And yet another month has flown by…

Well, we are nearly at the end of another month. We have had more rain to add to our mud issues but now at least its mostly on the outside of the cat enclosures instead of inside. We did get a new enclosure donated and it looked awesome set up with the brand new artificial turf until the rains came again and turned it into a boggy mess under the matting. A few weeks of sunshine would fix the issue but we just seem to get a few days at a time and then down the rains come again. Back to square one!!

We had a relatively successful adoption weekend as part of the Bunnings “stores for paws promotion”. Two kittens were adopted and though we had two more applications for adults, both have fallen through since. Still it was a good weekend to make our presence known in the area and hopefully more people will come to us when they wish to adopt in the future. We also had a few product donations too. Next one planned for early next year possibly February.

We may be doing an in store adoption day at Pets Domain Taree in October too.. Still thinking about that one.. Bunnings got a lot more traffic and it was a good location too.

Adoptions are steady and the rain does make it difficult for people to have meet and greets. The new rental rules regarding pets in rentals are having a slightly positive effect on new adoptions too.

As we move into the last week of August our focus has been on helping out with an abandoned colony in the local area. Their feeder was evicted and he left behind a small colony of cats ages from 10 weeks to adults. Three years was all it took for one single pregnant stray that wasn’t desexed to turn into an out of control situation of more than 30 cats! We have taken in a little kitten “Freckle” that appears to be semi blind as her eyes are recessed. She would have not stood a chance of survival especially since they were moving around the area in search of food often crossing a busy road. Plan is to start trapping once the weather improves and get the kittens into care and the adults TNR’d to be cared for by the local community with the option of bringing some, if not all, of the adults into the sanctuary at a later date when space allows. Hopefully, then we can stop this colony from expanding any further.