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WILL YOU EUTHANIZE MY PET IF I SURRENDER IT ???
Posted Monday, June 23, 2008, at 9:09 AM<< Previous | Read comments | Respond | Email link | Next >>
That's the question I was asked recently when filling in as a volunteer at the Spring River Animal Services office. No, we are absolutely not in the business of euthanizing animals surrendered to us - unless they are so ill they cannot recover, or - they are so vicious they cannot be rehabilitated. As a matter of fact, we work very hard to find adoptive parents, foster parents, or rescue organizations for the animals we have in our kennel. We're scheduling and holding Adoption Drives at least once a month at area events and I will have more information on these dates in a future blog. Sometimes elderly folks are unable to continue caring for their pet(s); a death or tragedy in the family, job loss, transfer or moving can contribute to having to find a pet a new home. If folks are unsuccessful placing the animal, we will accept them from Cherokee Village and Ozark Acres residents. There is a $35 surrender fee imposed for each animal. Our facility is run by the City of Cherokee Village and the Ozark Acres community has partnered with us in the Animal Control area. We hope to expand the facility in the future and have other communities join us in the areawide effort to get the animal population under control. It's important to note here that it is against the law to abandon an animal! Abandonment carries a stiff fine and is not as hard to prove as some folks might think! So, please DO NOT DUMP OR ABANDON your pets - they cannot fend for themselves and often end up hurt or dead from gunshot wounds. Last week was a very busy week at Spring River Animal Services! We have taken in many animals - especially cats and kittens and we hope you will come visit and adopt some of them! Until next time - more information on future events and special residents of our facility! Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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Is it possible to take a kitten home for a few days and see if your cat gets along with it?
Mary, I'm so sorry I just found your question! There is no good way to check for responses to blogs unless you go through each blog and check at the bottom which I rarely have time to do.
Yes, you can take a kitten home for a few days to see if your cat gets along with it - you may sign a "foster" contract first, then if you decide to adopt, the fee is $10.00.
Please come and get one! We have way too many!
Thank you. I had no way of telling if my post was answered until I just happened to run into it right now. Wish they would fix the problem where we would get an email if someone responds to our post.