Free 'Barn Cat' Adoptions in Gwinnett

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- If you're looking for an outdoor cat, rescue groups in Gwinnett County want to hook you up with a new friend for free.

The Barn Cat Program is a joint effort between Planned Pethood and the Gwinnett County Animal Welfare and Enforcement.

The program seeks to find homes for feral and otherwise unsocialized cats and kittens.

The Gwinnett County Animal Shelter currently has about 30 cats and kittens that would serve as great deterrents to outdoor pests.

The "barn cats" can be a great help with pest control, the group says.

There is no cost to adopt these cats, who are often viewed as unadoptable in traditional animal welfare circles.

They'll be spayed or neutered and given a rabies vaccination before you take them.

Once they get to their new home, the shelter recommends that you keep them confined for about two weeks to acclimate to their new home before giving them outdoor freedom.

In 2015, Planned Pethood helped find homes for 150 feral and unsocialized cats and kittens.

In the first five months of this year, 81 cats and kittens were adopted through the Barn Cat Program.

If a barn cat is not what you are looking for, all other cats at the shelter can be adopted for $10, and all dogs for $30.

The Barn Cat Program offer runs through the end of July.

You may contact the group at 678-561-3491 or visit www.PEThoodGA.org.