Cat sanctuary in Delta looking for community support [Video]

Compassionate Care Sanctuary is working to reduce the number of ‘colony’ and feral cats and kittens that are not spayed or neutered, but could use some help.

DELTA, Ohio — There are an estimated 60 million stray and feral cats across the United States and northwest Ohio is no exception to these “community cats.”

That’s why a local nonprofit in Delta is working to lessen the number of unneutered or spayed cats and kittens roaming the area.

Compassionate Care Sanctuary rescues cats and kittens, placing them up for adoption. Additionally, cats that cannot find homes are given one at the sanctuary, and for those cats found outdoors, the sanctuary hosts a trap-neuter-return program to manage the population.

But Jennifer Pershing, founder of the sanctuary, said funds are tight and this work is costly.

One of the volunteers, Angie Ziegler, has been helping for about two years. She said she was drawn to the …