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The Young Animal Protection Society Inc. is a non profit organization that cares for Homeless and Unwanted Dogs and Cats.
Animals come to Yaps from various avenues .. animals found wandering the streets .. often abandoned and abused are picked up by the Cairns City Council Animal Control Officers or the General Public .. sometimes it is a persons living or personal circumstances that have changed and they can no longer keep their pets so they voluntary surrender them in to Y.A.P.S care.
The overall goal of the organization is to provide a service aiming at excellence to the Cairns and surrounding district in the area of animal welfare.
The refuge started at its current location .. Lot 2 McGregor Road Smithfield in 1985 and has gradually increased in sized as volunteer and donations of material became available.
As an Animal Refuge .. Y.A.P.S is one of very few in the area to provide a service to the community that takes in these homeless animals .. thus getting these animals off the street and re housing them back into society as healthy desexed animals.
Yaps has clean and spacious Boarding Kennels for both Cats and Dogs.
Yaps is run by a Volunteer Management Committee .. 2 full time staff .. 6 part time staff .. including a caretaker who lives on the premises.
We have numerous volunteers and without these dedicated groups of people we would be struggling in our mission to care for all the animals.
Yaps is also a sponsor for Work for the Dole .. this has brought in extra much needed hands to help with the animals and to do improvements around the kennels.
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