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Volunteers, foster network helped Gonzales Pet Adoption Center handle 377 intakes in 2024, Kingdom Rescue tells council
Summary
Kingdom Rescue and Gonzales Pet Adoption Center reported 377 cat intakes, about 250 placements or releases and recommended continued shelter-diversion, foster and barn-cat programs as GPAC transitions to new management.
Kingdom Rescue and staff from the Gonzales Pet Adoption Center told the Gonzales City Council on Jan. 30 that community fosters and volunteers helped the shelter manage a surge of animals in 2024 and supported a planned transition of operations.
In an annual report presented to Mayor Souker and the council, Tracy Chase, who manages GPAC records, said the shelter recorded 377 cat intakes for the year and that Kingdom Rescue as a rescue organization took in an additional 100 cats for placement. "Our total intakes for GPAC this year were 377 cats," Chase said. She described Shelterluv (Shelter Love) as the database they used to track intakes, medical records and transfers.
The presentation said GPAC achieved about 250 adoptions in 2024, of which 86 were direct adoptions from the Gonzales facility; other placements were via partner adoption events, transfers and foster placements. The shelter reported 96 animals returned to colonies after…
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