PAWS Chicago Announces Partnership with Chicago Animal Care & Control to Help Chicago’s Homeless Pets
For Immediate Release
CHICAGO – PAWS Chicago announced an upcoming public-private partnership with Chicago Anime Care Control (CACC) on their official website yesterday. The collaboration is to launch as 360@CACC. They plan to support CACC adoptions, assist fellow rescues in transferring CACC pets, and help pet owners prevent their pets from entering shelters.
This collaboration can help control the flow of animals entering CACC. “Every day at CACC, about 40 cats and dogs are brought into that building,” Celene Mielcarek of PAWS Chicago said, “We are going to CACC every day and we’re pulling as many animals as we can.” Pet homelessness numbers have skyrocketed post-pandemic, which has led to an influx of cats and dogs entering shelters. PAWS’ goal is to help even out the workload by offering budget/staffing resources and helping animals in need.
Through PAWS’ Big Fix program, they will provide weekly transportation, spay/neuter treatments, and vetting at a highly subsidized cost for high-risk CACC pets. This can help animals limit their time in shelters and more time in a loving home. PAWS will also draw pet owners to go through their adoption centers instead of CACC, to avoid the risk of euthanasia and disease. They will offer their medical services to owners to assist them financially and lessen the chances of abandoned pets.
“We’re going to help them find their family,” Mielcarek said, “and we’re going to help make that family really happy, too.”
Learn more about CACC and PAWS Chicago at https://www.pawschicago.org/our-work/community-engagement/360atcacc.
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