Every day on the streets are thousands of animals across Russia. Indifferent people feed dogs and cats in the yards, someone decides to bring a poor animal to their home, but that happens very rarely. Basically, the issue of homeless animals is of concern to volunteers who arrange shelters for their money, where it is warm and dry, there is always a cup of porridge and water. One such charitable organization is the Cat and Dog Shelter in Izhevsk. About her today and will be discussed.
The problem of homeless animals in Russia
In our country, there is no law on the responsibility of citizens for pets. People are used to hungry animals wandering around the yards, this has become the norm for our country, but this should not be.
The fault of people on the street are cats and dogs. There are various reasons for the animal being thrown out into the street: they couldn’t accustom them to the tray / paddock, the pet was tired, they bought the child, he played enough, and adults didn’t have time to watch him, the animal got sick or old, it brings a lot of trouble and costs.
Of course, for many it is easier to send a former pet to the street. Such people, as a rule, lack moral principles. But what about the animal? It is used to being at home, loved, and here is the street.
The second problem again is the lack of human responsibility: the acquired animal is not sterilized or castrated. Cats and dogs breed very quickly. It is worth paying attention: not only cats need to be sterilized, but cats must also be neutered, as they go for walks and can make friends with stray cats, and those giving birth to kittens will join the ranks of stray animals.
Not all owners can accept the baby animals and send them home (often directly with their mother). Or they can’t find good owners for the grown up kittens and puppies, and they also have only one choice - to take them away from home, those who need it will be taken away.
And most often people who "need" are not permanent owners, but volunteers from animal shelters. Izhevsk "Cat and Dog" is one of such shelters, where there are not only regular volunteers, but many volunteers also help. We will tell you about this place, provide an address.
About the shelter
Shelter "Cat and Dog" in Izhevsk appeared eleven years ago. Homeless animals of the city and its environs finally began to find refuge where they would be fed, given water, warm litter, and treated for annoying parasites. This place is located on the territory of the former children's recreation camp "Solnechny".
Over the years of its work, the Cat and Dog Shelter in Izhevsk has been able to attach thousands of cats and as many dogs to permanent places of residence. People came and took home not only puppies and kittens, but also adult animals, it does not matter how old the pet is, most importantly, to understand from the first moments of your acquaintance that this is your animal and you don’t need another!
In the shelter "Cat and Dog" of Izhevsk, volunteers who are not indifferent to other people's troubles work. Of course, many animal lovers of their own free will help them, who cannot constantly work for a shelter, but really want to help.
Not only street animals, which are caught by volunteers, but also former animals, brought by the woeful hosts themselves, enter the shelter.
How does the shelter work?
Volunteers from the shelter "Cat and Dog" Izhevsk work tirelessly, without days off and holidays. The guys bring newcomers to the territory from all over the city, wash them, treat them from parasites, and attach them to a dry and clean enclosure where the animal waits for a bowl of food and water.
All animals are photographed and exposed on social networks, in ads of both the Internet and newspapers. Thus, everyone who has not chosen a pet from those that were previously can find out about the new entry. And just anyone who is looking for a true four-legged friend can go to the shelter's website, to the page from the social network, and see the catalog.
Every day, volunteers and volunteers clean up their enclosures, walk animals, feed, play with them.
The shelter needs our help
Shelter "Cat and Dog" in Izhevsk is not a commercial organization, it is not funded by the state! Animals need the help of people, volunteers on their own and means to cope with such a volume simply can not.
Each caring person can help in the following ways:
- To bring food to the shelter, it can be: cereals (except for pearl barley), canned food, dry food, offal, meat, bones, dairy and sour-milk products, baby cereals and mixes (often there are just babies who need to be fed without their mother).
- Give unnecessary old things, bedding to the shelter (all this will go to bedding).
- The shelter needs hay in aviaries.
- Donate any amount to the shelter, cost reports are provided (account details can be seen on the site "Cat and Dog").
- If there is no way to help financially, then the volunteers will be happy to help in the shelter itself - cleaning in the cages, help with housework, construction, feeding and walking.
How to get there
If you want to choose a four-legged friend, just spend time in an animal shelter, help volunteers or bring food and unnecessary things, but don’t know where to go, write down.
The address of the shelter "Cat and Dog" in Izhevsk is the former camp "Solnechny" at the Bone Mill. By bus number 41 you can get there, and get off at the stop "Library". Next you need to cross the road, walk along the houses for about 15 minutes. Soon there will be barking. This direction is worth following!
Before arriving at the shelter, it is best to call so that the volunteers are ready to receive guests. Phone shelter "Cat and Dog" Izhevsk can be found on the organization's website.
We are glad to guests from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. any day, whether it is weekdays, a holiday or a weekend!