Pet of the Week 01/15/21

In an effort to help animals find their forever home

we're partnering with the Chautauqua County Humane Society in our segment called the Pet of the Week

Joining us live is Brian Papalea to talk more about this week's featured furry friend

Hey, Brian. Brian, it looks like your microphone might be more

muted on Zoom. We can see our very friend called Baker Island, and he looks

like a very friendly guy. Yeah, he is. He's got an adventurous spirit. He's kind of a

cuddled bug, and he is one of the, if you remember the situation in Dunkirk

where there was a hoarding case where there were 83 cats in one

apartment, and he is one of those cats, and now he's just looking

for his family. Yeah, certainly Coming from a like this your group does an excellent job of trying to rehabilitate some of these pets And I imagine that at the end of the day really just like any other animal they looking

for a good home with a lot of love. Is that right? Yeah. And, you know, he gets along with other cats

With some dogs, you know, if they go slowly, I've got another guy trying to get attention here. You know, if it's a slow introduction and, you know, that sort of thing

might be all right with dogs as well. He does have, if you look at his eyes

let's see if I can get closer here. There's a little bit of like a cloud in his eyes

but it really doesn't have an effect on his eyesight. So it's just one of those things

Amanda, he usually does this segment with me. She was saying it's like he has stars in his eyes

When you look at him, it's very cool. And so tomorrow we're going to be at the mall

We're having our first adoption event of the year at our space in the mall

and he's going to be one of the pets that you could meet from noon to four

That great So Saturday noon to four at the Chautauqua Mall if you want to meet Mr Baker Island or any other residents of the shelter Brian how important is it to hold those in person you know socially distant with masks and things like that

to be able to connect with the community because I imagine that you get a lot of traffic on your website from people

and they can really see the animals and read about them. But sometimes until you meet them in person, you don't really

know. Yeah, it's really been such an amazing situation. The mall has donated that spot to us

And over the course of like the season of hope, we saw almost 40 animals go home from that space

And people, you know, it's been a long time since we've had that regular foot traffic through

our building here on Strunk Road. So this is that opportunity. Just like you were saying

it's one thing to see a photo, but you read a bio, but to come in, connect, fall in love

And then, you know, you can adopt right there. And it's same day. That's something we get a lot of

questions about people ask about the process. And if it is you know same day adoptions then it is you know if it a cat and we go through the proper you know you have the application to fill out and all that kind of stuff you meet the animal So it is a there is a little bit of a process to make sure everybody happy and safe

But if you have a dog, which we, depending, we've had a lot of adoption. It's been a good week this week

And it's been a great week this week. You know, if you have a dog, there might need to be a dog, eat that sort of thing

That also can happen right there at the mall. So we're trying to make things, you know, as fluid as possible for people that want to have adopted

Absolutely. And your online presence is incredible. C-HQhumane.org is where you need to go to read about the animals, see the animals

And if you like what you see today, our friend Baker Island or any of the other residents there

simply start filling out the application and that will get the process started

And, of course, you can visit the mall tomorrow and check out some of the animals in person

Brian, thank you so much for your time to come on the show today. And hopefully, Mr. Baker Island will be one of the many who will be added to the adoption list this week