City officials said funding will expand no-cost pet sterilization in high-need areas through local animal welfare partners.<\/p>\n
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The Corpus Christi City Council has approved $250,000 in funding to expand free spay-and-neuter services for eligible pet owners, aiming to reduce stray animal populations and improve public safety.<\/p>\n
The funding will be evenly divided between two local organizations, The Cattery, Inc., and the South Texas Animal Rescue Group (STAR), with each receiving $125,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The partnership operates through Corpus Christi Animal Care Services to provide no-cost sterilization services to residents in targeted high-need areas.<\/p>\n
The program includes full veterinary care, including pre-surgery health evaluations, the spay or neuter procedure, and post-operative recovery services.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Officials say these measures are designed to reduce the number of stray and roaming dogs in the city.<\/p>\n
Services will primarily be available to residents in City Council Districts 1, 2, and 3, where animal-related service calls and concentrations of lower-income households are highest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eligible ZIP codes include 78401, 78405, 78408, 78411, 78412, and 78415.<\/p>\n
While focused on those areas, the Director of Animal Care Services may also issue vouchers to residents outside the designated ZIP codes if additional need is identified.<\/p>\n
Appointments can be scheduled directly with participating providers: The Cattery, Inc. at 1237 Saratoga Boulevard (361-854-6369) and the South Texas Animal Rescue Group at 1307 Saratoga Boulevard (361-229-8208).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City officials said funding will expand no-cost pet sterilization in high-need areas through local animal welfare partners. CORPUS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-270298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}