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Cats (felines) The Felidae family includes lions, tigers, domestic cats, and other felines as its members.
My "Kitty-Prince"
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Other wild "Hotties"
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Bast - Egyptian Protector Goddess
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I have started a personal project, called Project Willow, that focuses on domestics: cats and dogs, who have been abandoned by their owners, or born into the wild.
These "domestics" are homeless and often go without food, shelter, or veterinarian care.
This leads to more unwanted litters, spread of disease, and suffering.
My goal with Project Willow is to assist as many "domestics" as I am able with food, shelter, and veterinary care,
then if they are able to be domesticated, to place them with loving families.
I'm not asking for donations. I'm asking you to start your own "Project Willow" with the "domestics" in your area.
The work will be hard and sad in some cases, but for the ones you can help/save,
it will be the most rewarding thing you've ever done.
Project Willow cases:
Willow - my first official "domestic" - a small, sheltie-type dog. My cousin found her in an animal shelter and we were able to save her from being terminated. We paid her adoption fee, had her spayed, got all her vaccinations, then we found her a family. She is loved and doing well today.
Frenzy - the hyper-pup! I adopted him from the local animal shelter as a companion for my 13-yr-old son. He's a rat-terrier and is the most playful, hyper, happy boy there ever was! You can't help but laugh when he's around.
Macy - a black lab/shepard mix - Again, she was to be terminated at an animal shelter. I paid her adoption fees, had her spayed and all her necessary vaccinations, then she came to live with me and my husband and son. At present she is still living with my ex-husband and son and is very happy with our other dog, Frenzy.
Pretty Boy - a beautiful, white kitty - he lives wild behind the surgery clinic I work at. I see him early in the mornings when I come to work, trying to find food in the dumpster that mainly carries boxes and medical 'stuff' from the clinic. I have not been able to capture him yet to take him to the vet. I do place food and water out whenever I work and hope that he receives it. I'm sure there are other strays and wild animals in the area that get to the food first.
Miss Shelby - the Complex Kitty - a gorgeous, gray long-haired kitty, who greeted me my first day moving into my apartment. She walked on in, as if to "check me out," and must have approved! She allows me to feed her on my patio and pet her, but she won't venture in because of the Kitty Prince. They do study each other through the french doors!
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These animals need your help TODAY!
For years, airport workers had tended to the feral cat colonies at various cargo bays at JFK in New York, but the Port Authority has suddenly and unjustifiably decided that the cats--and the food that they say attracts birds could be an "aviation threat."
The Port Authority has begun to round up feral cats and kittens at the airport and dump them at the city's already overburdened shelters. Feral cats brought to animal shelters are typically killed because they are considered unadoptable. Rather than seeking a humane solution that would allow the cats to live, the transportation agency has threatened to terminate any employees who provide food or water to the cats still at the airport. They also continue to claim that they only recently became aware of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) solutions, despite a series of emails proving they have known about such programs since at least 2004.
IDA has teamed up with the NYC Feral Cat Initiative, Animal Care and Control of NYC, and caring volunteers so that the first ten cats caught in the Port Authority's purge were pulled from the shelter and set up in new colonies.
IDA has provided a grant to cover the costs of saving a group of trapped cats, who needed to be sterilized, vaccinated for rabies, micro-chipped, and ear-tipped before they could be taken from the shelter. But we need your help to save the cats who are being caught at JFK daily. Your generous donation will enable us to help provide ongoing medical treatment to the remaining cats pulled from their certain deaths at animal control. We must transport the cats from the shelter and purchase traps for their recovery from surgery. Forty-one cats have been saved to date, but there are countless more there whose fate lies in our hands. Help us ensure their survival.
Please also urge New York State officials to immediately put a stop to the feral cat roundups at JFK, and to hold the Port Authority accountable to the public they serve by ordering them to work with feral cat experts to implement a humane TNR solution.
With your help, we can make a difference in the lives of these animals whose will otherwise be killed simply because JFK airport would not consider a humane alternative.
The alert/message above is from IDA - In Defense of Animals.
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If you'd like to help feral cats and other animals, please check out
the work of IDA (In Defense of Animals).
