Routt County Humane Society: Grant Report

How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?

The grant funds were used to support a St. Patrick's Day 50%-off adoption-fee special for cats. Two more such events are planned for July 4th and mid-August. We also placed two barns cats with this grant under our semi-feral cat relocation program.

The grant allowed us to open up space in the cat rooms at the shelter in the spring to accommodate "kitten season." The event also helped us place a pair of bonded feral cats on a ranch where they are serving as "green rodent control" in the barn.

How many pets did this grant help?

10

Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.

T-Bone, the black-and-white kitty in the first photo, was turned in to the RCHS animal shelter after joining a jogger on a trail through town. The cat was walking along the trail when a man jogged by. T-Bone joined him and ran along beside him for a couple of miles. After the run, the jogger brought the friendly, unaltered male cat to the shelter, where he was listed in the stray report. T-Bone was never claimed, so he was neutered, microchipped and put up for adoption. It took several months before he was adopted during the Petfinder Foundation-sponsored promotion. During his time at the shelter, he became a staff favorite. He was very personable, and learned to “fist-pump” with the shelter staff. T-Bone has now found his forever home, where he is thriving!