TOURIST SEASON IS OVER AND ITS BACK TO ACTION

FUNDING REPORT

Now that Cumbre del Sol has calmed down and the beach been closed, we can get back to our mission to control the cat population.

It is with great pride that the neighbourhood of Cumbre del Sol launched this privately funded / community together campaign of TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN. 

 

 Back story

A group of us were at the Cumbre Community Coffee Morning and decided that the community together / private citizen funding campaign was the best initiative for us. There was a previous attempt to control the cats of Cumbre with a societal structure,  but it was not productive and failed.

By allowing our friends and neighbours to operate as trappers or fundraisers, without a central committee of control, we have been able to work together in a faster and more efficient way. We have also been able to fund raise and actually have fun! We are basically working together with only one partner, Veronica the village vet. It is a simple system that works! 

Going Forward

Tina has been out in the community helping to train and assist neighbours with trapping. She was also able to catch one of the big baby maker cats. She has made a total of our efforts since June 1, 2020 without August, as there were too many tourists here.

Since we started this community campaign...

Gone to Vets
8 males: 240€ 5 females: 300€ 1 eartipped: 20 € 1 put asleep: 100€ TOTAL: 660€ paid to our local vet, Veronica
Donations in Cash and from Fund Raisers: 02-06: 100€
16-06: 210€ 25-06: 205€
08-07: 321,46€ 10-07: 60€ 11-07: 50€ 13-07: 50€ 26-07: 200€ TOTAL: 1096,46€
Donations per PayPal: minus their fees: 263,22€ This will go towards buying more traps so that we can cover more areas of Cumbre
Total to Start Trapping Again!!!! 571,46€

 

Check out our GRATITUDE WALL to see the friends and neighbours who have given generously. 

FYI. We have had a donation come in all the way from Texas, USA. Woow!!



CHECK OUT How You Can Get Involved!!

 


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