Cape Ann Animal Aid is on their way to a new shelter
Jul 5th, 2008 by omidog
As I sat and watched the 4th of July parade go by yesterday afternoon with my extended family, I was thinking of how strange it was that we gathered together every year to watch a parade that, with a few exceptions, always seemed to follow the same pattern. A few marching bands (though less this year for some reason), some cutely decorated floats, the town selectmen, the bagpipers, and loads and loads of firetrucks (I was blocking my ears as usual, haha). But this year, one float slowly passed by and it was very simple but the most exciting one of all for me - Cape Ann Animal Aid.
Cape Ann Animal Aid is a no-kill animal shelter located in Gloucester, MA that has some wonderful employees and a great mission. They treat the pets like their very own, and they actually have a few cats that they don’t even allow people to adopt because they’ve been there so long it’s like their home with their family. The only problem has been that it’s so tiny. It’s a very very small shelter so even though the atmosphere is wonderful, there hasn’t been enough room to really accomplish what they want to accomplish.
The float passed by and there was a van with a bunch of stuffed animal cats and dogs on top (very cute), and a big sign that had a construction drawing of a huge hospital-like building. I nearly took a double take and said, “WHOA….are they going to build a new shelter for Cape Ann Animal Aid?!” Sure enough, the plans are in the works for a 2 million dollar, 7500 square foot animal rescue center to be built. I couldn’t be more happy for them, and for the animals that will have such a wonderful facility to stay at while they await a new and happy home!
If you’d like to learn more about the plans for the new center, or to donate, or even just learn more about Cape Ann Animal Aid in general, I definitely encourage you to check out their newly updated website. Or maybe you’ll be inspired to get started in finding out ways you can promote better facilities for shelter pets in your hometown.