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Category Archives: Cat Rescue
Newsday Tuesday – Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays from Patricia, Sophie and Lily I was going to leave my message at that—it’s a busy day for everyone—until this story came across my desk. It’s an interesting and touching story of a feral cat colony being wrongfully … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – Animals That Care About Other Animals
There are a lot of stories still surfacing about animals being saved from some of the horrendous California fires recently. In fact, this has spurred a rash of older stories of people saving their pets, animals saving animals, and all … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – Is Fire Approaching–Flooding? Please Don’t Leave Your Pets Behind!
It has happened again. There are horrific fires raging in Southern and Northern California. Along with news reports of the fire’s intensity, evacuations, deaths, etc., come personal stories. Many of those focus on the animals. I’m appalled by the number … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – Homeless People Helping Homeless Pets
We sometimes wonder how a homeless person can adequately care for an animal. You’ve seen it—a person who seems homeless sitting on a curb next to a shopping cart filled with his belongings and a dog lying close by. Some … Continue reading
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Thoughts for Thursday – Why I Consider My Two Purebred Cats Rescues
When we talk about rescuing a cat, we think of plucking feral cats from the streets and domesticating them. We adopt unwanted cats from shelters. We take in strays that are roaming free. We might save a lost cat after … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – Clear the Shelters Day
This is a wonderful story of adoption sponsored by NBC and Telemundo TV. And it was a huge success. Over 1,200 shelters participated and over 70,000 animals were adopted. You should see the pictures of the happy pets and excited … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – Feral Cats in Your Neighborhood –What You Can Do?
A feral cat is a cat without a home—one that was born into or has returned to a wild state. There are also domesticated cats that have lost their way or been abandoned. These cats might be called strays. Homeless … Continue reading
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Mindful Monday – A Cat Café Adventure and More Cats Doing Interesting Things
Yesterday I visited our county’s first and only cat café. As you know, I’ve written about cat cafés and I visited one in Houston when I attended the Cat Writers Association conference in June. It’s interesting how cat cafés in … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday — Adventures at a Cat Cafe
I’ve researched cat cafes, I’ve written about them, I’ve talked about someday visiting one. Finally I did it! While at the Cat Writers’ Conference in Houston last week, we were treated to an outing to El Gato Cat Cafe. What … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – There are Animal Shelters and Then There are ANIMAL SHELTERS
The trend today is for the “No Kill” animal shelter. I wonder, isn’t there another word we can use in place of kill? Something positive? Life For Animals or Living Pet Shelter… Not every place that houses homeless animals is … Continue reading
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