KAWS - finding homes for strays
By Joan Janzen
KAWS Animal Rescue has been a valuable non-profit organization in Kindersley for the past twelve years. KAWS stands for “Kittens Are Worth Saving”.
Founded in 2010, the organization is dedicated to finding forever homes for unwanted, stray, abused and neglected animals in the Kindersley area. Their adoption fees include vaccination, microchipping, mite treatment and deworming, plus neutering/spaying at the Kindersley Vet Clinic at six months of age. All animals are placed in appropriate foster homes until a permanent home can be found. They adopt out cats strictly to indoor homes unless otherwise specified.
After a long interval, KAWS is designating specific days when people can go to Pet Value in Kindersley to meet foster animals. Otherwise, KAWS animals are in foster homes and are available for viewing by appointment. Before meeting the animals, you must complete an adoption application. KAWS strongly recommends that those interested in adopting an animal thoroughly read through the adoption process, so there are no surprises later on when volunteers provide an overview of the adoption process with the applicant.
When you adopt an animal from KAWS, you are required to pay an adoption fee, but you save hundreds of dollars in vet fees within the first year. A cat spay alone can cost upward of $350.00, and a cat neuter can cost upward of $150.00, not including all the other vet care the KAWS animals receive.
After adopting your pet, you can contact KAWS at any time for help in all situations. In addition, KAWS takes back 100 percent of animals placed that do not work out for whatever reason.
This non-profit organization has no paid employees and runs solely with the generous assistance of volunteers, who also have full-time jobs. KAWS does not have a building; therefore, there are no utilities or maintenance costs. This enables one hundred percent of all donations to go towards helping the animals.
KAWS relies solely on public donations to buy food and provide medical care for the animals. When you support KAWS, you help every stray, thus helping to give a solution to a huge problem.
If you own a smartphone and love to walk, you can easily help earn money for KAWS Animal Rescue every time you go for a walk simply by downloading the ResQwalk app onto your phone. You can even earn prizes for yourself as well. KAWS will receive a portion of the donation pool, depending on how many miles are walked for KAWS. To download the app, visit the website (www.resqwalk.com) or download it directly from the App Store.
