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The cat who came home

A handsome Russian blue came into FixNation as part of a large-scale T-N-R effort, a friendly boy who had recently joined a caretakers’ colony. Blue, as she’d been calling him, had shown up about a month ago, and usually came by for dinner nightly. He was a large, outgoing cat, quite different from the rest of the colony that was quite feral. The trapper resolved to find him a new home, and brought him into FixNation for neutering before putting him up for adoption.

To everyone’s surprise, Blue was not only already neutered but also microchipped…and his name was Max, and his home was about seven miles away! I contacted the owners, who promptly called back, somewhat shocked, as they said although Max was an indoor-outdoor kitty, she had last seen him just that morning when she fed him breakfast and let him outside for the day. This made no sense, because the trapper said she had trapped the evening prior. We thought perhaps she had two similar looking cats and was mistaken…

…And it was a case of mistaken identity! Max was not Max afterall- Max was indeed hanging out in his front yard, minding the neighborhood as usual. Our visitor at FixNation wasn’t Max, he was Bixby! Apparently the implanting veterinarian had accidentally swapped the names on the registrations cards for the microchips of the two nearly identical gray brothers. And Bixby had most certainly been missing! After more than a year and a half, Chris had all but given up on seeing Bixby again!

And, now, after quite an adventure, and thanks to a benevolent caretaker and an up-to-date, if somewhat mixed-up, microchip, Bixby is back safe at home, guarding the yard.

Thanks to TNRM several missing cat has been found and united with their owners, if the cat is marked with ID and registered
 
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FIV+ Kitties…It is NOT a death sentence!
Cats with FIV can live with other cats…..and can live perfectly healthy lives. FIV cats do not need medication and can live long lives without illness. Don’t miss out on these one of a kind kitties because of their diagnosis.

FIV FACTS

FIV: Catching a Bad Case of Rumors, By Kristi Littrell

1. The Feline Immuno-deficiency Virus is a slow virus that affects a cat’s immune system over a period of years.
2. FIV is a cat-only disease and cannot be spread to humans or other non-felines.
3. FIV cats most often live long, healthy, and relatively normal lives with no symptoms at all.
4. FIV is not easily passed between cats. It cannot be spread casually – like in litter boxes, water and food bowls, or when snuggling and playing. It is rarely spread from a mother to her kittens.
5. The virus can be spread through blood transfusions, badly infected gums, or serious, penetrating bite wounds. (Bite wounds of this kind are extremely rare, except in free-roaming, unneutered tomcats.)
6. A neutered cat, in a home, is extremely unlikely to infect other cats, if properly introduced.
7. Many vets are not educated about FIV since the virus was only discovered 15 years ago.
8. FIV-positive cats should be kept as healthy as possible. Keep them indoors and free from stress, feed them a high-quality diet, keep and treat any secondary problems as soon as they arise.

(for complete article: http://www.bestfriends.org/theanimals/petcare/cats_fiv.cfm)

Also, this is the latest from Cornell University…
“Casual, non-aggressive contact does not appear to be an efficient route of spreading FIV; as a result, cats in households with stable social structures where housemates do not fight are at little risk for acquiring FIV infections.”
An article written by a freeland writer and rescue advocate:
http://www.animalalliancenyc.org/newsletter/2010-12/fiv.htm

Another article from Best Friends Animal Society

http://www.bestfriends.org/theanimals/petcare/cats_fiv.cfm
 
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Adult Cat or Kitten: Which Is Right for You?
Many people who decide to adopt a new feline think they should start with a "clean slate" by choosing a kitten. Many people like the idea of watching their pet grow. What most people don't realize, however, is that caring for a kitten is a lot like caring for a baby. Young kittens need almost constant supervision. You must kitten-proof your home from common household dangers - electrical and computer cords, knickknacks, household cleaners, drawers, window screens, toilet bowls, your feet, and other pets can place a kitten's safety at risk. Young children move quickly and like to hug pets. Kids can accidentally hurt a small kitten, which might bite or scratch if it's frightened.

On the other hand, the right adult cat is more likely to tolerate children and less likely to be injured. Senior citizens are often unprepared for a kitten's energy level and would actually get more enjoyment from the company of a calm adult or senior cat. Kittens are often underfoot and can cause even a sure-footed young person to trip or stumble, injuring both kitty and friend. Kittens have endless energy. Expect your kitten to spend its nights scaling your drapes and running up and down your stairs and across your countertops. Rarely will a young kitten sleep at the foot of your bed. Furthermore, kittens grow quickly, becoming nearly full size by six months of age but often continuing kitten behaviors for much longer.

An adult cat, however, is generally much calmer and less likely to get into trouble. And, because an adult cat is fully developed, you know what you're getting in terms of size, appearance and personality. For example, you can tell whether or not it is the type to sit on your lap. Depending on your own age and lifestyle, you may be happier with an adult cat in your family. If you have a quiet lifestyle, work outside the home, or have children under the age of six, give serious thought to adopting an adult cat or two.

The best part about adopting an adult or senior cat? You're literally saving a life. Because most people want to adopt kittens, a cat's chances for adoption decrease with age. Most of these cats make wonderful pets when someone gives them a chance. MEOW is a no-kill shelter. The cats here will remain here, or in foster care, until they are adopted. Although their odds are improving, many older cats brought into shelters are euthanized. By adopting an adult cat from any shelter, you are helping to make room for another, who might otherwise be put to death.

Finally, at MEOW, we will not place a single kitten in a catless home or a home with only older cats. Kittens need a playful buddy, somebody to wrestle with, to bite and scratch, somebody to chase from one end of the room to the other, somebody to curl up with for a nap. Certainly, they enjoy human companionship, love to play with you, and will learn that a human lap is one of the best possible places to nap. But if they don't have a kitten buddy to wrestle with and to learn from, they may decide the human in their life is suitable for these rough activities as well. Once this inappropriate play behavior begins, it's difficult to break. If you do feel that kittens are the best choice for you, please be prepared for all that this will bring to your home, the good and the bad. If a pair of kittens is out of the question and you really want only one pet, do the right thing for everyone - adopt an adult cat.

http://www.meowcatrescue.org/
 
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Here in Georgia (the state, not the country) we're having our first major winter storm since 2011. My Vladimir loves the snow, having experienced it for the first time during 2011. I took him for a brief walk during the beginning of the snowfall and he didn't want to come inside, hahaha!

Here's the snow boy :)

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The Boy and the Starfish
A man was walking along a deserted beach at sunset. As he walked he could see a young boy in the distance, as he drew nearer he noticed that the boy kept bending down, picking something up and throwing it into the water.
Time and again he kept hurling things into the ocean.

As the man approached even closer, he was able to see that the boy was picking up starfish that had been washed up on the beach and, one at a time he was throwing them back into the water.

The man asked the boy what he was doing, the boy replied,"I am throwing these washed up starfish back into the ocean, or else they will die through lack of oxygen. "But", said the man, "You can't possibly save them all, there are thousands on this beach, and this must be happening on hundreds of beaches along the coast. You can't possibly make a difference."
The boy looked down, frowning for a moment; then bent down to pick up another starfish, smiling as he threw it back into the sea. He replied,



"I made a huge difference to that one!"


~Author Unknown~
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This often retold tale, originally from The Star Thrower, a collection of essays by the naturalist and writer Loren Eiseley, is a favorite of many as an example of how we each individually can make a difference. Businesses and organizations ranging from socially responsible investing and real estate to animal rights and children's issues have quoted this story as a way of explaining their mission and purpose.

While it's a motivating and inspirational perspective on making a difference, I've often wondered when I've heard or read this story: what made the starfish wash up in the first place? What could have been done to prevent them from getting beached? Maybe there was a storm. Maybe there was something in the ocean.

It's partially a question of where we want to put our time and resources, as individuals working to make a difference, and as a society. We want to save individual starfish, but in times of scarce resources, where can we get the most impact from what we do? While it's certainly important to help individuals in crisis, what could be done to prevent them from getting into difficulty? How could we move up stream?

While I'm all for us each finding our unique responsibilities and taking on issues we are passionate about, working alone can't always produce the impact we want. Sometimes it's easier to pick up starfish, rather than look for larger causes, because it's what is in our control, or it's what we feel we can do, either individually or as a society. Addressing systemic issues takes years, if not decades, and can be frustrating work. Yet, without addressing root causes, we'll just have more starfish to clean up.

It's necessary to find a balance between changing policies, systems and structures to promote the changes we want to see, and working to help individuals in crisis. We can't ignore the starfish, but we also need to ask why they are becoming beached in the first place. Where do you best make a difference?

If you're picking up starfish, what's possible upstream?

If you're working upstream, how can you stay in touch with the starfish?

Posted by Hanna Cooper, MPH, CPCC, ACC

http://myresq.org/tjrescue/community.shtml

You can rescue some kittens but if you don´t make sure the mother cat get spayed there will soon be another litter with kittens and another etc
 
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Welcome to PuRR Project!
PuRR Project is a no-kill cat shelter located just north of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with approximately 200 resident felines. Situated on a ½ acre parcel of land, our adult population roams free within our lush green gardens allowing them to live in a ‘natural’ environment un-caged. Our kittens reside in our Kitten Nursery — a large structure with a small patio — open air concept. PuRR Project also has an on-site clinic with daily veterinarian services.

PuRR Project boasts…
many interesting sights. The Mexican ranch style house on the property has a covered porch where many of our “free to roam” adults gather to snuggle up and sleep away the afternoons. Others join with friends to sleep under their favorite plants or atop their favorite trees, or roof. There is a “group litter box” in our gardens to keep our grounds clean – it even has a roof for rain protection – And feeding time is always a delight to see!

The Kitten Nursery has proven to be a favorite spot for visitors to spend time. We have kittens of all sizes, shapes, colors and personalities. If you’ve never experienced being in a space with MULTIPLE kittens, it’s one you will always remember. But beware – you may not be able to leave PuRR Project empty handed!

Our Work
PuRR Project is not a rescue organization in the sense that we hit the streets and physically scoop up cats in need. Unfortunately we are not nearly properly staffed or equipped for this step as yet. We DO accept felines that YOU rescue. Click on the Menu item ‘Bringing Us Cats’ for further details.

Our Mission
To provide homeless cats and kittens a recuperative stay at PuRR Project with the ultimate goal to adopt them out to loving homes sterilized, vaccinated and disease free; accomplishing this through our own efforts as well as collaboratively with other animal welfare organizations and veterinarians.

Our Vision
To reduce in significant numbers the suffering that homeless cats and kittens endure.
 
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Feelings that Should be Respected

Watch the video clip produced by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Israel, encouraging a humane approach to animals

The SPCA Department of Humanistic Education produced a special video clip aiming to raise awareness amongst children, youth, and adults of the need to respect animals and their feelings and to prevent cases of abuse.

The song "Feelings that Should be Respected", written in Hebrew and Arabic by the Arab rapper Jamal Nefar, emphasizes values such as love, respect, compassion and kindness, which animals need, particularly those who were domesticated by man and are dependent on his benevolence. Amongst others appearing in the song is the true story of the bitch Alex, a German Shepherd who was severely abused, rehabilitated by the SPCA, then finally found a warm and loving home and the tale of the cruel reality to which kittens are born and the abuse to which they are exposed from an early age.

In the clip, Jewish and Arab children from the "Hinuch LePisgot" Organization in Jaffa are filmed during emotionally moving moments which they experienced with the SPCA animals.

http://www.spcaisrael.org/
 
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R.I.P. Flavio
You are free now to play at the rainbow bridge
 
When I ran a shelter, I liked to teach people a lesson when their animals ended up there.
Like we did to the person whose cat, Dale, was brought to our shelter.
Dale’s family had to go out of town and left him in the care of a friend.
By ac...cident, the cat got out of the house and given that he found himself in an unfamiliar neighborhood, he became lost.
Someone found Dale hiding in the bushes and brought him to the shelter.

Shortly thereafter, Dale’s person called the shelter to ask if we had a cat matching Dale’s description.
We said, yes, that Dale was here and that she could come down in a couple of hours when we were open, pay the reclaim and impound fees ($16, required by the town) and pick up her cat.
She said she didn’t have the cash and couldn’t wait the several hours to pick him up.
I told her to bring what she had. 15 minutes later, I heard an excited pounding on the front door and I let her in.

Before she even reached the adoption room she began calling out for her cat. Every time she yelled, “Dale,” a little cat in the adoption room would cry out with a “meow.”
Every “meow” elicited a louder “Dale” and every “Dale” elicited a louder “meow.”
It was joyous reunion.
As I watched the woman head out the door with her cat cradled safely in her arms I thought about asking her to fill out the required forms, but I decided against it.
After the fear of believing she would never see her beloved Dale again, she was in tears and full of emotion, caught up in the happiness of the moment and seemingly oblivious to anything else.
She dropped 36 cents on the counter—a quarter, a dime, and a penny—and asked if that was ok, as she didn’t have any more. I said yes.
They left. We ended up paying the impound and reclaim fees directly to the town on her behalf. That will teach her!

And the lesson is this: if she or her cat ever needed us, we’d be there for them.
We were the local refuge for lost animals and it was our job, our duty, to facilitate reunions and to ensure happy endings.
Our shelter was taxpayer funded so she had already paid her fair share and now it was our turn to provide the services she and the other citizens of our community hired our shelter to provide.
We took the 36 cents, she took Dale, and we now had another cage available for the next cat in need.
A win-win-win.
Isn’t that the lesson a shelter is supposed to teach?
Nathan Winograd
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https://www.facebook.com/nathanwinograd
 
One small positive thought in the morning can change can change your whole day
That´s one of the advices we get from Justin, firesurvivor
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Back in April 2013, Justin was a tiny 4-week old kitten when he was a victim of a monstrous act of cruelty.
He had been set on fire and left for dead on a street in North Philadelphia. Justin was found nearly dead and still smoldering by a kind passerby who contacted Philadelphia Animal Control.
Longtime Philadelphia Animal Control rescue agency Animal Alliance of Lambertville, NJ www.animalalliancenj.org was contacted for help due to the scope of his injuries. Animal Alliance rushed him to Crown Veterinary Specialists, in Lebanon, NJ for round the clock care.

From the very start, we knew Justin was a fighter and he was going to fight to live.
His tiny body was covered in 2nd. and 3rd degree burns, and he had to endure multiple surgeries to debride his wounds and to remove the outer portion of his ears, which had been burned beyond repair.
Despite his severe burns, opportunistic infections, young age, and tiny size, he survived against all odds, after over a month of hospitalization.

Justin's story quickly spread to all corners of the globe, and he became a "poster cat" for the fight against animal cruelty, helping those most in need.
Justin gives a "voice" and a public persona to the unknown victims of animal cruelty.
The outrage that so many people felt over the heinous act perpetrated against Justin was turned into a sense of responsibility to help him, and other deliberately injured animals.
Animal Alliance received thousands of emails, notes, and Facebook messages from people who were inspired by Justin's story.
They donated to Animal Alliance to help pay for Justin's veterinary care, but also to other local rescue agencies.
Justin supporters organized a variety of fundraisers, food donation drives to help pets in need, and spread his message of "Help Stop Animal Abuse."

His adoptive mother created a new foundation called "Kitty Krusade," an anti-cruelty endeavor that helps animal shelters and rescues raise funds through appearances by Justin, "Catnip Parties" where people can meet Justin, "Kissing Booths" featuring Justin.
Proceeds from these events go to help other cats and kittens recovering from deliberate injury.
Justin and his mom also offer education about animal cruelty through Justin's Facebook page and other social media sites, as well as in-person & "in-cat" public appearances.

Justin is a living example that every life is worth saving, and as his motto states on his Facebook page "Where there is life, there is hope."
Justin has shown that the human-animal bond is so strong that even severe mistreatment at the hands of a depraved individual did not deter Justin from trusting humans and living a very happy and indulged life with his mom and his many fans.
Justin's bravery provides encouragement for others, human and animal alike.
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Thumper was rescued out of a yard filled with animals left abandoned and neglected. Thumper would have died for sure, because it was soon discovered, he couldn't walk because of a neurological disorder. His Foster mom, had a walker custom built for him and it immediately improved his walking. Thumper learned to walk and rehabilitated by some therapy and sessions in his walker every day. After a few weeks, he was running. Now he just needs his forever home.
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I think it´s great that this young cat got a chance to a good life
 
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