An animal rescue society with a history of dedicated service in Sooke is heading off to greener pastures.

Margarita Dominguez, founder and director of Sooke Animal Food & Animal Rescue Society (SAFARS), said that the move to a farm near Port Renfrew will not hamper the societyB次元官网网址檚 efforts to manage the hundreds of homeless cats in the region.

B次元官网网址淚 am going to continue helping the cats on our West Coast from East Sooke to Port Renfrew, as we did for the past 10 and a half years,B次元官网网址� she said.

When a family relative and supporter bought a farm near Port Renfrew recently and gave her the opportunity to use part of their property as a home for SAFARS, Dominguez made the decision to move.

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Dominguez is in the process of gathering a team of volunteers to pick up abandoned cats when someone calls, and arranging for people to hold them in foster homes for a day or so until they can be picked up and taken to the farm.

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Although Dominguez said the move scheduled for the end of October is the right decision considering the reduction in travel time and expense, it is especially challenging and expensive while the organization is in the midst of a major rescue involving 43 cats in Port Renfrew.

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Anyone interested in making a donation or volunteering should call 778-352-2999, or email safars.org@hotmail.com.

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