Sun 2nd Feb: Pet Show and new Homing Centre

 Finally the seemingly endless holidays in January are over and we can look forward to some uninterrupted working days.  I know most people love all of the annual public holidays, but for us it means fewer adoptions and fewer staff, and we've already been without anyone to cover the admin work since Eva left.  The good news is that her replacement, Amy, starts work on Monday 3rd (meaning today), so once she learns how everything works the office will be back to normal.

There were two puppy adoptions at Whiskers N Paws today, and although we were without any of our usual volunteer photographers, regular adoption volunteers Catherine and Lexi were there to double up on their usual duties Puppy Adoption Day 2nd Feb 2025 . We really need some new photography recruits if you have the skills and can spare the time, so if you'd like to help for  couple of hours on Sunday from time to time please email our Photography Coordinator Elena at elenamathew@gmail.com. 

There was also another lucky puppy adopted from Tai Po earlier in the week, and her name was Macaroni. 

Quite a few people have been asking about the husky boy that's looking for a new home, but I should mention that although he's lovely with people he needs a home where he  can be the only dog.  It seems strange since he was apparently living with another dog in his previous home, but this is what has been recommended by the current foster. 

A volunteer is currently manning an HKDR booth at the Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree Festival until 9th February, and we'll also be at the Pet Show 2025 from 6th-9th Feb (Thursday to Sunday)! Come find us at 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒉 3F-E29 to see new products as well as our favourite HKDR merchandise.

Another important project that will get underway now the Chinese New Year holidays are over is the creation of our new Homing Centre at Ap Lei Chau.  Due to the lack of funding we will have to keep to the absolute basics, so please don't expect anything fancy unless we're lucky enough to receive major donations towards the project.  You can see from the photos that the site is just a shell so we need to do everything starting with laying down floor tiles and installing glass doors at the front, and of course air conditioning.  If you can donate towards this so we can afford to do more than the absolute minimum please go to https://hongkongdogrescue.com/donate/one-off-donations/.  Of course tax receipts will be issued for all donations over $100.