The Greensboro Science Center is running a “Fur-st Saturday” series through May, bringing in Triad animal shelters, rescue organizations and foster programs on the first Saturday of each month. For February’s featured organization, The Animal Rescue & Foster Program hosted an adoption event in the SAIL Center. The Animal Rescue & Foster Program is dedicated to helping abandoned puppies and kittens, specializing in those younger than 12 weeks. It provides temporary foster homes and medical care for homeless puppies and kittens and places them in permanent adoptive homes with responsible pet owners. The executive director Sharon Gray said GSC was the perfect place to introduce their animals to potential forever families. “It’s really important, today especially, that we get some adoptions so that we can rescue more,” Gray said. “We can’t get this kind of exposure anywhere. You have families coming here with their children and their grandchildren. Plus, single people are looking to learn more about our animals. Those are the kind of people we like to adopt to.” ARFP requires and ensures that all of the animals adopted are spayed/neutered to help reduce the stray overpopulation problem. Gray said they were also happy to speak with potential new foster families Saturday and beyond. “This is usually a slower time for us, but it’s really unbelievable how many rescues we’ve done the months of December and January,” she said. “We’ll provide the puppy food, we’ll provide the crates. We’ll provide all the medical care. We’ll provide everything. We just need more housing so that we can rescue more.” Greensboro Science Center’s education events and collections manager Jessica Gouge said she’s been excited to pair up with the different Triad organizations, as it connects to their “Science of Cats and Dogs” exhibit running through May.”They come over here, maybe adopt an animal,” Gouge said “But they also maybe have a little bit more of an understanding of what their animal is doing and why they’re doing it because they learned something from our exhibit.” Also on-site for Fur-st Saturdays: a member of the Guilford County K9 unit and the Greensboro Fire Department’s very own Sparky. Fur-st Saturdays activities are free to the public. Admission to the GSC is not included in the event. Pets are not allowed inside the GSC.
The Greensboro Science Center is running a “Fur-st Saturday” series through May, bringing in Triad animal shelters, rescue organizations and foster programs on the first Saturday of each month.
For February’s featured organization, The Animal Rescue & Foster Program hosted an adoption event in the SAIL Center.
The Animal Rescue & Foster Program is dedicated to helping abandoned puppies and kittens, specializing in those younger than 12 weeks. It provides temporary foster homes and medical care for homeless puppies and kittens and places them in permanent adoptive homes with responsible pet owners.
The executive director Sharon Gray said GSC was the perfect place to introduce their animals to potential forever families.
“It’s really important, today especially, that we get some adoptions so that we can rescue more,” Gray said. “We can’t get this kind of exposure anywhere. You have families coming here with their children and their grandchildren. Plus, single people are looking to learn more about our animals. Those are the kind of people we like to adopt to.”
ARFP requires and ensures that all of the animals adopted are spayed/neutered to help reduce the stray overpopulation problem. Gray said they were also happy to speak with potential new foster families Saturday and beyond.
“This is usually a slower time for us, but it’s really unbelievable how many rescues we’ve done in the months of December and January,” she said. “We’ll provide the puppy food, we’ll provide the crates. We’ll provide all the medical care. We’ll provide everything. We just need more housing so that we can rescue more.”
Greensboro Science Center’s education events and collections manager Jessica Gouge said she’s been excited to pair up with the different Triad organizations, as it connects to their “Science of Cats and Dogs” exhibit running through May.
“They came over here, maybe adopted an animal,” Gouge said “But they also maybe have a little bit more of an understanding of what their animal is doing and why they’re doing it because they learned something from our exhibit.”
Also on-site for Fur-st Saturdays: a member of the Guilford County K9 unit and the Greensboro Fire Department’s very own Sparky.
Fur-st Saturdays activities are free to the public. Admission to the GSC is not included in the event. Pets are not allowed inside the GSC.
