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How To Find a Friend

by Myke on May 12, 2011

As I write, Sweetie Wildcat, rescued as a feral kitten, is in my lap. She never made it to a shelter; she came straight from a parking lot to our home. (Read her story at this link: Fast Food Kitten.)

A video from the American Humane Society.

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What the Cat Taught by Kellene Bishop

by Myke on October 21, 2010

Our new little Starry Kitten
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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Caboodle Ranch – The Man who has 500 Rescued Cats on his Ranch

by Myke on August 30, 2010

Caboodle Ranch is a 30 acre non-profit cat rescue society,  founded by a single individual who cared enough to make a difference.

Caboodle Ranch

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Cat Survives 26 Days Buried Under Fire Wreckage

by Myke on September 15, 2009

Link: PawNation

Sandy LaPierre, cat owner, told Paw Nation, “When my landlord Dennie Fitzgerald kicked the door down, it scared Smoka and she panicked and ran under the bed.” The year-and-a-half-old cat, Smoka, who had her name long before the fire, has been with LaPierre since she was a six-week old kitten.

According to Fitzgerald, the building, constructed in 1890 with solid oak beams, burned for six hours and collapsed. “Five gas lines erupted,” he said. “The fire department had to use 30,000 gallons of water on it to put the fire out.”

“I thought she was gone,” LaPierre said of her cat. “I couldn’t hardly eat or sleep. I had people out looking for her.”

Nothing, it seemed, could have survived a fire of that magnitude. [continue reading about Great Pets…]

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