ONTARIO SPCA - ORANGEVILLE & DISTRICT BRANCH

THESE ITEMS ARE URGENTY NEEDED AT THIS TIME

Purina Cat Chow
Purina Kitten Chow (in a pink bag)
Kitty Litter – regular clay (we only want to use clay litter – we don’t want clumping type)
small cat litter pans
GIFT CERTIFICATES from hardware stores and grocery stores

2009 ONTARIO SPCA FRIENDS FOR LIFE WALK-A-THON DISNEY TRIP PRIZE WINNER IS FROM ORANGEVILLE

The winner of the prize draw for a Disney Vacation is Orangeville resident Lorelei Johnson – congratulations Lorelei!

This is her fifth year walking in the Orangeville and District Branch Friends for Life Walk-a-Thon and this year she walked her dog, Polar and they walked in memory of her friend’s dog, Haggis, who past away this year.

Ontario SPCA Launches new pet adoption program for cats, Meet Your Match®Feline-ality™

The Ontario SPCA and the Orangeville and District Branch are excited to announce the launch of Meet Your Match® Feline-ality™, an adoption program that helps orphaned cats find forever homes. Imagine the heart-warming sight of an adult cat from the Orangeville and District Branch going home with a family that perfectly matches her adventurous personality...a confident, loving tabby cat being hand-picked by a retired couple looking for companionship...or an energetic tuxedo cat going home with a newlywed couple who will provide a lifelong home.

"The key to developing successful adoptions lies in making good matches between adopters and pets, thus creating lasting bonds", said Christa Chadwick, Director of Animal Care, Ontario SPCA. "Feline-ality™ is a tool that does precisely this; and everyone – adopters, adoption shelter staff and volunteers, and most of all, the cats – benefits from the program."

The program, owned and distributed by the ASPCA, has seen results of up to 40 percent increase in adoptions; and up to 46 percent decrease in euthanasia of adult cats at beta-test facilities.

Feline-ality™ uses detailed research-based surveys and behaviour assessments, both for cats and potential adopters, to make the best matches possible between the two. The cat assessment reliably predicts, based on its Feline-ality™, how an individual cat is likely to behave in its new home. An adopter’s survey identifies the characteristics of the adopter’s preferences and lifestyle that correlate with specific feline-alities™. Adopters can look for the cats with specific feline-alities™ they feel would be a good fit for their household and identify them by colours and sub-categories.

"We are excited to implement the Meet your Match® Feline-ality™ Adoption Program at the Orangeville and District Branch," says Carol Hulcoop, Branch Manager, "this unique program uses a science-based, colour-code system to bring compatible pets and adopters together, increasing the potential for a successful, permanent placement. We want to see these cats find forever homes rather than see them in our shelters."

To Meet Your Match® please visit The Ontario SPCA Orangeville and District Branch, www.orangeville.ontariospca.ca . We invite you to join us at our Meet Your Match® Open House on December 12 and 13, between the hours of 11am and 3pm each day. Extra staff and volunteers will be on hand to assist with cat adoptions and to share more information about the program and how it works.