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The third annual Give4Marion campaign, an online fundraiser for Marion County nonprofits, kicked off Tuesday and runs through 7 p.m. Sept. 21.

When pets in the community are left unaltered, they can produce upwards of a dozen offspring in a year, leading to an exponential increase in the pet population when each of those cats or dogs has a litter and so on. The Big Fix is aimed at preventing the number of pets that would end up on the streets.  “They (cats) can go into heat three times a year,” Norman said. “You can do the numbers. They have multiples. Unfortunately there's not enough shelter capacity.”  Cats of all kinds  The event included both owned and feral cats, unlike last year's focus on just feral feli...