Local foster family provides safe haven for needy animals

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 12:25 Written by Jennifer Hensley

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When Catherine Mann’s high-school-aged son, Robbie, went looking for a church service project, he found his family’s calling.

And the six-member Mann family hasn’t been the same since.

“Our lives are changed,” said Catherine, “and it’s been amazing.”

The Mann family – which has two dogs and one cat of its own, animals they call “forever pets” – started fostering pets from the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, just a few years ago. Since then, she estimated that they’ve seen dozens of needy animals come through their doors.

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