Over the past few years, MCPAWS Regional Animal Shelter has seen an increase in cat intakes, making the upgrade of cat housing a top priority. This increase is, in part, due to the recent expansion of their service area to include Adams and Idaho Counties.
With a grant from PetSmart Charities the McCall-based organization can now provide comfortable housing for kittens and cats in need as cat housing at MCPAWS will be dramatically improved, leading to happier, healthier cats and more cat adoptions. “MCPAWS Regional Animal Shelter is taking great strides to help comfort and care for homeless cats in the McCall community,” said Jenny Aho, regional relationship manager at PetSmart Charities. “With the help of this grant, we hope that they will be able to secure the necessary upgrades to house local kittens and cats in need as they await the lifelong, loving forever home the deserve.”
The wire dog crates that have been used to house kittens and nursing mothers will be replaced with state-of-art, humane cat housing units from Mason Company, a leading cat kennel manufacturer. Replacing the deteriorating plastic and wire cat kennels will create cleaner, safer, and more humane housing for the cats at MCPAWS.
Shelter Operations is just one of PetSmart Charities’ ten grant categories designed to support animal welfare organizations and nonprofits. Funding from PetSmart Charities supports best practices that help pets thrive in a shelter environment until they find their forever family and offers funding for shelter-based programs that improve adoptions, reduce pets’ length of stay and strengthen shelter infrastructure.
