At Least 12 Animals Adopted At AWL’s Second Birthday Bash
August 4, 2024 at 3:24 p.m.
PIERCETON – At least 12 animals were adopted during Animal Welfare League’s second birthday bash Saturday.
Tonya Blanchard, executive director of the AWL, said the birthday bash is associated with National Adoption Month, which is August.
During Saturday’s event, there were llamas, alpacas and a donkey at the AWL to pet, a chiropractor giving free back massages, free ice cream and a bake sale.
Marshall K9 also provided a training demonstration.
Dana Hewitt and Dalis Owens, code enforcement/animal control officers, were also at Saturday’s event.
Pictured are Animal Welfare League staff and Dana Hewitt and Dalis Owens, code enforcement/animal control officers for the city of Warsaw. Photo by Jackie Gorski, Times-UnionHewitt said part of their job is to bring stray dogs and cats to the AWL, so “part of our job is to work closely with AWL staff and in doing so, we wanted to promote the AWL and our animal control enforcement for the city. So we’re out here today to see if anyone has any questions about animal control, we’re here to answer and to show off the kids the tools of the trade and how it’s used to protect the animal.”
Blanchard said all the adoption fees were lowered for Saturday’s event. Adult dogs were $50, adult cats were $25 and $75 for kittens. If kittens needed to be spayed or neutered, they were $150.
Last year, Blanchard said the animal shelter had 10 or 12 adoptions. According to a Facebook post, the AWL had 12 adoptions with 1-1/2 hours left in the birthday bash.
“Last year, what was amazing is we had a dog that was here for over a year and a half and it was adopted that day. So the first adoption this morning was two paired puppies that were found just dumped. So they got to go together. And that was amazing. The family took both of them. I thought that was amazing. I’m sure we’re going to have more good stories as we go along,” she said.
Blanchard also noted the shelter has a 20-year-old cat named Rupert they’re trying to find a home for.
“That’s our big push today. He doesn’t need to be in a shelter. His owner went into a nursing home and couldn’t take him and we owe it to her” to find Rupert a home.
Blanchard said Saturday was the AWL’s biggest fundraiser of the year. There was a live auction at Noa Noa’s Saturday night. Last year, over $80,000 was raised. Any money raised goes back to the shelter.
“We’re at 90% no-kill right now and this will be our third year. And the reason we can do that is if we have the donations we want to save every animal. We can not say no,” Blanchard said. “Our wonderful donors help us and that’s what helps us.”
PIERCETON – At least 12 animals were adopted during Animal Welfare League’s second birthday bash Saturday.
Tonya Blanchard, executive director of the AWL, said the birthday bash is associated with National Adoption Month, which is August.
During Saturday’s event, there were llamas, alpacas and a donkey at the AWL to pet, a chiropractor giving free back massages, free ice cream and a bake sale.
Marshall K9 also provided a training demonstration.
Dana Hewitt and Dalis Owens, code enforcement/animal control officers, were also at Saturday’s event.
Pictured are Animal Welfare League staff and Dana Hewitt and Dalis Owens, code enforcement/animal control officers for the city of Warsaw. Photo by Jackie Gorski, Times-UnionHewitt said part of their job is to bring stray dogs and cats to the AWL, so “part of our job is to work closely with AWL staff and in doing so, we wanted to promote the AWL and our animal control enforcement for the city. So we’re out here today to see if anyone has any questions about animal control, we’re here to answer and to show off the kids the tools of the trade and how it’s used to protect the animal.”
Blanchard said all the adoption fees were lowered for Saturday’s event. Adult dogs were $50, adult cats were $25 and $75 for kittens. If kittens needed to be spayed or neutered, they were $150.
Last year, Blanchard said the animal shelter had 10 or 12 adoptions. According to a Facebook post, the AWL had 12 adoptions with 1-1/2 hours left in the birthday bash.
“Last year, what was amazing is we had a dog that was here for over a year and a half and it was adopted that day. So the first adoption this morning was two paired puppies that were found just dumped. So they got to go together. And that was amazing. The family took both of them. I thought that was amazing. I’m sure we’re going to have more good stories as we go along,” she said.
Blanchard also noted the shelter has a 20-year-old cat named Rupert they’re trying to find a home for.
“That’s our big push today. He doesn’t need to be in a shelter. His owner went into a nursing home and couldn’t take him and we owe it to her” to find Rupert a home.
Blanchard said Saturday was the AWL’s biggest fundraiser of the year. There was a live auction at Noa Noa’s Saturday night. Last year, over $80,000 was raised. Any money raised goes back to the shelter.
“We’re at 90% no-kill right now and this will be our third year. And the reason we can do that is if we have the donations we want to save every animal. We can not say no,” Blanchard said. “Our wonderful donors help us and that’s what helps us.”