⁍ Barcelona’s cat sanctuary El Jardinet dels Gats has launched an online campaign to get older cats adopted.
⁍ The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of onsite fundraising events and cut the incomes of existing donors.
⁍ The epidemic has also brought in new volunteers.
– The death toll from the Spanish coronavirus—which has killed hundreds of people and sickened thousands more—is so high that a Barcelona cat sanctuary is turning to social media for help. El Jardinet dels Gats, or Jardinet for short, has launched an Instagram and Facebook campaign to find new homes for cats who lost their owners to the virus, reports Reuters. “The COVID situation has brought us older cats, cats in quite severe physical states, from elderly people who had not taken them to the vet for a long time, so the costs are very high,” shelter owner Alex Salvador tells the news agency. The campaign, which Salvador says has been a success, includes a restyled poster with a cat in overalls hanging behind her. “We have adapted everything, the interviews for the adoptions, the interviews for the foster homes, the interviews for volunteers,” says Salvador, whose late parents founded the sanctuary 12 years ago.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-cats/catalan-cat-shelter-gets-smart-to-help-covid-orphans-idUSKBN27C1UQ