When the mathing is REALLY mathing 🧮🐈 Yesterday, YOUR donations helped us fix 20 community cats.

🙌 Let's look at what that actually means. 6 of those cats were females. Using a conservative estimate of 3 litters a year and 3 kittens per litter, those 6 girls would have had at least 54 kittens next year. 😳 Our average cost to rescue one kitten and get them ready for adoption, including medical care and spay/neuter, is $800. That doesn't include food, litter, or the staff who care for them. So rescuing those 54 kittens would cost at least $43,200. Fixing those 6 females cost $360. (We're only counting the girls here, since they're the ones having the kittens!) 😉 That's $42,840 saved in one day. 💸 Now let's do that every month for a year: 👉 Cost to fix 6 females a month: $4,320 👉 Cost to rescue the kittens they would have had: $518,400 👉 That's $514,080 saved, at less than 1% of the cost. And that's the LOW estimate. It doesn't count the kittens fathered by the 14 males, or the spring kittens who grow up and have litters of their own by fall. 📈 Don't get us wrong. We LOVE rescue work. 💛 Pulling a cat off a euthanasia list, helping them get healthy, and cheering when they find their forever family is the most rewarding thing we do. In fact, Gus goes home TODAY! 🎉 He came to us from Cherokee County Animal Shelter on February 13, which means he's been with us for 237 days. He was already neutered, and his medical care during his stay still came to $698, not counting 237 days of food, litter, and care. We will NEVER stop doing rescue. It's why we started this whole adventure. 🐾 But if you want to make the biggest difference for homeless pets, TNR is your best ROI. 💛 With $1,200 a month in recurring donations, we can fix 20 cats EVERY month. 💛 With another $1,500 a month, we can hire a part-time team member to help with trapping, paperwork, and fundraising, so we can fix even more. Make a one-time gift or become a monthly donor 👉 givebutter.com/SMVcats #TNR #CommunityCats #SpayAndNeuter #AdoptDontShop #StoneMountainVillage #AARF