New Facility For Cat Adoptions In St. Pete Opening This Summer
It’s always a hard decision when it comes to finding the right pet. Whether you’re a dog or cat person, there’s a lot that goes into finding the one that connects with you. This July, Friends of Strays Animal Shelter is opening a brand new facility for cat adoptions in St. Pete.
Friends of Strays is St. Petersburg’s oldest no-kill animal shelter and is bringing a brand new facility just for cats called The Cat Box. The Cat Box is located at 3105 46th Ave. N just a block away from their current shelter.
Friends of Strays Board Chair Mo Eppley said, “We are incredibly excited to open a new space just for our cats. For more than forty years, our staff and volunteers have done their very best with our current space. I think it speaks to their dedication to the wellbeing of the animals in our care, and to our reputation in the community, that we have been able to grow. This is great news for the dogs and cats in our care.”
What Will The Newest Facility For Cat Adoptions In St. Pete Be Like?
The Cat Box is going to be completely separated from the dogs. This will give the cats a quieter, calm, and more cat-friendly environment where they can wait to be adopted.
This new facility for cat adoptions in St. Pete will not only increase their capacity and the cats quality of life but also allow for different environments for different types of cats to live in. The Friends of Strays are hosting a grand opening celebration at 10 AM on July 1 at The Cat Box to ring in the newest facility for cat adoptions in St. Pete.
The Cat Box is the first of three phases of renovations for the soon-to-be Schwartz Family Adoption Campus at the Friends of Strays. Soon, the Milkey Bone Dog House will begin renovations next door to The Cat Box, in 2025. Once the two buildings are complete, the current Friends of Stray’s shelter building will transition into a medical, intake, foster, and trap-neuter-vaccinate-return program.
All of the adoptable pets at the Friends of Strays are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, and microchipped. They are a nonprofit organization so all of the adoption fees go back to the animals.
If you would like to learn more about Friends of Strays, visit their website. You can find pets up for adoption here, as well as more information about adoption.
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