January 19, 2014
It’s been a big few days for the Kingaroy RSPCA … firstly, the shelter team came home from the RSPCA’s inaugural Queensland awards night with a brace of honours and then on Saturday, “furr-ever” homes were found for a group of kittens in a special promotion at Kingaroy Shoppingworld.
The awards were announced at Mt Ommaney Golf Club on Thursday night.
The Kingaroy shelter won the RSPCA President’s Award for its successful desexing campaign, and Shelter manager Sally Charles was named the Humane Society of the United States scholarship winner.
The Kingaroy shelter was also runner-up for Shelter Of The Year.
The scholarship means Sally will be flown to Daytona in the United States on an all-expenses paid trip in May to attend a Humane Society conference and visit US animal shelters.
“I am pretty chuffed to have won it,” Sally said, “but it’s really a credit to everyone at the shelter and the work we do.”
On Saturday, Sally and colleague Stef Gavioli were being kept busy in Kingaroy Shoppingworld with seven little kittens looking for homes.
Sally said the Kingaroy Shelter was running a “cat and kitten campaign” as they had 87 animals currently in care.
Kittens are $199 (or two for $300) which includes desexing, council registration and a kitten “starter pack” valued at $70. Cats are $50.
“Today is all about raising awareness about the RSPCA – there are some people who do not even realise there is an RSPCA in town,” Sally said.
“It’s also about showing off the kittens and hopefully finding them homes.”
Two lucky kittens had found homes by the time southburnett.com.au dropped by, including 10-week-old Bazil who has found a new home with Shirley Wenck at Wondai.
