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A couple weeks ago, Sharon Dubois, the president of the Billerica Cat Care Coalition, forwarded us an email about 6-7 cats being held in the Animal Control Office in Gardner, MA. They had been there for months and were unadoptable. Lisa, the Gardner Animal Control Officer, and Audrey, the Cat Care Coordinator, had tried valiantly to find homes for these cats and finally had volunteers call barns all around the area and had no luck.

 

Sharon was wondering if Shelter Me Inc. could prevent the cats from being euthanized by finding barns for them. We sent out emails seeking advice to a bunch of friends in the rescue movement, including Judy Cataldo and Margaret Brender, who specified the types of cages and supplies that would be needed, and suggested we share the MRFRS barn guidelines with whomever expressed interest.

 

When we posted a handful of pleas on Equinesite, offering cats (aka good mousers) free with acclimation cages (loaners) to barn owners who were willing to provide lifetime feed and care, we were knocked out by the response. In two weeks, we placed all 7 cats in a total of 5 barns that offered the cats accomodations nothing short of amazing. We did a compilation video of the sites (see it for yourself above) and plan to go back and follow the cats’ progress.

 

 

We love running this program. If you would like to support our organization’s work, please see Join Us for details, donation and contact information.

 If you want to contact us directly about the barn program, please email: sandy@sheltermeinc.org.

Thanks.