{"id":1078,"date":"2025-10-06T19:48:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T03:50:38","slug":"portales-animal-shelter-receives-grant-funding-for-spay-and-neuter-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Portales Animal Shelter Receives Grant Funding for Spay and Neuter Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">By Staff Writer: Kayla Reichenbach <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png?fit=376%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png?w=376&amp;ssl=1 376w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png?resize=300%2C403&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: Kayla Reichenbach <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On any given day in Portales, it isn\u2019t unusual to see a stray dog trotting down a side street or a cluster of feral cats weaving through alleys and parking lots. Since moving here, I\u2019ve noticed the issue is more visible than in other places I\u2019ve lived across the country. Stray animals have become part of the backdrop of daily life here in Eastern New Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">That could soon change. The Portales Animal Shelter announced on Sept. 24 that two new grantfunded programs will begin with no city match required. The shelter received $10,000 for TrapNeuter-Release services to manage feral cat colonies and $30,000 in free spay and neuter vouchers for low-income families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">To qualify, households must live within city limits and earn less than 200 percent of the 2025 federal poverty guidelines. Applications are available online, at City Hall, Caprock Veterinary Clinic, the shelter or by email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Applications are being accepted now, but surgeries will not be scheduled until funds are released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThese programs will help make Portales a safe, healthy place for both pets and people,\u201d the shelter said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Staff Writer: Kayla Reichenbach On any given day in Portales, it isn\u2019t unusual to see a stray dog trotting down a side street or a cluster of feral cats weaving through alleys and parking lots. Since moving here, I\u2019ve noticed the issue is more visible than in other places I\u2019ve lived across the country&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enmuthechaseonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}