Animal Rights Maine Food Drive for Cats & Dogs

CATS & DOGS IN NEED OF FOOD
Animal Rights Maine is hosting a companion animal food drive for Portland-area families in need.

WHEN: Saturday August 14, 2010, 11 A.M. - 3 P.M. – Rain or Shine.

WHERE: Pet Quarters, 486 Payne Road, Scarborough, ME 04074

WHAT: Cat & Dog Food Drive. Animal Rights Maine (ARM) activists will staff a food drive table at the Pet Quarters in Scarborough to collect donations of pet food for local families in need. Donations from this food drive will be given to the pet food pantry run by Camp Bow Wow and the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland. The donations will be redistributed, free of charge, to local families in need.

STORY: Animal Rights Maine (ARM) is hosting a companion animal food drive on Saturday August 14th, 2010. People are encouraged to shop at Pet Quarters in Scarborough on Saturday August 14 between 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. to contribute to ARM’s efforts. Shoppers will be asked to buy additional cat and/or dog food with their purchase, to donate to the local pet food pantry, run by Camp Bow Wow and the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland.

Local animal shelters are seeing record numbers of animal intakes, with the leading cause of abandonment being the economy. Companion animal food pantries all over the state of Maine are running out of food to distribute, in the face of increasing demands for help.

“Providing struggling families with free cat and dog food will decrease the amount of animals abandoned at local shelters or neglected by underfeeding at home, and will help support families in need, many of whom may be deciding between buying cat food or paying their electric bill,” says ARM’s founding member, Melissa Gates. “ARM seeks to support families in maintaining their lifetime commitments to furry family members, by providing this temporary food relief.”

Families in need of cat and/or dog food can call Camp Bow Wow to arrange a pick-up of free food. There are no questions asked and no papers to be filled out: 207-541-9247. Camp Bow Wow is located at 49 Blueberry Road in Portland.

Questions…? Please contact Melissa Gates at Animal Rights Maine: animalrightsmaine@yahoo.com or 207.409.5322. Thank you!