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“Nothing feels better than helping a pet get back to their family that loves them.”
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This episode is sponsored in part by Doobert and Maddie’s Fund.
In this episode, Stacy chats with Corinne Bourgoin, who serves as the Operations Coordinator at the MSPCA Boston Adoption Center. Her efforts have resulted in a program that has a feline reclaim rate that is eight times the national average of these programs.
In her discussion with Stacy, Corinne explains how the MSPCA reunites lost pets with their owners. She details what goes on behind the scenes once a stray cat is brought in. She stresses that in order to have a successful program, there needs to be an organizational mindset shift.
Corinne discusses some of the challenges in differentiating lost cats from neighborhood cats; she also provides some helpful tips on how to effectively distinguish these cats. Additionally, she talks about low-cost spay/neuter programs and TNR.
To learn more about the MSPCA, visit their website.
To get in touch with Corinne, you can email her at lostpet@mspca.org or call her at (617) 522-5055.
In this episode, Stacy and Corrine talk about paper collars. You can find a downloadable template of that tool here.
If you enjoyed this episode, you might also be interested in listening to Stacy’s interview with Kat Albrecht-Thiessen, a police detective turned pet detective and the founder/director of The Missing Animal Response Network, in episode 450.
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