A Shelter Cat’s Best Christmas Gift….

Posted On December 4, 2013

SPCA News

Stephanie Kelley

Give the best gift of all to a deserving shelter animal this year… A new home! Our local shelters are all overwhelmed with cats who have become abandoned and homeless through no fault of their own.
 
Our domestic pets depend upon humans for homes, food and love but sadly, as a society we are falling far short of taking care of these vulnerable creatures.
 

The Victoria County SPCA just took in two lovely cats that would love to be adopted. Sybil is a pretty calico cat with a strikingly coloured face, half black and half orange. Salem was surrendered to the shelter by people who were moving west. They were able to find homes for their other pets, but could not place Salem before they left, so they brought her to the shelter, which is already bulging at the seams with cats who need homes. Salem is about 2 years old and is all black with huge vividly orange eyes. And just look at that face! What a personable expression!
 

Both of these female cats have been spayed and have had all their needles.
The shelter has reduced the cat adoption fee to $75 throughout the rest of the year to hopefully encourage more people to step up and adopt a cat. This is actually a bargain if you add up the actual costs of having a pet spayed or neutered, the price of vet visits and vaccines, and your time and gas to travel back and forth to the vet clinic.
 

Even if you do not wish to adopt a cat right now, a wonderful gift to these animals would be to donate money towards spaying and neutering. You can even donate for someone specifically to help them cover their vet costs, and donations are tax deductible.
 

There are 3 things that are desperately needed to make our shelters work: Adoptions, volunteers and donations. If you can’t adopt or donate money, can you donate some time to help?
 

As it gets colder, remember that if it’s too cold outside for humans, it’s also too cold for our pets. If you have a feral cat colony, you can make inexpensive but effective insulated dens out of plastic tote boxes. If you “like” the Victoria County SPCA Facebook page you will find detailed instructions on how to create these warm refuges for these cats.
 

If you see a case of an animal left outside in the cold, or being neglected or abused please call the SPCA Abuse Hotline at 1-877-722-1522 to report the case. Together we can make this a better world for our pets!
 

The SPCA is currently on its winter schedule. It is open Saturdays 11-3 and Sundays 11-2, or by appointment.
 

It is located at 2238 Route 109 (heading towards Plaster Rock) Arthurette, NB E7H 4C2. Telephone 356-1117 and leave a message if no one answers.
 

Spread the word! Let’s help all of God’s Creatures!