Pet of the Week: Meet Goldie

ZANESVILLE, Ohio – This week’s Animal Shelter Society Pet of the
Week is Goldie—a one year old female cat that has been at the
shelter since the middle of December. Goldie is a dilute calico cat
and is described as being very playful. The adoption fee for Goldie
is fully-sponsored; meaning there is no cost to take her home. Lisa
Burkett, Animal Shelter Society Board President, says that the
shelter suggests introducing any pets you may already have to Goldie
prior to the adoption process.

“I would test her
out with any other pet that you have; that way you know. You never
know—they’re all different and they all have their own
personalities. They may like one and not like the other.”

In other news from
the Animal Shelter Society, Deborah Bergeron has been named as the
new director and will officially start work on Monday Bergeron says
she is excited to take on her new role.

“I’m just over
the moon excited about this. My career has always been in leading
people; but it has been in the field of education—and I’ve done
it for a long time. But, I’m also an avid animal lover and I’ve
rescued all of my pets from local—not this one—but, local animal
shelters. So, when this opportunity presented itself I thought,
‘Well, I’m going to give it a shot’ and I was so thrilled that
they chose me.”

Lisa Burkett has
been named as the new Board President at the Animal Shelter Society;
while Rebecca Hunt will take over as Shelter Care Manager. Tickets
are also still available to attend Caturday Night Live—a comedy
night fundraiser to be held next Saturday at Bryan Place in
Zanesville.