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PITTSBURG —
The Southeast Kansas Humane Society can’t pay people to adopt cats and kittens from its animal shelter, but the staff is doing the best it can by reducing cat adoption fees during June, which is National Adopt a Shelter Cat Month.
“Right now it costs only $20 to adopt a cat or kitten, or two for $30,” said Melissa Glor, society animal welfare director.
She added that the shelter cats — and all pets adopted from the shelter — receive their basic immunizations and are also spayed or neutered.
“If an animal is adopted before it’s old enough to undergo the surgery, the new owner will receive a voucher for the surgery later,” Glor said.
Animals are also sent home with a bag of food and a gift pack including toys and treats.
For those wanting kittens, this is the time of year to get them.
“At least two or three times a week we’ll get calls from people with kittens,” Glor said. “We also have an abundance of adult cats.”
While kittens have a charm and innocence all their own, they also have lots of energy. There are advantages to adopting an older cat who is more quiet and settled, and who most likely understands what a litter pan is for.
“We also have all kinds of colors and coat lengths to match anybody’s preferences in cats,” Glor said. “We’ve also got some good hunters out here.”
One of them even gave a demonstration of its mousing skills recently to animal shelter staff members.
“We’d had a mouse in our entry, so we put one of the cats out there,” Glor said. “It caught the mouse right away, but didn’t it eat. It just looked at us like ‘Can I go back to the cat room now?’”
The Southeast Kansas Humane Society is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Anyone needing additional information may call the society at 232-1840 or visit www.facebook.com/SEKHumaneSociety.
The Southeast Kansas Humane Society can’t pay people to adopt cats and kittens from its animal shelter, but the staff is doing the best it can by reducing cat adoption fees during June, which is National Adopt a Shelter Cat Month.
“Right now it costs only $20 to adopt a cat or kitten, or two for $30,” said Melissa Glor, society animal welfare director.
She added that the shelter cats — and all pets adopted from the shelter — receive their basic immunizations and are also spayed or neutered.
“If an animal is adopted before it’s old enough to undergo the surgery, the new owner will receive a voucher for the surgery later,” Glor said.
Animals are also sent home with a bag of food and a gift pack including toys and treats.
For those wanting kittens, this is the time of year to get them.
“At least two or three times a week we’ll get calls from people with kittens,” Glor said. “We also have an abundance of adult cats.”
While kittens have a charm and innocence all their own, they also have lots of energy. There are advantages to adopting an older cat who is more quiet and settled, and who most likely understands what a litter pan is for.
“We also have all kinds of colors and coat lengths to match anybody’s preferences in cats,” Glor said. “We’ve also got some good hunters out here.”
One of them even gave a demonstration of its mousing skills recently to animal shelter staff members.
“We’d had a mouse in our entry, so we put one of the cats out there,” Glor said. “It caught the mouse right away, but didn’t it eat. It just looked at us like ‘Can I go back to the cat room now?’”
The Southeast Kansas Humane Society is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Anyone needing additional information may call the society at 232-1840 or visit www.facebook.com/SEKHumaneSociety.
