An association to support NACs, new pets, abandoned. This is the goal of Linnaeus, the association created in Evron by a young couple freshly installed in Mayenne. Diane Boyer is the founder and co-president of the association with her fiancer Victor Ronsin, they are 25 years old and want to set up a refuge specially dedicated to reptiles, turtles and other exotic birds.
“The goal is to operate a bit like a SPA. We actually welcome animals that have been abandoned, seized or whose owners die, for example, and we put them back for adoption”, explains Diane Boyer at the microphone of France Bleu Mayenne. “We are therefore preparing a refuge project, which would be more for wildlife”, she adds.
“The goal is to find them a new family who can take care of them to give them time. These are exotic birds, reptiles, even if it is a little rarer. , and also small mammals like guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets things like that, for example “, says Diane Boyer.
An association to come in addition to the SPA according to her. “They take care of them, but they don’t have the necessary equipment or knowledge at all. We thought that was missing, so we went for it.”, according to her.
Poor knowledge of NACs, a source of dropouts
The NAC are very fashionable according to her. “The problem is, people generally don’t know much about them. Dogs and cats have been accompanying humans for millennia. So you still have a good idea of what a dog or cat needs. When? he’s a guinea pig or a rabbit, people think he lives in his cage and that’s his life. In fact, not at all. If he spends his life in a cage. He will be. unhappy. He will probably develop diseases or behavioral problems so the needs are still little known and I think that is also what leads to abandonment “, judge Diane Boyer.
The association also does appeal to the generosity of the Mayenne people to provide assistance or material. “Everything that will be material for animals, possibly cages, bowls, food, medicines, all of this is of course useful to us, but also things that we think less of, for example towels, blankets, cleaning equipment, things like that. And then, obviously, the financial donations which help us to pay the veterinary expenses which represent nevertheless the biggest expense for an animal association “, she concludes.
You can reach the association on its website or on their email address [email protected] and their phone 06.03.92.39.06