Loving homes needed as shelter overflows
One-hundred and fifty potential pets anxiously await new forever homes.
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THE SUNSHINE Coast Animal Refuge has called for people to 'adopt not shop' as 150 cats and dogs anxiously await a new forever home.
Keen adopters flocked to the SCARS during National Pet Adoption Day on Saturday 15 to meet their new best friend but SCARS operations manager Penny Brischke said more were needed.
"At SCARS we have around 80 animals sitting on the shelter and that's cats, kittens, dogs and puppies, we also have another 40 that are sitting in temporary foster and another 40 that are in permanent foster, so we are looking after about 150 animals at the moment," she said.
"It is pretty endless there always seems to be a need for shelters to actually take in abandon pets and offer them that second chance at a forever home with a loving family.
"There are so many happy, healthy and sociable animals sitting in shelters around the country that will make a perfect pet."
Known as the 100-plus club, several cats and dogs in-between the ages of one and three, were on sale over the weekend.
"We have some animals that have been at SCARS for over 100 days waiting for their forever home, so over the weekend they were actually more than 50 per cent off," Ms Brischke said.
"They are not old animals they have lots of time and love left to give and the beauty of people adopting not shopping is it allows us to keep rescuing because by adopting one out the front door then we can take one in from the back."
But Ms Brischke said she didn't want people to forget about their pet ownership message.
"It's not about getting the money it's actually about getting the person the right animal for them," she said.
"So, we ask people to do some research and to take some time to think about it, if needed so it isn't an impulse purchase.
"Cause our biggest thing is once they are adopted that we send them to a place where they are going to be there forever."
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