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Sheba is a five-month-old long-haired tabby kitten available for adoption at the Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter. She’s spayed and fully vetted. Staff photo by Tammy Vinson -
Cuddles is as sweet and friendly as her sister Snuggles. She’s around four months old, fully vetted and spayed. Staff photo by Tammy Vinson
Felines pose crowding problem at facility
Animal Charity
It’s chow time at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center—animal chow, that is. Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3, the Center will be sponsoring a food drive to benefit the Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter. “We will be collecting pet food for the shelter,” said director Karon Weatherman. “We did one about two or three years ago, and the shelter is in need again.” Donations can be dropped off at the Senior Citizens Center, 150 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Sulphur Springs, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The shelter is requesting dry Purina Pedigree-brand puppy or dog food and kitten or cat food, which is easier on the animals’ stomachs, along with Paws and Claws scoopable cat litter, which makes cleanup a little less of a chore, according to Animal Control Officer Barbi Blanch.
The food drive will run until Friday, Sept. 27, and donations of food, litter and cash are appreciated. The Senior Citizens Center will transport all donations to the shelter.
“It depends on what we have in the shelter, but we can go through 100 pounds of dog food or 80 pounds of puppy food in a week or week and a half,” said Blanch.
The shelter currently has seven kittens and six dogs looking for loving forever homes. With only five cat cages, they have a waiting list of more kittens to come once space is free. Right now they have a special adoption fee for kittens—$40, which includes vaccinations, spay or neuter and a microchip.
“The kittens we have now are fully-vetted, but they’re still a little too young for the surgery right now,” Blanch said. “The community is good about pitching in whenever they can, and we try to help others whenever we can, like people rescuing animals outside of Sulphur Springs, out in the county.”
The Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To see if animal control officers are available to meet on weekends, please call the shelter at 903-438-9369. The shelter’s Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/sulphurspringsanimalshelter.