The PAWS shelter is currently running into serious problems keeping up with expenses on cat food and are asking for help from fellow animal-lovers. The shelter cats consume about 4.5 to 6 kilograms of cat food (kibble) every day which cost about Php360 to Php450 ($7.66 to $9.57) on the average.

A 22.7 kilogram (or 50 lbs.) bag of Princess Cat (the cheapest one we are able to find right now, available at Whiskers n' Paw Prints in Katipunan Rd., Quezon City) costs about Php1,800 ($38.30) and would last about 4 to 5 days. That's around Php10,800 ($230) per month which is a really significant amount considering PAWS doesn't have a steady source of funding.

If you wish to chip in to help the 100++ cats currently living at the shelter, you can do so in 3 ways:

Buy cat food to donate

You may donate any brand but we currently recommend Princess Cat because you get more with less. You may drop off your donations at the PAWS shelter in Quezon City (Map HERE). We invite you to go visit the shelter to personally meet your beneficiaries--- the animals!

Donate cash for cat food

The best way would be to visit the shelter to personally give your cash donation. You may also do it via bank deposits, transfers or through online payment systems. Please go to http://donate2paws.mefindhome.org for more info about donating cash. Please be sure to email Anna Cabrera of PAWS at philpaws @ yahoo.com (cc me at sherwin [at] mefindhome.org) after sending in your money and tell her the details and purpose of your donation (e.g., cat food).

Send a letter to your favorite pet food company

Urge businesses to get involved by sending them a letter about the plight of shelter animals. A small donation of 150 lbs. of cat and food per month from each of the top 3 pet food companies here in the Philippines would be more than enough for the needs of the shelter kitties. Which companies to write to? This report about the Philippine Pet Food Market might help answer that.

PAWS is not having any similar problems with the dog food supply because there are more dog food donations than cat food donations.

Thank you for reading!"

• canned dog food (for medicating sick dogs)
• canned cat food (for kittens and sick cats)
• Zonrox
• garbage bags
• old towels (for lining the cat beds, for makeshift "dog beds," and drying newly-bathed dogs)
• old newspapers
• dog treats
• your pets' old toys
• dewormers (allwormer tablets)
• Frontline (or other equivalent brand)
• Heartgard (or other equivalent brand)
• meds: Vibravet paste, Methozine, Metronidazole, LC Scour (for the sick cats & kittens), pain relievers (like Rimadyl tablets, Meloxicam, Tolfine injectable, etc)
  
• liver supplements (e.g.Jetepar, Liv52) and Immunol tablets
  
• liquid multi-vitamins and other pet supplements (like Canine Red Cell, etc)
• other items you can spare or your pet won't use anymore
  

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