Event runs Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28 and 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There was a line up of individuals ready to see the kitties available for adoption at Cedar Rim Nursery Saturday morning.
The nursery is internet hosting the Canadian Animal Rescue and Extended Shelter (CARES) this weekend for its two-day October feline adoption occasion.
Tucked into the again nook of the building, tables and cages are arrange for folks to view the available cats and course of adoptions on web site, because of the assistance of Cedar Rim workers and CARES volunteers.
The shelter has a longstanding relationship with the nursery and the proprietor has supported adoption occasions for years, defined Clive Ellis, public relations director at CARES.
This would be the second adopt-a-thon occasion on the nursery this 12 months. The location is a perfect spot with the additional foot visitors of holiday makers.
“All these events, of course, help us tremendously in raising funds for the shelter,” Ellis mentioned.
Presently, CARES has greater than 150 feline associates in its care, and the prices are rising to supply satisfactory meals and medical care.
“We pride ourselves on giving the cats a good home, lots of love and attention,” Ellis mentioned. “These poor need our help, they need our support, and hopefully we can find them good homes.”
On Saturday, 5 kittens have been shortly adopted within the early hours of the occasion. Some who’ve attended earlier CARES adoption occasions might have acknowledged Laddu and Barby, each surrendered in April when the household’s new child child was discovered to be allergic.
Donna Healey-Ogden, a volunteer at CARES, mentioned these occasions assist alleviate the overload of cats the native shelter is experiencing.
“We’ve been getting pregnant cats… and kittens that have been abandoned and are starving. What are we going to do? Leave them because we are full? No,” she mentioned.
The occasion runs once more in the present day, Sunday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cedar Rim Nursery is situated at 7024 Glover Rd.
Another adopt-a-thon is within the works for someday in November.
Cats available for adoption are additionally listed on CARES web site at carescatshelter.com.
Anyone thinking about adopting a cat can electronic mail the shelter at [email protected].
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