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Kittenpalooza Hits St. Vital Center August 14th to 23rd
Winnipeg, MB, August 13, 2019: Dozens and dozens of kittens will be strutting their stuff at St. Vital Center's community booth, looking for new forever homes during Kittenpalooza, Craig Street Cats annual kitten adoption event.
"We're opening a miniature adoption centre in the mall," says CSC Executive Director, Lynne Scott. "Each day will see different cats and kittens joining us, hoping to be adopted." According to Scott, adoption counsellors will be on hand during all mall hours, ready to help visitors take home their new best friends. "We're working hard to find homes for all the cats in our care, in order that we can respond to more of the desperate pleas for help coming our way. Each week our staff take calls asking for help for over 1,000 cats."
New to Kittenpalooza this year is a "Kitten Therapy" area, or cuddle zone, where shoppers may relax and cuddle a kitten for a few minutes. Special guest, Dr. Keri Hudson Reykdal, star of Animal Planet's Dr. Keri: Prairie Vet, will join CSC on Sunday, August 18th, from 11 to 2.
About Craig Street Cats: Craig Street Cats is a non-profit organization working to humanely reduce Winnipeg's free roaming cat population, rescue kittens and educate the public about community cats. CSC is the largest cat specific animal welfare organization in winnipeg, caring for over 750 cats in its managed colonies, foster homes and adoption centre.
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Kittenpalooza Hits St. Vital Center August 14th to 23rd
Winnipeg, MB, August 13, 2019: Dozens and dozens of kittens will be strutting their stuff at St. Vital Center's community booth, looking for new forever homes during Kittenpalooza, Craig Street Cats annual kitten adoption event.
"We're opening a miniature adoption centre in the mall," says CSC Executive Director, Lynne Scott. "Each day will see different cats and kittens joining us, hoping to be adopted." According to Scott, adoption counsellors will be on hand during all mall hours, ready to help visitors take home their new best friends. "We're working hard to find homes for all the cats in our care, in order that we can respond to more of the desperate pleas for help coming our way. Each week our staff take calls asking for help for over 1,000 cats."
New to Kittenpalooza this year is a "Kitten Therapy" area, or cuddle zone, where shoppers may relax and cuddle a kitten for a few minutes. Special guest, Dr. Keri Hudson Reykdal, star of Animal Planet's Dr. Keri: Prairie Vet, will join CSC on Sunday, August 18th, from 11 to 2.
About Craig Street Cats: Craig Street Cats is a non-profit organization working to humanely reduce Winnipeg's free roaming cat population, rescue kittens and educate the public about community cats. CSC is the largest cat specific animal welfare organization in winnipeg, caring for over 750 cats in its managed colonies, foster homes and adoption centre.
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