Cairns Region pet accommodation and shelters: Mareeba Animal Refuge

Cairns Vet Clinic tries to keep local pet owners updated about local pet accommodation (Boarding facilities, pet friendly accommodation), shelters and other pet news.  Mareeba animal refuge has a very long history of helping animals (as Friends of the animals) on the tablelands and have recently (about 3 years ago) moved to new facilities  to me so I can't tell you many more details but its worth keeping them in mind if you are looking for a new pet, or need to board your dog when you are travelling to the tablelands.

Mareeba Animal Refuge's website features sections on the history of the refuge, lost and found pets, pets available to rehome, boarding facilities, volunteer opportunities and more.  Read more about Mareeba Animal Refuge at their website (http://www.mareebaanimalrefuge.com.au/web%20pages/About%20Us_page.html).  Excerpt below

Cairns city has several other shelters and boarding kennels if you aren't on the tablelands.  For more information about Cairns Dog Boarding kennels and catteries and Cairns Pet Friendly Accommodation visit Cairns Pet news.

Dallas McMillan
Cairns Veterinary Clinic 

Cairns Pet Holiday accommodation: Mareeba Animal Refuge

Mareeba Animal Refuge (MAR) is currently run and managed by Jennifer Walsh, who has many years experience in the care of animals. Jennifer is also a trained Homeopath and Natural Therapist and she has instigated many treatments in the care of the animals in this field as well.

"Friends of the Animals" was originally established in Herberton around 2000 by our founder, Fiona Buchanan who had many years of work in animal welfare before she was drawn to the Atherton Tablelands because of the great need here.

Already elderly,she began a gift shop in Herberton and worked long hours in the shop as well as caring for several neglected and abandoned dogs in her own home. Later, a gallery coffee shop was established next door to the gift shop and these are both now thriving businesses staffed solely by volunteers with all proceeds either coming to us or assisting low income earners with desexing programmes.

The original aim was to build a refuge in the Wongabel Forest on land purchased with the assistance of Cairns Animal Welfare, however after receiving too much opposition from local residents the land was sold and the idea abandoned. Shortly thereafter, Council put up the tender on the former TSPCA site in Mareeba. We applied and won, taking over on November 17, 2007. Sadly, Fiona passed away in August 2007 just before her dream was realised.