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Calhoun, Mimi, Ebony, and counting |
New Initiatives to Match More Animals with People Who Will Love Them
Marq Nelson, the human mayor of WARL's
Kitty City, had a problem. In fact, he
had six little problems: Mimi, Sheila, Blossom,
Taffie, Lela, and Liza. All of them were older
adult cats whom adopters overlooked in favor
of younger felines.
Marq's solution was the Silver Whiskers,
Golden Years Club. According to the club's
charter, anyone who adopted any of its
members would have the adoption fee waived
and would get all the equipment for their new
cat free. WARL's donors liked the idea a lot,
and soon Marq had enough funds in hand to
launch the club.
Now Blossom is the only one of the six still
waiting to go home.
The pressure to find more homes is still on.
The recent renovations increased WARL's
housing capacity by 66%. This makes WARL
one of the largest homeless animal centers in
the Northeast with as many as 400 animals
in residence at a given time. Every single one
of them needs a home.
So WARL expanded its adoption hours by
30%. It's now open every weekday evening
except Friday until 8:00, and until 5:00 on
weekends. The public is taking advantage of (continued on page 4 ») |
