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Cat Stories
Scamp saved the life of six kittens
Awesome story! Scamp saved six kittens stuck inside a box on a mountain of trash. Scamp heard them, tore the box apart and brought them one by one where he now happily lives. Scamp is a former homeless dog, and had only one thought: saving them as himself was saved once.
Source: Defendre les Animaux
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Meet Frank and Louie
A two-faced “Janus” cat had entered the Guinness World Records at 12 years old, for being the longest living cat of his kind. Frank and Louie’s condition is a birth abnormality, and most cats born that way do not live long.The record holding cat is doing well and living in the area near Worcester MA with his pet-mom Marty, who has a background in veterinary medicine. Marty was working at Tufts Veterinary Medical School when she got Frank and Louis, who was brought in at one day old to be euthanized.
Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future.
[continue reading about Great Pets…]
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Here’s a cat story by excellent writer Pacifica, who lives in France.
Ostensibly nothing has changed – Wednesday might just be bad dream, a crazy memory, or a lesson learned. That’s how lucky we were.
I look at Siena, my dainty 11-month old calico, moving in her cat ways around the house with absolutely no difficulty, and THAT is what seems like a dream. I still have to make myself remember she is NOT a ghost, not just a memory moving through the space, but flesh and blood and consciousness, still utterly herself, still very much here, still very much alive.
While holding her, feeling the warmth of her body, the strength of her affection and the deep bond between pet and owner, I also feel how very thin the boundary is between what IS right now at this moment and what might have been, the short distance between one eventuality and another, between having her here in my arms, safe and miraculously healthy, and having her somewhere else, or maybe not anywhere at all any more.
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I had come back from the market on Wednesday afternoon and the cats, Siena and Napoli, were restless. It was a beautiful day so I let them out on the balcony to get some fresh air. They eventually fell asleep in the shade and I went back inside briefly to get my computer and a few notebooks. A minute or two later Napoli came in to find me. I knew in that moment something was wrong; I could tell from his face, his body language. I had the strange contradictory feeling of immediately sensing what had happened, while not believing it could be possible.
Siena, Napoli’s sister, was no longer asleep on the balcony. After a thorough search it became clear she was no longer in the apartment at all.
The story is continued here: After the Fall – This Version of The Story
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Nearly three months ago, my husband and I went to our credit union to conduct some business. As he waited in the car, I went inside. Standing at the teller’s window I couldn’t help but notice the stifled but evident excitement around me. No. Sorry to say it wasn’t because of something great I was wearing or my new hairstyle. It was because another one of the employees was bringing in a bin of tiny kittens to bid one last goodbye before she took them to a “no-kill shelter.” Uh-Oh. I knew I was in trouble. I knew that I would end up taking one of these babies home. Having had two wonderful cats for over 14 years and lost them, I wasn’t inclined to try and replace them and their space in my heart. But this was certainly different. These were the tiniest kittens I had ever seen.
Apparently the mother had delivered her litter somewhere in the bushes next to the credit union. The employees kept watch over them and when the mother went away for more than a day, they even attempted to feed them. But one little black and white rascal wasn’t eating. I knew that if someone didn’t take her, who would be willing to hand-feed her every couple of hours, she wouldn’t make it—even at a no-kill shelter. So, I plotted with the employee to go out to the car with me so that I could show my husband the kittens.
As I approached my husband, and he was able to recognize what was coming out, you could see him bracing for the inevitable request. Before I could even make it to his open window he delivered a firm “No.”
The rest of the story… What the Cat Taught
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I was walking around the neighborhood on Halloween looking at all of the decorations, when I heard a kitten crying. I followed the meowing and there was this terrified, beautiful yellow-white kitten hiding on the wheel well of a car! I chased it to the back yard of a neighbor but couldn’t catch it. The neighbor was nice enough to trap the kitten and called me when he had her in a cage. She had been abandoned so we took her home & named her Bianca. After a couple of months I noticed that “she” may be a “he”. After a visit to the vet, we confirmed that “she” was a boy! We re-named her Benito. He is such a blessing. He has taken over the house and gives all of my other 3 rescue cats a run for their money. Life wouldn’t be the same without Beni!
Link: The Animal Rescue Site
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