There are a number of dogs that have been wandering around our neighborhood, looking very abandoned - neighborhood kids are frightened of them, and there is probably good reason for that... they may be living in the abandoned house next door... may keep the looters away?!?!

For the last four days or so there has been nearly constant suffering howling coming from down the block, like a dog has been abandoned, and is starving and freezing but can't escape... I don't feel safe searching for the source, and wouldn't know what to do with an abandoned animal if I found one, and it didn't attack me...

It is quiet tonight... perhaps it has died. The temperature is probably about 10 degrees.

Knowing how much food my dogs eat a week, I can see where many people are having trouble feeding their animals... and I doubt the government has programs to take care of that.

In my neighborhood, people are very used to starvation, and animals have no monopoly on suffering.

Disrupt IT

Did you call the animal warden?  I can't believe you did nothing.  Kate

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ANIMAL PROTECTIVE  LEAGUE

Our humane investigators check the hotline (216-377-1630) seven days a week from 8-5 pm weekdays and 9 to 4 Sat. and Sundays. Leaving a detailed phone message will assist our officers in responding to your concerns in the most efficient manner possible.

Our humane investigations team works diligently to end animal cruelty and neglect through education, investigation, and prosecution of offenders. Our officers are empowered to enforce the State of Ohio animal protection laws within the jurisdiction of Cuyahoga County (ORC 959) and Cleveland Municipal animal protection laws.

Improper care of animals, including lack of sufficient food, water, shelter and veterinary treatment, is against the law and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of law!

More than 300 stray cats neutered and released in Cleveland

By Donna J. Miller, Plain Dealer reporter

CLEVELAND -- The city's plan to reduce the stray cat population by helping residents pay for neutering them is off to a good start.

More than 300 cats have been neutered at the Cleveland Animal Protective League. Cleveland paid $30 of the $40 fee to neuter each one. The cats are also vaccinated then returned to their neighborhoods, where residents agree to feed them. The city has earmarked $40,000 to neuter 1,333 cats this year.

"It is helping cats tremendously," said Marta Anderson, who coordinates the trap-neuter-return program. This is pregnant cat season, so most of the cats coming in are in heat or pregnant. It's urgent that folks get them to us for spaying now, before more homeless litters are born."

To participate, contact Marta Anderson at the APL, 216-377-1624 or clevelandapl.org.

City Council members say they get more complaints about roaming cats than potholes or burned-out streetlights. And kitten season has begun. Female cats can become pregnant at just four months of age and give birth to three litters a year.

"When the kennel phone rings, chances are good it's another complaint about an outdoor cat," APL director Sharon Harvey said. So she's excited about the groundbreaking partnership with the city's Public Safety Department to shrink the number of homeless cats.

Safety Director Martin Flask said the program is modeled after others across the country. "It helps reduce the overpopulation of stray and unwanted cats and provides a much-needed pet-friendly service to the residents of our community," he said.

more here   (In the Media)

We should look out for the animals.   A little food, water , cardboard box with a blanket,,,,,,

Remember, these are innocent victims and  they can not provide for themselves,,,,,

The animals can not get a job to pay for food and shelter.  They can not rob people to pay the bills,  can not go to food pantries and beg for food, etc.

We are all suffering from compassion fatigue--no excuses but everyone who speaks out here at REALNEO makes an effort to give a voice to those who are suffering.  It's not good--we are not perfect people, but we can try to be better.   How we treat animals in America is atrocious.  God love the folks at the Animal Protective League. 

We have a whole generation of children treated as throw-aways, too.  Thank God, that the Obama administration will address No Child Left Behind.

While many animals and people do suffer in our city there seems to be a feral cat colony cared for by a number of people on our street or even some who live elsewhere. For at least three years now people have been feeding a group of dark, long haired cats that gather in a parking lot to eat and take shelter in an abandoned house and boat. I suspect they are neutered because they never seem to have kittens. As a cat lover who has maxed out her adoption quota, I am happy to see these cats, that might not be suitable as pets, surviving maybe even thriving with some human intervention.