How does the SPCA plan to accomplish Vision 2020?

How does the SPCA plan to accomplish Vision 2020 and end animal abandonment by 2020 if they are ending this life-saving program to care for feral moms and their kittens in their nursery?

Ending this program will leave kittens abandoned and homeless to die or live a tough life on the streets of San Francisco when they could have been in a home.

2020 is right around the corner and it seems homelessness will not end for the animals of San Francisco. Kittens are left to die and mom cats are left to continue to procreate; the homeless cat cycle continues. Not to mention, SF SPCA regularly decline animals from SFACC and continue to take animals in from out of county, 1367 cats in 2017 and 1668 in 2016. How is that ending homelessness for the animals of San Francisco?

“In 2012, the SF SPCA created Vision 2020—a road map to end animal abandonment in San Francisco by 2020. The plan identifies three main reasons animals end up in shelters—overpopulation, barriers to veterinary care and pet behavior issues. By addressing these issues aggressively, we will make San Francisco the first city in the nation to end animal homelessness. All our programs and services support at least one of three Vision 2020 principles: prevention, rescue and education.“

Why eliminate this life-saving program featured in SF SPCA’s Spring 2017 Newsletter?

From the Spring 2017 issue of SF SPCA Our Animals, page 6:

Caring for Neonates

“Martina, Ellen, and their four littermates are a few of the lucky kittens that came to the SF SPCA through our partnership with SF ACC. Since the SF SPCA has a special nursery for feral cats still nursing their baby kittens, SF ACC reached out about a cat and her six babies. Mama Patty couldn’t produce enough milk to feed all her babies, so our CCP staff provided supplemental bottle and syringe feeding to help the kittens grow. As the kittens were weaned, they were transferred from the CCP nursery to the CCP graduation room, where volunteers socialize and care for kittens before they find a temporary foster home. Martina and Ellen were the last of the litter to leave Mama Patty and graduate to foster.”