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Prince Albert animal rescues reunite lost friends using Facebook

Jul 8, 2015 | 7:37 AM

Within the next day or two, a new Facebook page will feature pictures and descriptions of all the lost animals recovered by the Prince Albert SPCA.

“We’re taking photos of them and we’re documenting sex and any distinguishing marks,” said SPCA Executive Director John Morash.

Morash said they’ve also reached out to the group running the old shelter, and those people have agreed to document all the animals they recovered and send the information to the SPCA.  There are about 31 dogs being housed at the old shelter.

All this week, staff at the SPCA will be travelling up north to recover lost animals.

Morash said six trucks went up on Monday and returned home with 44 dogs, one cat and a turtle.

“When they (staff) got here around 2 a.m., there were 20 vehicles lined up outside of the SPCA, ready to take in fosters,” said Morash.

Morash said it is because of foster families that the SPCA has been able to avoid reaching capacity.

The new Facebook page is expected to be up and running within the next day or two.

In the meantime, staff at the SPCA have informed paNOW they would like people with questions about their lost pets to send the SPCA a Facebook message. 

All messages should include details about the pet and a picture.

Donations are also pouring in at the old SPCA location, where a group of volunteers have received special permission from the City to take in animals left behind.

That old location is only a few hundred metres from where the military training has been going on in Prince Albert.

As a result, they’ve had some touching interactions with the personnel over the past few days.

 

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