By Mandy Oakham
Staff at Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS) are positively purring over the success of their special adoption week campaign at their Moolap centre.
Adorable adults and cutie kittens are walking out the doors of the centre to their forever homes during the special Clear PAWS for GAWS campaign.
Between Tuesday and Thursday staff reported a doubling in adoption rates.
“It’s been an absolutely terrific response so far, with 35 cats and kittens finding homes in two days,” community engagement officer, Julia Ladgrove said.
“And while we’re thrilled with the response so far, we really hope we’re going to see a lot more people come through our doors this weekend.”
Cats and kittens are half price until the end of the special promotion.
The centre is open from 10am to 3pm Saturday and from 1pm to 4pm Sunday.
Volunteers and staff at GAWS work hard to provide clean safe environments for their feline friends but nothing can substitute for the love and security of being with their own forever families.
GAWS chief vet Dr David Pullen said the volunteers did an excellent job providing care and a healthy and clean environment but the shelters could be a stressful experience for fastidious felines.
“With our high rates of cats in care we’re at the point of needing to implement a short-term promotion to get them re-homed as quickly as possible,” Dr Pullen said.
GAWS acting chief executive officer Helen Cocks said the centre’s cattery team was doing extremely well managing the health and welfare of all shelter cats.
“Our adoption rates have been steady however cats are arriving at GAWS twice as fast as they are being adopted and our mission is to give them all a second chance at finding their forever homes,” Ms Cocks said.
The kitty capers continue on 13 April, at the Moolap centre with staff dressing up to offer would-be fur mums and dads chances to interact with their new fur babies during Freaky Friday activities.
Face painting, food vans and show bags will all add to the fur festivities with the shelter operating extended hours until 7pm.
