reducing the number of cats that can reproduce. This limits the number of cats born and lessens their chances of getting communicable feline diseases like feline distemper. Forgotten Felines contracts with a pool of vets for its internal clinics where alterations and other medical issues are handled. It uses outside vets when more complicated or longer-term medical care is required. “To give you an understanding of how important vet services are to our mission, close to half of our annual budget is for veterinary services and supplies. We ask for a donation of $50 for spay and neuter but this is a fraction of the price. It costs us close to $375 just for each spay or neuter alone,” says Marquez de la Plata. Dr. Christi Camblor is the cofounder and a veterinarian for Compassion Without Borders, a Santa Rosa-based organization that does rescue, rehab and rehoming of dogs