Free Fixings and Vaccines, Maybe

Greetings Animal Lovers,

The Humane Society of Tampa Bay (HSTB) has recently announced the offering of free vaccines and sterilizations for cats under one circumstance, you have to live in the 33610 zip code area. The Petsmart Charities have awarded the HSTB with a $190,000 grant to make it all happen. Starting on September 24, 2012 until September 2014 cat owners in the 33610 area can call to make appointments to spay/neuter and vaccinate their cat(s), free of all costs. The purpose of this grant is to compliment the HSTB's program aimed to prevent the reproduction of feral cats, also known as the Trap/ Neuter/ Vaccinate/ Return Program (TNVR).  The free roaming cats in this program are trapped humanely, which is something I wanted to make sure to include for my animal loving readers.  After being spayed/neutered they are returned to their original location, free of disease and unable to have countless litters of future feral cats.  

I can't deny granting these funds to continue the TNVR Program is a great idea, what I'm having a hard time with is the fact that their limiting the funds to the 33610 zip code area.  Looking over the policies and procedures of the program I've found nothing limiting the original treatment to those within that specific zip code.  For this, I can't make sense of limiting the extra $190,000.  The HSTB services animals all over the Tampa Bay area, and to me not allotting services to more than one zip code is a kick in the face to the residents of outside communities whom associate and donate to the society.  

Feral cats in communities are technically homeless, but remain socialized and fed by random residents in surrounding areas. 

I'm curious to know whether the restriction of the extra funds was ruled by the actual HSTB, or if Petsmart Charities gave them strict ultimatums when receiving their money.  Either way it goes the only plausible explanation I could think of for restriction would be to have funds last longer.  Although that would be smart, it would be more beneficial to extend the services among three or four surrounding zip codes for a shorter period of time.  Preventing the constant reproduction of kittens is something that will inevitably lower the number of cats in the future, so having two years of free treatment for such a select area may prove less efficient than treating a wider community for say, a year.  I guess for now it's good to know those feral cats in the 33610 zip code will decrease in the future, while the two surrounding areas continue reproducing like rabbits.  What's going to happen in the future when the untreated offspring migrate over to the treated area? This is the question I raise to the HSTB.