ALGOMA, Wis. (WFRV) – Steps are being taken to make sure the lost pets of Kewaunee County have a place to go.
First forming in November 2023, a group of like-minded people including Rachel Charles, Julie Jacobs, and three other women, came together to explore how they could help facilitate a humane solution to the number of abandoned and lost animals in Kewaunee County.
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“Want to help the animals, we want to do what we can,” said Rachel Charles with A Cause for PAWS Kewaunee County. “They could bring it to a humane society, but that facility wasn’t contractually obligated to take the animal. They didn’t have a contract and if they were at full capacity, they could turn you away and say unfortunately we don’t have space for it.”
A Cause for PAWS became affiliated with the Green Bay Community Foundation, which helped them raise the funds for a contract with the Wisconsin Humane Society.
The group went to the City of Algoma to take that first step in making a difference in their community.
“This organization came to us with a plan,” said Mayor Steve Lautenbach. “They knew what they wanted, they had it all figured out. It was very easy on our part, it was almost a head nod.”
On Monday, February 3rd, the Algoma City Council approved the first contract Kewaunee County ever had, with the Wisconsin Humane Society.
A Cause For PAWS plans to approach the city of Kewaunee, in Kewaunee County next.
“Citizens can bring them to Door County or Green Bay locations, and if they were found in Algoma, now they have that contractual obligation to take them in,” she explained.
Fundraising has been a big part of making this possible, but Rachel said there is still more work to be done to go beyond Algoma.
On Sunday, February 16, A Cause For PAWS is holding a benefit at JW’s place in Kewaunee from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
