Volunteer helps cut down on cat euthanasia rate in Valencia County

VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – For 10 years, Becky Burkhard has been waking up early and coming home late. She does it so she can care for dozens of feral cats in Valencia County.
“Driving through here, daily, I would see kittens running all over,” said Burkhard.
The feral kittens would either get hit by cars or picked up by Animal Control, which packed an already full Valencia County Animal Shelter.
“We do get a lot of kittens. It was a bad kitten season this year. A lot