Markham auction to support, find homes for cats starts June 1
Bid through online auction and help abandoned cats

Yorkregion.com
May 19, 2016
By Amanda Persico

You can soon help abandoned cats while you shop.

The Markham animal advisory committee is hosting an online auction to help support the Cat Adoption and Education Centre (CAEC), located in the Thornhill Community Centre and Library.

The city’s cat adoption centre opened earlier this year and is home to more than a dozen cats, ready and waiting to be adopted. The cats are spayed or neutered and vaccinated.

The auction will feature items such as designer fashion accessories and jewelry, art collections, attraction and theatre tickets, rounds of golf, electronics and restaurant gift certificates.

Proceeds will help support programs run through the city’s animal advisory committee, including a feral cat program and the CAEC, said committee chairperson Denielle Duncan.

Bidding starts June 1 and runs to June 30.

Several educational programs such as pet ownership, bite prevention and pet first aid are also held at the centre.

The committee is also working with special interest groups to provide therapy and reading programs for children and seniors.

The committee has been pushing for a local adoption centre for years, Duncan said, and through the centre, run by contracted OSPCA staff, more Markham cats are finding a home.

“The adoption rate is higher than ever before,” she said. “The more cats adopted - the less are euthanized.”

For more information or to take a sneak peek at auction items, visit markhamacc2016.eflea.ca