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6958 Plainfield Road
Silverton, Ohio 45236

The Scratching post is a non-profit, no kill shelter for stray and abandoned cats. Located in Silverton, Ohio (a Cincinnati suburb), the shelter has been in operation since May of 1990. We are able to find homes for about 400 cats per year. We can house about 50 at a time and are usually at full capacity. A cat can only be accepted if we have the space, which since we are a no-kill shelter, means only if we've had an adoption. There are thousands each year we have to turn away. The only way to reduce this number is by spaying & neutering every cat possible until there are homes for them all.

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1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


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2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


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3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


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4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


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5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


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6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


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7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


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8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


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9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


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10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


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11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


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My neighbor abandoned her cat and now it's living in a cracked foundation with three kittens. I have 3 dogs who don't like cats. I cannot keep them. I would like for them to have a home before fall hits. Any help would be appreciated. Email [email protected] if you can help. Thank you.
posted by Brook, on 2022-09-07 04:02:41
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I have a two year old cat who is a real sweetheart. She has only one problem, she does not like dogs. If you have a dog please do not respond. She is neutered and shots current. She is a lap cat and has never been outside. Calico markings(dusty calico)Her name is Coco
posted by GinniReisenberg, on 2018-04-29 14:54:30
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Hi.I have 3 grown cats need homes cause I am being evicted.1 kitten.They're up to date on the vaccinations.Except the kitten.Can you help?
posted by jogarrison534, on 2017-07-28 01:13:17
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Hi, I am being forced to mice to Denver to live with my daughter for health reasons. I have 6 cats I desperately need to find no kill placement for by the end of July. There are 3 males and 3 females and all are spayed/neutered. Can you please help even if you can't take them all
posted by (empty name), on 2017-07-12 15:44:50
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Please help. I have a kitty that needs a home. He has FIV so he cannot be with other cats. FIV is not Lukemia.. They are going to put this sweet thing down today.
posted by AngelaHarcourtTurner, on 2017-04-11 05:27:32
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We recently adopted a cat from a local shelter not knowing we are allergic. She has been declawed so the shelter can't take her back. She is an absolute sweetheart who loves to snuggle. She is spayed, declawed and current on her shots. Can you please help us with this baby? She is full of love and deserves a good home. She is a little lover. She loves everyone and hers along with our two dog rescues. Thank you, Vondy [email protected]
posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-13 18:30:23
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Hello, I have recently been feeding a kitten by my home. She is a stray but super sweet. I have a dog and my husband is allergic to cats so I can not hold on to her. Im afraid she might get hurt. PLEASE HELP me find a shelter for her. 2541801
posted by lauramchone, on 2013-09-09 09:44:35
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I have 2 cats that I love but can no longer keep. They are 10 years old, spayed and declawed. I need to find them a kind and loving home as soon as possible, as I'm moving Aug 1 and cannot take them with me. My name is Melissa Hoppe and my email address is [email protected]. My phone number is 513-891-7953. Thank you so much.
posted by mitmee_pie, on 2013-07-10 17:19:16
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