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CQ Pet Rescue $15K desexing drive and golf day

    Article Written by Di Stanley at CQ Today – https://cqtoday.com.au/news/2024/04/12/cq-pet-rescue-15k-desexing-drive-and-golf-day/   Before a ball gets hit off the tee in the CQ Pet Rescue Charity Golf Day later this month to raise much-needed funds for the volunteer organisation, pet owners have the chance to hit a hip pocket hole-in-one with free animal desexing on offer. CQ Pet Rescue treasurer Susan Consedine said the not for profit group had chipped in $10,000 for a desexing program run exclusively through Emerald’s Gray Street Vet Clinic with the Central Highlands Regional Council donating another $5000. The organisation relaunched in earnest in late January after a brief hiatus. “We really found out feet as a group, worked out where we were and we managed to hit the ground running from there,” Ms Consedine said. “We are still looking for a pound coordinator and a community engagement coordinator, but other than that, all the committee positions have been filled and we’re engaging now with the rangers on a regular basis and extracting animals from the pound. “We are still desperately short of foster carers, but we’re trying out best with what we’ve got.” Ms Consedine said the return of the desexing program amid unprecedent cost-of-living pressures on families would be welcomed. “We have a number of vouchers for the public to access for free desexing for their pets – cats, dogs, doesn’t matter what size what age as long as they’re over six months old and we will pay in full for that,” she said. “We have $15,000 of money there to help the public desex their pets which we think is really important in this economy and these hard times and a lot of people are going to be able to access those resources.… Read More »CQ Pet Rescue $15K desexing drive and golf day

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