“HSO wants your empty toilet paper and paper towel tubes,” says Cheryl Murphy, secretary for the Humane Society of the Ouachitas. The local, no-kill shelter uses the cardboard tubes that come in the center of paper towels and toilet paper to provide cats and dogs at the shelter with pleasant stimulation.
Using the tubes to give the animals a ‘scent of the day,’ is something the animals love, according to Murphy. Shelter volunteers use the tubes to drop a bit of animal scent on such as rabbit, squirrel, deer, and raccoon. “They love it! Especially the hounds,” said Murphy.
The shelter uses about 25 tubes per day and they need the public’s help gathering more. “We want to provide this enrichment to the animals every day,” said Murphy.
To help, just drop your tubes by the shelter, located at 368 Polk Road 50, Tuesday thru Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. or contact one of their Board of Director members. You can also call 479-394-5682 for more information.
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Jeri Pearson
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