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New Shelter Manager at Marshfield Area Pet Shelter
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BY BREANNA SPETH
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here is a lot of tail-wagging and purring happening at Marshfield Area Pet Shelter (MAPS) this month, as the animal rescue organization celebrates the hiring of its first full time employee. What began as a grassroots effort to provide a more humane outlet for animals in the Marshfield area has grown into a full-fledged shelter in just five short years. Originally housing animals in foster homes and providing education, adoption and microchipping to pet-owners at temporary locations throughout town, now MAPS manages a Microchip & Adoption Center at Marshfield Mall as well as a small shelter in the former airport terminal building on 29th Street. With contracted responsibility for the city’s stray cats (and soon to add dogs), MAPS (a 501c3 non-profit and donation dependent organization) realized it was time to hire someone to oversee the multitude of animals and volunteers associated with animal rescue work. Fulfilling the new role of Shelter Manager is Kaitlin Loberg, a Certified Veterinary Technician who graduated from Madison Area Technical College in 2014. After graduation, Loberg worked at Wildwood Animal Hospital until accepting the job at MAPS. “I became a technician to eventually work in shelter medicine, just wasn’t expecting it to happen so quickly!” said Loberg, who has volunteered with MAPS since moving to Marshfield two years ago. “I like working with animals because it’s very rewarding. They don’t have a voice, so they need people to protect them. That is why the job at MAPS interested me so much.” 94 | YOU | FALL 2016