Kittens!!!! Kittens Kittens Kittens - that's where we've been. Yes, we've been doing TNR and MANY other wonderful things but the kittens changed everything this summer. The Berwyn Five and mama Hoover came on June 11, followed by Munchie of Loyola (adopted by Foster Family), then Vito of Elmwood Park , 3 weeks later followed by his siblings Hustus & Major, who became Margie, who became Margo (who started off black then at about 3 months, started turning silver around the underside - cool). Then came the Candy Cats of Bellwood, 4 beauties, 2 of which are still up for adoption, Dots & Hershey. Then came Roberto & Sophia of Berkley, beauties, sweet and already adopted. Then, Earl, now Earline Gray and Pecko, midget cats, like Vito, Hustus and Margo. Angel & Smiley. Then came 4 babies from Maywood that went to Foster Family and sorry, but can't remember all their names - there's Gizmo, Stripe, Reeses & ...... . 2 of them are going to PAWS for adoption tomorrow. And for those of you who remember Sweet Cheeks, she was the first to be adopted at our PetSmart event and she went to a perfect home!
Yes, kitties changed things - added about 5-8 hours to the average day. Much as I absolutely love being able to put my face into a pile of purring kitties and watch the face of others as they play with them, they cripple an organization as small as ours, where our trappers spend time caring for kitties. We're hoping that within animal rescue, we can find a solution to the kitty gap. We're a TNR group. That's our specialty. To expand into kitty care and adoptions takes time away from our mission. While the kittens fit in with our personal mission to help counteract violence, (more on that another time) - to have total responsiblilty seems counterproductive. Enough on that for now.
So many wonderful things have happened since our last posting! I'm going to list them as separate blogs and will be putting them up over the next couple of days, our adoption events, adoptors and adoptees, kittens for adoption, our fabulous Cat Party in July, TNR, Winter Shelters, Events, Fundraising, (and a big warm thank you to those of you who have been sending in their monthly donations without any monthly show of our appreciation!!!! THANK YOU xo), the KPS Club, (Kids, Pets & Science Club), cat stories, Sponsoring colonies and TNR reports. With all that, they'll be brief!!!! And first.......... KITTIES!!!!!
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