A kitten who was rescued after flames destroyed his home throughout the McDougall Creek wildfire in August 2023, has been and not using a everlasting place to reside.
The McDougall Creek wildfire ignited on Aug. 15 and would quickly develop to 13,970.4 hectares in dimension. Officials confirmed that 189 buildings had been both misplaced or broken as a result of blaze.
At the time Mo, a 10-month-old gray tabby was dwelling in an RV together with his human after they each needed to escape the blaze that might destroy their home. With no place to take care of Mo, the cat was placed within the care of the Okanagan Humane Society (OHS)
However, that wouldn’t be the top of Mo’s struggles. At barely a 12 months old, Mo has had been battling medical points since he was 4 months old. Mo suffers from seizures and wishes treatment as properly he has issues together with his liver enzymes and must be on a specialised weight loss program.
OHS is now on the lookout for a particular eternally home for Mo, one that may take him in and supply consolation in addition to the medicines that he wants.
Mo is described as caring, calm, cuddly and curious.
Since Mo is curious and never cautious, the OHS thinks he would do finest in a home with no different animals – as he tends to run as much as different cats and dogs with out hesitation.
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The common cost per animal in OHS care is $300 and the society cared for greater than 2,500 animals in 2023. This 12 months the society has already seen its rescue program requests double the necessity and the pet help program requests have tripled.
In 2023, the charity noticed a ten per cent improve in requires assist by the rescue program, a 12 per cent improve in requests by its pet help program and a 9 per cent improve in its adoption program.
In order to assist the various animals in want all through the Okanagan, OHS has launched a fundraising initiative known as the Raffle to Rescue Animals and is hoping to lift $60,000.
There are three extra methods to offer throughout this time, together with supporting the emergency medical fund the place all donations shall be matched by Dale Mayer of Valley Publishing as much as $10,000, supporting a canine or puppy the place all donations shall be matched by Colleen Dickson as much as $5,000 and assist a cat or kitten the place all donations shall be matched by Ron Schlenker as much as $5,000.
To buy your raffle tickets or donate to OHS, go to trellis.org/ohs-raffle-2024.
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