Adoption and Food Bank at Berkshire Humane Society’s Great Barrington Satellite Location
Berkshire Humane Society will celebrate the reopening of their satellite cat adoption and boarding center in Great Barrington on Saturday, September 13th. From 8:30 to 10:00 am, dog and cat owners can get a free rabies vaccine and microchip for their pet at Purradise, 301 Stockbridge Road (Route 7), across from McDonalds. Proof of previous rabies vaccine is helpful. Dogs should be on a leash and cats should be in carriers. From 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, Berkshire Humane Society will hold an adoption event for dogs and cats and Purradise will be open for tours of recent renovations. Adoption fees will be discounted 15 percent in honor of Purradise’s 15th anniversary and free pet food from Berkshire Humane Society’s Pet Food Bank will be available throughout the open house.
Pet owners needing assistance in feeding their dog or cats can sign up for Berkshire Humane Society’s Pet Food Bank for which donations of unexpired pet food or monetary donations will be accepted to replenish stocks. Anyone stopping in and signing up for Berkshire Humane Society’s newsletter email list will receive a raffle ticket for either two nights of boarding at Purradise or a $50 gift card to Catwalk Boutique, Berkshire Humane Society’s Great Barrington and Lenox resale shops for women’s clothing. Tickets for the shelter’s raffle for a 2025 Subaru will also be available.
“We’re excited to offer a free rabies and microchip clinic for Southern Berkshire County,” said John Perreault, Executive Director of Berkshire Humane Society. The clinic is made possible by a grant from the John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation, a supporting organization of the Northwest CT Community Foundation. “We’re also excited to show Purradise’s beautiful renovations to the public,” he said.
Purradise began as an overflow adoption center for cats in 2010 and then added feline boarding in 2018. Berkshire Humane Society bought the building in 2023 and made improvements this summer to better serve pet lovers in the Southern Berkshires, including two new cat sunrooms, improved storage for the Pet Food Bank, a new kitchen, new floors and new paint.
“Purradise has a homey feel and is a great place to board your cat, especially if your cat is nervous around dogs,” said Perreault. The only time dogs are at Purradise are for times like the 13th when we have adoption events or vaccination clinics, and even then, the dogs don’t enter the building.”
“We hope you stop by on Saturday the 13th so we can share how we made Purradise a little better! said Perreault.