10th Annual Paws 4 Pledges Radiothon coming soon
The Humane Society of Moose Jaw will host their 10th Annual Paws 4 Pledges in their facility Saddman Zaman - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com
The Humane Society of Moose Jaw will organize their 10th Annual Paws 4 Pledges Radiothon on Nov. 4th. It is the shelter’s biggest fundraiser.
“Our goal this year is $85,000,” said Dana Haukaus executive director of Moose Jaw Humane Society. “Anybody who has donated to this campaign before has received a letter in the mail and they should have all arrived last week.”
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The 10th anniversary is going to follow a similar format to what was well thought-out previously. They invited 12 different businesses, groups, and organizations from the community to answer their phone banks that day. This includes the shelter, RBC bank and city councillors.
If someone wants to visit the shelter on that day, they will be welcomed by some of the staff from Moose Jaw Warriors, Artistic Acres, and Family Pizza. Like every year, three board directors will answer the phones in the
last few hours.
“We have a lot of great businesses in our community that will be supporting us that day,” Haukaus said.
The animal shelter houses several cats, dogs, and other exotic animals. Last year, they adopted 442 cats, 163 dogs, and 21 other pets including birds, ferrets, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and so on. Haukaus claimed she observed an increase in exotic pets coming into their facility for care. It was seen, in most of the cases, people forgot to properly lock their backyard gates or forgot to keep a cautious eye on their pets; unfortunately that allows them to get out and they become lost and are then strays.
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According to Haukaus, 18% of stray cats and 70% of stray dogs are always claimed by owners. She also said, “Summertime is kitten season for us.”
One of the Society’s exotic birds is an Orange
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The Humane Society is loved and adored by the community of Moose Jaw and people seem to come to the shelter just to visit and spend time with the animals.
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