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Roundup a chance at forever homes
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Unwanted kittens and cats were given the gift of a potential new home, and a happy life, Saturday at the Patti Dale Animal Shelter in Aldergrove. The Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS) hosted a Kitten Roundup. Pet owners were invited to turn in unwanted kittens and receive free spay/neuter vouchers. Kittens, moms, and moms-to-be were dropped off at LAPS Patti Dale Animal Shelter for free, with no questions asked. Those who couldn’t get to the shelter were able to text their kittens’ location to LAPS’ kitten roundup hotline and the local animal welfare group dispatched a team to collect the kittens and drop off spay/neuter vouchers. The shelter took in 28 kittens, five nursing moms, and two pregnant moms who will likely have four to six kittens each. “It was an awesome day,” LAPS manager of animal welfare Jayne Nelson said. The humane treatment of kittens has made headlines recently, after 10 of them were found in a sealed box behind a church in Langley City. Three escaped when a Good Samaritan heard noise inside and opened the box. One of the remaining seven never recovered from the ordeal and died shortly after being taken to LAPS. Of the surviving kittens from that litter, one’s been adopted and five more will be spayed or neutered for adoption purposes. On July 14, it happened again when a batch of kittens were found in a Rubbermaid container at Aldergrove Lake Park. “We’re trying to prevent people from dumping unwanted kittens in unsafe places,” Nelson said at the roundup. Prior to Saturday, the shelter provided refuge for roughly 80 cats and kittens, and that number has grown significantly with the roundup.
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Kathy Vitali gave Harris a big kiss on the cheek at the Patti Dale Animal Shelter in Aldergrove on Saturday. Vitali adopted the two-month-old male domestic shorthair who was curious about her. (Below) More than 100 cats and kittens at the Patti Dale Animal Shelter are looking for loving homes.
The shelter’s resident cats and Nelson said while cat ownerkittens are vaccinated and spayed ship is trending upwards, “cats or neutered, and are under-reprewill remain there sented at places “It was an awesome until they are like veterinary adopted. It’s a hospitals and pet day.” costly process, stores, so, not in Jayne Nelson however. The cost all cases, but in of a healthy litter some cases, there – with an average is a lower value of four to six kittens per litter – is attached as pets. We’re trying to roughly $1,300 for spaying, neuchange that.”
tering, feeding, and vet care. “They are wanted,” Nelson said. And while kittens were being dropped off, at least one lucky feline has a new home. Kathy Vitali was over the moon as she took home Harris, a twomonth-old orange and white male domestic shorthair mix. “I’ve been looking for an orange and white kitten for months,” Vitali said. Harris, part of a litter from a feral cat, was brought into the shelter with his siblings when they were approximately four weeks of age. The Patti Dale Animal Shelter is located at 26220 56th Ave. Find out more about the work done by LAPS, the adoptable animals in its care, fostering, volunteering and more at www. lapsbc.ca.