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161 people are interested
Cat Cuddlers Needed
ORGANIZATION: Alachua County Animal Services
Please visit the new page to apply.
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161 people are interested
We Hold Monthly orientations (3400 NE 53rd Ave, 32609)
We are in constant need of volunteers to interact and socialize with our adoptable cats at the Shelter. Without volunteers, these animals do not get out of their cages. Regular interaction can reduce stress, improve mood, relieve pent-up energy, reduce boredom, and make cats more adoptable.
Volunteers can pet, hold, cuddle, and play with cats both inside and outside their cages. We have a small concrete area for cats to play in.
Duties also include answering questions from the public, assisting potential adopters, recording behavioral notes, and reporting signs of illness.
Volunteers can interact with adoptable cats any time the Shelter is open, Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30-5:30.
More opportunities with Alachua County Animal Services
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About Alachua County Animal Services
Location:
3400 NE 53rd Ave., Gainesville, FL 32609, US
Mission Statement
Our Mission at Alachua County Animal Services is to promote a peaceful coexistence between citizens and animals through regulation, protection, and education. We are committed to working with compassion, courtesy, and in a humane manner to provide every pet with a loving and caring home. In addition to handling lost and abandoned animals, ACAS offers adoption services, pet registration, public rabies vaccinations and public humane education programs.
Description
The Animal Services Division provides all county citizens and animals of Alachua County with:
Enforcement of Federal, State and Local animal laws and regulations.
Emergency response in matters of public safety and health for animal-related aggression, accidents, disease outbreaks, sanitation concerns, and declared states of emergency.
Licensing, registration and identification of companion animals (dogs, cats, ferrets).
Investigation of animal cruelty and abuse concerns and related court testimony/action in prosecution of animal cases.
Humane sheltering of impounded, lost, abandoned and/or unwanted animals.
Adoption of un-reclaimed and/or unwanted animals.
Medical examination, vaccination and treatment of sheltered animals.
Surgical sterilization of adopted and reclaimed companion animals.
Public Education and Community Outreach on animal control and animal welfare issues and concerns.
Promulgation of local ordinances dealing with animal control and/or animal welfare.
Inspections of business enterprises that sell, show, or display animals.
Assistance in veterinary medical student education through an active Shelter Medicine Program offered by the University Of Florida School Of Veterinary Medicine.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
3400 NE 53rd Ave.Gainesville, FL 32609
DATE POSTED
February 8, 2020
SKILLS
- Customer Service
- Animal Care / Handling
- Animal Therapy
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- any time you have to provide is valuable