The year-round sponsorship program permits cat lovers the chance to assist assist native stray cats with out the necessity for an adoption or in-person foster care
This Valentine’s Day, contemplate a novel beau geste by sponsoring an area cat or kitten from inside the SCRAPS (Stray Cat Rescue and Protection Society) Moose Jaw group. The ongoing sponsorship alternative supplies a great solution to present your love for the 135 native cats and kittens that at the moment fall underneath the non-profit’s care.
The sponsorship program will not be restricted to Valentine’s Day, after all. These cats will be sponsored all year long as SCRAPS works on a everlasting foundation, and the organization wished to mark the amiable event with a pleasant proposal to all of the cat lovers locally.
“Not everybody is… in the position to be able to adopt or foster a cat or a kitten, so many people choose to sponsor the care of an outdoor community cat through different means,” mentioned Ann Marciszyn, a volunteer with SCRAPS Moose Jaw.
Cats and kittens rescued by SCRAPS Moose Jaw will be adopted on the satellite tv for pc adoption centre, hosted by PetValu on the Civic Centre Plaza. Additionally, foster kittens will be taken right into a loving home till they’re prepared for adoption.
This sponsorship program permits people a chance to assist with out having to bodily deliver the animals into their home, which will not be doable in an residence or different conditions. Beyond this, many of those cats stay as feral animals and usually are not suited to a life indoors.
Sponsorships function on a tiered system, and individuals can donate based mostly on a given greenback quantity.
A group cat will be fed for one month for under $25, and a SCRAPS cat colony will be fed for one month for $50. These quantities are per cat or per colony, and there’s no upward restrict on the quantity you’ll be able to donate.
A group cat will be just about adopted for under $80, which means you assist the cat with out being bodily current.
Half the cost to have a cat spayed or neutered can also be a consideration, as these quantity to a number of the largest bills for the native non-profit. The cost for male cats is $100, and females cost $150.
An outside shelter will be totally sponsored for $100, and alternatively, anybody can donate any greenback quantity of their selecting to assist assist this system.
SCRAPS Moose Jaw will quickly be coming into its TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) season this spring, and these donations will assist this system take form this yr. Due to the truth that so many feral cats face laborious dwelling situations in Saskatchewan’s chilly local weather, and with little or no meals available, serving to to manage inhabitants numbers will assist enhance the lives of those animals.
“We always have a great need (for sponsors),” confirmed Marciszyn. “We’re always involved in situations where we’re continually taking animals into our care.”
The non-profit, in accordance with Marciszyn, is normally the final resort for these animals.
“Cats have never been an animal that has received as much attention as, maybe, a dog,” she mentioned. “People are under the assumption that they can take care of themselves outside.”
To contact SCRAPS Moose Jaw and sponsor a cat or kitten, the organization will be reached at 306-693-0718 or alternatively by electronic mail at [email protected].
