A Syndey actual property agent has turned her hand to animal welfare – establishing an adoption charity to soak up fostered animals and lift funds for animal rescue.
For the previous 16 years Kiki Bermudez has labored within the metropolis’s jap suburbs discovering folks houses to reside in however now’s trying to assist animals too.
Kiki, alongside her husband Phil Williams and greatest good friend Laura Stephenson, arrange animal rescue charity Ozzie Tails of Hope Ltd.
Ms Bermudez mentioned she usually met households who lately moved into a brand new home needed to accumulate a canine, usually a bigger, identified breed.
She mentioned breeds together with german shepherds, greyhounds, and staffordshire terriers have been wanted by households however usually over-represented at kilos.
In a bid to lift consciousness to alternate options to breeder or privately bought dogs, Ms Bermudez is on November 26 internet hosting a charity occasion at Sydney’s Centennial Park.
Known as “Santa Paws”, the occasion will characteristic a variety of youngsters actions, together with pet Santa images, and is aimed toward elevating funds for animal charities within the metropolis.
Among the completely different charities attending the occasion can be a variety of canine psychologists who Ms Bermudez mentioned would supply perception into widespread misconceptions.
Ms Bermudez mentioned many would-be canine homeowners too usually neglected adopting rescue dogs.
“People say, ‘I want a german shepherd, I want to go to a breeder’. I tell them I can find you 10 right now online that are going to be put down,” she mentioned.
“The blockage that people have when considering this option (rescue dog adoption) is that the animals that have been put there have some behavioural issues.
“I have a purebred dog and I have a rescue dog. They both are on medications. They both need help. Like humans, there’s always going to be animals with problems.”
Donations could be made to Ozzie Tails of Hope Ltd on the GoFundMe page.
