- Cavies and Canines Animal Rescue, a licensed guinea pig rescue in Colorado, is making ready to soak up greater than 500 guinea pigs from a breeder in Aurora that’s unable to take care of the rising inhabitants.
- Natalie Riggs, president and govt director, stated that is their largest case of surrendered guinea pigs from a single proprietor.
- “It’s insane. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Riggs stated.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (KDVR) — A Colorado animal rescue is dealing with its largest problem.
Cavies and Canines Animal Rescue, a licensed guinea pig rescue in Colorado, is making ready to soak up greater than 500 guinea pigs from a breeder in Aurora that’s unable to take care of the rising inhabitants.
Natalie Riggs, president and govt director, stated that is their largest case of surrendered guinea pigs from a single proprietor.
“It’s insane. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Riggs stated. “We normally have about 50 guinea pigs in the rescue at any given time, and they’re all in foster homes in northern Colorado, [the] Denver metro area and a couple in Colorado Springs,” Riggs stated.
Now, the rescue is working to seek out new properties for greater than 500 guinea pigs, a lot of whom are pregnant and with well being points.
“This individual had been breeding for over 30 years, and their husband unexpectedly passed away last week. And as a result, they were trying to offload some of these guinea pigs to help ease the burden, so I offered to assist,” Riggs stated.
On Sunday, Riggs stated they coordinated a rescue of 60 guinea pigs, 50 of which had been transported to Iowa in a single day.
The facility’s largest wants, in keeping with Riggs, are donations and transport volunteers to carry guinea pigs to different rescues throughout the nation.
“If we can get as many out of that house as possible, I think not just the guinea pigs, but the human will also be in a better position to heal,” Riggs stated.
The rescue has created an online form for these interested by supporting the trigger.
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