Located in Bountiful, Fawn’s Family Cat Rescue and Lounge is devoted to rescuing pets and bringing consciousness to the difficulty of surrendered pets.
Areah Watterson is the founding father of Fawn’s Family Rescue. She started rescuing animals again in 2020. Since then, Watterson mentioned she has rescued round 350 animals and located houses for 250 of them.
“We pull from local shelters. So Salt Lake County we pull from a lot, um, NUVAS, SUVAS, um, Weber, Davis … I could keep going, there’s a lot of them,” Watterson mentioned.
Watterson has seen a spike in surrendered pets, particularly cats, she mentioned. She attributed the rise to the economic system and the housing disaster right here in Utah.
She is on the brink of launch a cat lounge and adoption heart for rescued cats due to what she known as a “cat crisis.” Several of the kittens she’s rescued have disabilities, reminiscent of paralyzed legs or lacking eyes.
“Eventually I do want this place to succeed on its own and give the money back to the cats … Every penny that comes in here. It’s going to go back to the cats,” Watterson mentioned.
It’s not simply Fawn’s. Utah Valley Animal Rescue in Spanish Fork has additionally seen an analogous pattern.
“So we’ve seen a big increase in owner surrenders. A lot of people are getting rid of their dogs right now and most places are really full with dogs right now so … it’s really hard,” Joselyn Seamons mentioned, who has labored at Utah Valley Animal Rescue for 2 years, now often known as “All Paws Count.”
The Humane Society of Utah reported a 78% enhance in surrendered pets final 12 months.
Utah Valley Animal Rescue and Fawn’s Family Rescue encourage folks within the space to undertake or foster these furry buddies, or donate if potential.
