Pet shelter hits bursting point

PETS will now have to go on a waiting list to be re-homed over Christmas after the Animal Welfare League’s Gold Coast shelter announced it was too overcrowded to take on any more unwanted pets.

The AWLQ is struggling to squeeze in more surrendered pets over the holiday period because it has been inundated.

With limited space, it has been forced to reject ‘walk-in surrenders’.

“Without notice (pets) may not be able to be accommodated,” the AWLQ said in a post on Instagram yesterday.

“Due to the volume of surrender requests, there is a waiting list in place.”

Pet owners are asked to fill out surrender forms online to get on the waiting list at www.awlqld.com.au/surrender-request.

It comes as the organisation launches its ‘Project Empty Shelter’ which aims to find all animals at the shelter a home for Christmas.

Dogs will be $80 and cats $30 during the two-day sale on December 9 and 10.

For more information go to the awlqld.com.au website.