It was another successful Country 100 Paws for Pledges Radiothon to raise funds for the Moose Jaw Humane Society. 

Live on the air for 12 hours, the Radiothon raised $92,911 for the animal shelter, exceeding their goal of $85,000. Over the past nine year, the Paws for Pledges Radiothon over $800,000 for the Moose Jaw Humane Society. 

Much of the funds will go towards the day-to-day operations of the animal shelter as well as vet bills for animals that they take in. 

The Moose Jaw Humane Society is also working towards building a new building. 

“We are actually have secured an architect to do rendering for the layout of the new shelter and we will be starting that capital campaign in the New Year,” said humane society executive director Dana Haukaas. 

Not counted towards the Radiothon total, the humane society did receive an estate donation from Selmer Moen for $170,000. When the new building is up-and-running, a room will be named in honour of Selmer Moen for his contribution. 

Along with being a home for lost and stray pets, the humane society also has a good working relationship with the City of Moose Jaw. 

“The city has a great partnership with the Humane Society. Animal control enforcement and pound keeping services are contracted to the Humane Society and as a municipal pound provider, of course, the Humane Society provides care and coverage of animals in custody with a blend of technically qualified staff and dedicated volunteers,” said City of Moose Jaw bylaw officer Brian Simmer. 

Of those who made donations, Tabitha Fielder made a very special donation. 

She gave money to the humane society in memory of her dog Kitty, who was put down earlier this year. 

“Well, the pet’s not just a pet. It's a family member and it was really tough for us to make the decision and Moose Jaw Humane Society does all the cremations which is nice to have that service in our city so and they do a very good job at taking care of our loved ones,” Fielder said. 

Throughout the day, we heard a number of adoption stories including Kylie Widenmaier, who adopted two special needs cats. 

The first cat she adopted was a three-legged cat that she named Molly and Widenmaier said Molly got extremely great care while waiting for her forever home. 

“Our adoption date got pushed back because the humane society noticed that she was in extreme pain and had to go back to the vet, upper medication, and didn't let us take her home until it was safe to do so,” Widenmaier said. 

Widenmaier explained why the humane society is such an important part of the community. 

“Our adoption date got pushed back because the Humane Society noticed that she was in extreme pain and had to go back to the vet, upper medication, and didn't let us take her home until it was safe to do so.” 

Even if you missed out on the radiothon, you can still give to the Moose Jaw Humane Society by going to their home page and click on “donate”.