Press release from Brother Wolf Animal Rescue:
When a neighbor lost their housing this past spring, a kindhearted woman knew that twenty cats had been left behind without anyone to care for them. She also knew without stepping in to help, the cats would starve. She wanted to make sure that the cats were fed and loved. She didn’t know what would become of them if she didn’t step in to help, so she took all twenty cats and moved them into her own home.
Since none of the cats were spayed or neutered, twenty cats had quickly turned into almost fifty cats by this fall. She desperately reached out to Brother Wolf for help.
“Cats are incredibly good at quickly reproducing and the situation has become overwhelming for her,” said Jesse Winters, Director of Operations at Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. “She reached out to several shelters for help and we’re happy she found her way to Brother Wolf.”
On Brother Wolf staff members’ first visit to the home they assessed the situation and took in the cats who were most in need, including pregnant cats and very young kittens. Those cats went right into foster homes. This week Brother Wolf is making several trips to the home in order to get the remainder of the cats.
Thanks to Brother Wolf’s partnership with the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance, the majority of the cats will be spayed and neutered this week. The cats will also receive medical evaluations and vaccinations. Then the cats will be made available for adoption through Brother Wolf.
The ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance is grateful to be in a position where we could provide spay and neuter surgeries and vaccinations for the nearly 50 cats receiving care from Brother Wolf Animal Rescue,” said Eleanor Sprinkle, Vice President of ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance. “Through collaborative efforts such as this, we are able to assist even more animals and pet owners in need and continue working toward our lifesaving goal to reduce the overpopulation of homeless cats and dogs in Western North Carolina and beyond.”
Anyone interested in adopting a cat can fill out a cat adoption application on Brother Wolf’s website www.bwar.org and then can schedule an appointment to come meet the cats. Brother Wolf is currently operating on an appointment based system for adoptions due to COVID-19 and is often able to accommodate appointment requests within 24 hours of the request.
“We’re excited to see these cats get settled into their adoptive homes for the holidays,” said Winters.
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