Do you strongly believe in certain causes? If one of them is protecting and caring for shelter animals in need, use your passion to champion the cause of dogs and cats throughout your community.
Sometimes all it takes to ignite a movement is a single spark of passion. Imagine what can be achieved when one person takes the initiative to lobby in support of animals that have no voice?
Shelters across the country are notoriously underfunded. Unfortunately, humans are notoriously irresponsible when it comes to spaying and neutering their animals. When they breed, many owners do not take responsibility for the care of the new litter. They may be left to forage and run wild or killed, or given to others, often unprepared for ownership and just as prone to behaving irresponsibly when it comes time to spay or neuter their new animal.
Shelters make a difference in the lives of every dog and cat. By working to start a capital campaign, conditions at the shelter could improve and services could be strengthened, such as free spay and neuter clinics.
While in the care of their shelter, the animals need medical attention and physical and mental enrichment. For dogs, that can mean playtime with a stick or ball. For kitties, it could mean fun in the cat towers inside the cat community room.
Cat towers are large, multi-tiered pieces of furniture covered in fabric, sisal, and carpet. Kittens have the opportunity to run and jump, jump and perch, and of course, stalk and sleep. Cat towers and a large open room give kitties plenty of space and equipment for natural behaviors, likely taking their minds off the stress of a new environment, new food, and an uncertain future.
With you championing the cause of shelter animals in your area, the sky is the limit!
