Coos County Animal Shelter wants assist forward of kitten season
by Gold Meadows and NBC16.com Staff
(Gold Meadows/SBG)
COOS COUNTY, Ore. —
The kennels are full, and the kittens are coming on the Coos County Animal Shelter (CCAS), and meaning a heightened want for volunteers and foster pet mother and father.
As the animals await properties, Animal Control Officer Chloe Eberlein says the work is an excessive amount of for his or her two workers, particularly with the shelter operator position vacant.
This time of yr, she says in addition they lose a lot of their seasonal volunteers who head home to different states because the climate improves.
“We do get a number of assist from the group, however we actually need assistance with volunteers…which is such a tough promote; I really feel like, as a result of all of the volunteers we’ve, a number of them even have jobs on high of doing issues out right here,” mentioned Eberlein. “It actually makes it onerous for us to do all the things in a day when there’s solely two of us that truly work right here, in order that’s why we actually want canine folks and folks to assist with nail trims, washing animals, giving them consideration, coaching with dogs.”
Right now, they’ve simply six foster mother and father which will not be sufficient as greater than 100 kittens are anticipated throughout the subsequent month.
James McLane fostered Zara for 2 months and says he involves examine in on her and provides his time as a result of he sees how understaffed the shelter is.
“We almost hit her with our automobile, and we took her home, and he or she was nursing, and we frightened about her as a result of she was so skinny. The subsequent day, we introduced her right here to the shelter, and we needed to take her home till she was achieved nursing,” mentioned Mclane. “The shelter wants assist. Sometimes they get overwhelmed.”
Mini Pet Mart of Grants Pass simply donated a considerable amount of pet food to CCAS easing the burden of discovering meals donations, and Eberlein says the Johnston Fund paid for all cat and kitten meals.
To volunteer or undertake, name CCAS at (541) 751-2480 or go to the shelter.
You also can access a volunteer software right here.
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