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Center launches adoption campaign
By BLAINE CRIMMINS, Staff writer
The Colony Animal Control Center is kicking off National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week by announcing pet adoption incentives for the month of November.
Throughout this month, each adopted pet from the center will receive a 30-minute session with animal communicator Sandra Larson and a 30-minute training session with trainer Annette Bingham. Additionally, the shelter will be providing toys, food, and bedding with each adoption while supplies last.
“We are hoping that these incentives will ease the financial burden that comes with bringing a new pet into the household, and ultimately get more shelter pets into loving, forever homes,” said Patricia Barrington, manager of The Colony Animal Control Division. “I am optimistic that this will help increase pet adoptions during a historically slow time of year.”
The shelter, located at 4720 E. Lake Highlands Dr., is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
A Pet of the Week is featured at www.thecolonytx.gov and many of the shelter pets can also be seen on www.petfinder.com. For information, call 972-370-9250.
In 1996, the Humane Society of the United States launched National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. This campaign was designed to acknowledge and promote the role shelters play in their communities and to increase public awareness of animal welfare issues and shelter services.
“This is a great time to tip your hat to your local shelter staff,” Barrington said, adding that shelter personnel handle everything from unsightly carcasses littering public thoroughfares to aggressive dogs posing threats in school zones.
In communities throughout the country, animal shelters attend to stray, suffering animals, help with raccoons hold up in chimneys and attics, offer leashes to those who don't have them and treats to those who do.
“Local animal control officials do so many things without much acknowledgment and many times are subjected to ridicule and taunting for simply doing what they are employed to do,” Barrington said. “This is a great time for letting your animal shelter staff know they are appreciated.”
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