Our animal welfare provider, Southwest Middlesex Animal Shelter, has over 100 cats and kittens that they have rescued, fixed, and are performing full rescue duties for, tending to their medical needs, vaccinating, microchipping, and human socializing them, in addition to housing and feeding them, as well as processing and approving adoption applications to get them into loving homes. Almost all of them are ready and available for adoption.

The fee to adopt a cat is $300-. Healthy, vetted, and ready to love. Those of you who have pets, and care for your pets in a way that keeps them healthy, know that this adoption fee is a bargain. To date, more than 200 other cats have been rescued by the shelter and have found their forever homes.

The shelter is contracted by our municipality to provide a specific set of services. You might be surprised that taking in cats and providing what the Appin Cats Project considers an essential service is not mandated by the province of Ontario, and the shelter receives no funding from the municipality to provide this service. Their only income from performing what amounts to a kindness is from the adoption fee collected, and donations.

Adopt. If you're looking for a pet, consider checking out the shelter's options for dogs and cats. They all need homes, and we bet your home is pretty nice.

Advocate. If you think that compensation for this needed and valuable service just makes sense, say so to those who can make it happen.

All funds raised by this fundraiser will directly benefit the Southwest Middlesex Animal Shelter to continue the essential service that they provide to our community.