The snow and cold temperatures are here and we are not the only ones needing to bundle up, but also Helena’s stray animal populations.
Helena resident Madeliene Rafter saw a need in her community and set out a heated shelter for the stray cats in her area to find comfort and safety during the colder months.
“Just imagining them going through any type of suffering, especially in the winter when there is a higher risk of getting hypothermia or even dying at the worst, thinking about that breaks our heart,” Rafter says.
Rafter ordered the shelter on Amazon and it is insulated with a heating pad, but has also known of residents using styrofoam cooler filled with blankets and hay…