Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP) and Castlegar’s Blue Barn pet store are teaming up to raise funds and awareness on your pet’s care in an effort to control pet populations, as well as find new homes for some furry friends.
President of KAAP, Laurel Mathew, said we’re currently in the thick of kitten season and they need the communities help to meet demand.
“We’re working on some properties where there’s just a cat over a cat explosion problem, so we’re taking in all sorts of animals, and all the funds raised go towards vet bills, medications, food, litter, anything that these poor little critters coming in might need,” said Mathew.
“Despite our years of efforts to educate people to spay and neuter their pets, the population continues to grow, and our resources are always taxed. We’re expecting this garage sale will give us a temporary financial boost to support these programs.”
Mathews said the group is currently working with one property in the valley that they have removed close to 80 cats from over the last 12 months.
“It’s not healthy for all these cats to just continually breed, and they get respiratory conditions and worms, and everything that comes along with just having too many cats.”
The message to pet owners is a simple one.
“Get them neutered,” said Mathews. “Reaching out for help is not embarrassing, we do get grant money to help low-income folks spay and neuter their pets so we’re happy to help out.”
This Saturday, July 26, KAAP is hosting a Garage Sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the parking lot at 1965 6th Avenue, with all proceeds going to KAAP.
“We have a big trailer full of really cool things, everything from toys to an automatic food feeder, anything you could ever possibly imagine you needed for your pet,” said Mathew.
Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP)
KAAP was founded to meet the needs of homeless and disadvantaged pets who might otherwise fall between the cracks in existing services.
KAAP takes on properties where there are many cats living outdoors by capturing, housing, and spaying/neutering them to prevent even more homeless animals. They also offer low[1]income pet owners financial help to spay/neuter their pets.
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