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Little Tich's Journal2 Stray Cat Moms Surprise Woman with 8 Babies on Her Patio After She Helped Them
Source: Lovemeow, Sep 12, 2016
A kind woman had been feeding two stray sisters until one day they surprised her with their eight tiny fur babies on her patio.
Thoa, Thi and Tram Bui of Lilo the Husky took in a furry family of 10 - two mama cats and their 8 fur babies.
A kind woman, a caregiver to homeless cats, met the two sister cats when they came to her for food. After feeding them for awhile, they decided to bring their babies to meet her on her patio. "They both have 4 kittens each, making a total of 8 kittens," Bui told Love Meow.
The kind lady took all of them into her home and called Bui. "She already had her hands full with 6 cats, so she contacted us for help. We just took them in!"
Meet mama Artemis (left) and mama Apollo (right).
"They definitely picked the ideal place to move their kittens to safety."
Meet Reese, Salem, Stella, and Phantom! Mama Apollo's babies.
Meet Jack, Kit Kat, Wendy and Casper. Sweet mama Artemis' babies.
They are about a week younger than the kittens from their aunt's litter.
Wendy and Casper are still learning to walk.
"Our house is exploding with cuteness right now!"
Read more: http://www.lovemeow.com/two-stray-cat-mamas-bring-8-furballs-to-woman-2003621901.html
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FB page with more clips and pics:
https://www.facebook.com/finnysfinds
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Don't Delay - Neuter or Spay
Source: Friends of Animals
https://www.friendsofanimals.org/programs/spaying-neutering/dont-delay-neuter-or-spay
Gang of Kitties Sing Loudly to Man at His Door for Dinner
Source: Lovemeow
Every day when farmer Corey Karmann of Nebraska comes home from work, there is a gang of kitties waiting for him at his front door, greeting him and demanding food.
Karmann has acquired a gang of purrfessional mousers for his family farm. He gave them a home, and the kitties help him keep the mice at bay. When it's dinner time, they congregate by his front door.
"That's the farm i've grown up on, and live at now. We've always kept cats around. There is a lot of grain storage around, so that means a LOT of mice," Karmann told Love Meow.
Karmann hasn't seen a single mouse in years thanks to the wonderful work by their feline friends. "There's currently 12 cats that go back and forth between my house and my dad's house, which is about 150 yards away on the other end of the property."
The cats very much prefer living on the farm than inside their house as the kitties believe they are the real owners of the farm.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/karmanno
Read more: http://www.lovemeow.com/gang-of-kitties-come-to-man-for-dinner-1995572775.html
Cat Experiences Feeling in Paralyzed Legs and Can't Believe it
Source: Lovemeow
A tiny kitten was found paralyzed in his hindquarters. He was not able to move or feel his back legs when Whisker Stop, a rescue group in Rolla, Missouri took him in. A month later, this kitty surprised everyone with miraculous progress.
"Sweet little Flynt was surrendered to us by a good Samaritan, who knew he needed help," Kym McNulty, president of Whisker Stop told Love Meow. "Flynt, was unable to use his rear legs or tail. He was suspected to have suffered a soft tissue injury, leaving him a paraplegic."
His caregivers saw that fighting spirit in him, and were determined to help him get better.
A few weeks later, the little kitten made incredible improvement.
"With much TLC, exercise, massage and prayer, Flynt has shown signs of regaining use of muscles and feeling in his tail and legs," McNulty said. "These things gave us and Flynt hope for further recovery."
"We have developed a rehab plan of care and there is much hope he can regain use of his back legs!" Little Flynt also received specific foods and supplements to help him strengthen his muscles.
After several weeks of hard work, this happened. Flynt began to feel his hind legs and tail.
Meet Flynt the cat!
Flynt learning to stand like a champ!
Read more: http://www.lovemeow.com/cat-experience-feelings-in-paralyzed-legs-for-the-first-time-and-cant--1993664846.html
Note: There are clips of Flynt recovering mobility in his legs at link, but they can't be posted in the OP.
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Whisker Stop FB page with more posts about Flynt:
https://www.facebook.com/whiskerstop/
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Youcaring fundraiser for Flynt (Currently $300 of $700 goal)
https://www.youcaring.com/flynt-591146
Tom the cat has 'sixth sense' in comforting ailing veterans
Source: Today
You may know about tomcats, but meet Tom the cat who has a very special gift indeed.
He’s the appointed feline friend, counselor and caretaker at Salem VA Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. There, he is revered as an animal who may sometimes know more about empathy “in the moment” than his humans who love him just for being “Tom.”
The lovefest goes both ways, as Tom returns affection in kind to the resident veterans of the hospital’s community living center that provides rehabilitation, hospice/palliative care and long-term skilled nursing.
“You can’t beat a good, purring, loving kitty cat,” Army veteran James Gearhart of Bassett, Virginia, told TODAY. He lived in the rehabilitation unit while being treated for throat cancer, and says he's doing well after being recently discharged.
“Tom knows when someone is having a hard time. He laid on my bed a lot and I rubbed and scratched him the way cats like,” Gearhart said. “One day I gave him some of my Ensure vanilla drink and he drank every bit of it. Then he rubbed on me and licked my hands.”
The hospital’s chief of extended care service, Dr. Blake Lipscomb, told TODAY that Tom stood by him one day when he had to officially pronounce a veteran dead. “Tom looked up at me and meowed. He had been with the veteran and his family at a time that was hardest for them, doing exactly what we wanted him to do — to help make a more low-stress, ‘homelike’ environment.”
In 2012, Dottie Rizzo, chief nurse in the hospital’s extended care service, along with physician assistant Laura Hart, read a book called “Making Rounds with Oscar,” by Dr. David Dosa, a geriatrician. In it, the doctor documents the story of a cat named Oscar who comforts dementia patients and appears to anticipate when they are about to die.
“We knew we needed a cat just like that,” Rizzo told TODAY. “We enlisted the assistance of a local veterinarian’s office manager who went to a shelter and visited with the cats for a long time before deciding on Tom.”
Tom brings comfort to a veteran who sleeps better knowing his cat friend is there.
Army veteran James Gearhart gives his favorite cat a treat to say "thank you."
Tom the cat is there when people need him.
Tom shares the love with a veteran, Mr. Wyman, in a way that only Tom can.
“You can’t beat a good, purring, loving kitty cat,” said Army veteran James Gearhart of Bassett, Virginia.
Read more: http://www.today.com/series/veterans/tom-cat-has-sixth-sense-comforting-ailing-veterans-t102190
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Tabby Cat Makes Life Easier for Dying Veterans
Source: US Department of Veterans Affairs, November 6, 2014
He took a few final, shallow breaths. At that moment, an orange tabby cat named Tom jumped onto his bed, curled up beside him and placed a furry orange paw in the Army Veteran’s open hand.
“That cat took him right to heaven,” said Elizabeth Gehlert, the Veteran’s wife of 68 years. “It was a beautiful passing and that cat is the one who made it happen.”
Read more: http://www.va.gov/health/newsfeatures/2014/november/tabby-cat-makes-life-easier-for-dying-veterans.asp
Cuddle 500 Kitties At This Heavenly Cat Sanctuary In Hawaii
Source: Huffington Post
Most people visit Hawaii looking to spend long, lethargic hours on white sand beaches drinking bottomless mai tais.
Cat people, on the other hand, might have a more cuddly option in mind.
On the small island of Lanai, a little-known slice of feline heaven called the Lanai Cat Sanctuary is home to 495 cats. People fly from all over the world just to hang out with them.
Though there’s a boundary surrounding the 25,000 square foot property, there are no cages within the main area of the sanctuary. The cats ― or “Hawaiian Lions,” as the sanctuary calls them ― have large huts and trees to climb on, patches of grass on which to sun themselves and all the human attention they could ever want.
“I call it the ‘Furr Seasons,’” executive director Keoni Vaughn told The Huffington Post. “It’s 25,000 square feet of open-aired space for the cats to run around and play in, so they’re just kind of relaxing and chilling.”
The sanctuary is open to the public for a few hours every day, and it has become a tourist destination in its own right. For humans with an affinity for felines, it’s worth a trip to Lanai in and of itself.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hawaii-lanai-cat-sanctuary_us_57a27f62e4b0e1aac914bb70
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Lanai Cat Sanctuary Homepage:
http://lanaicatsanctuary.org/
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Lanai Cat Sanctuary FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/LanaiCatSanctuary/
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This cat sanctuary on Lanai has become Hawaii's most surprising travel destination
Source: Hawaii Magazine, Jul 1 2016
Carroll is known as The Cat Lady. She feeds and houses 425 cats as the founder of the Lanai Cat Sanctuary. “I never thought I would be,” she says of her feline title and second career—her background is in science. “But I embrace it.”
Read more: http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/content/cat-sanctuary-lanai-has-become-hawaiis-most-surprising-travel-destination
It's pussy galore! Now the Treasury recruits Gladstone the cat to chase out the mice -
but will he join the turf war between No 10's Larry and Palmerston from the Foreign Office?Source: Daily Mail, 29 July 2016
A third cat has joined Whitehall's increasing team of mousers with the arrival of Gladstone at the Treasury.
The 18-month black moggie - who wears a red ribbon around his neck - is described as 'greedy' and an animal with 'catitude' - stoking fears he will join the increasingly bitter turf war between No 10's Larry and Palmerston from the Foreign Office.
Like his new neighbours, Gladstone was recruited from Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, where he was called Timmy.
He was renamed after the former prime minister and Chancellor William Ewart Gladstone. He will hope not to suffer the same fate as the last Chancellor's cat.
Freya was banished to the Kent countryside just months after joining George Osborne's family in No 11 after becoming embroiled in several scrapes with Larry and her tendency to go missing for days.
Today new Chancellor Philip Hammond welcomed his fellow new arrival at the Treasury, posting a picture of the cat peering from his Red Box.
The 18-month black moggie (pictured) - who wears a red ribbon around his neck - is described as 'greedy' and an animal with 'catitude' - stoking fears he will join the increasingly bitter turf war between No 10's Larry and Palmerston from the Foreign Office
Only time will tell whether Gladstone joins the increasingly bitter turf war between No 10's Larry (left) and Palmerston (right) from the Foreign Office
Gladstone, pictured next to Chancellor Philip Hammond's Red Box, is the newest recruit in Whitehall and is tasked with solving the Treasury's mouse problem
Gladstone arrived a couple of weeks ago but was confined to just a few rooms before he is fitted with a tracker and let further afield to fulfill his job of solving the Treasury's chronic cat problem
Like his new neighbours, Gladstone (pictured climbing out of Philip Hammond's Red Box) was recruited from Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, where he was called Timmy
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3714565/Third-cat-town-Treasury-recruits-greedy-Gladstone-chase-mice-join-turf-war-No-10-s-Larry-Palmerston-Foreign-Office.html
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Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/itnnews
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Gladstone's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/treasury_cat/
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Westminster welcomes its third Battersea mouser
Source: Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home, 29 JULY 2016
Read more: https://www.battersea.org.uk/westminster-welcomes-its-third-battersea-mouser
Man Saves Kittens Found in His Truck and Goes Back for Their Mama Cat
Source: LoveMeow
A stucco worker saved four tiny kittens found in a bucket of their landscaping truck and later went back to get their mama cat, so they could be reunited in a safe place.
These four babies showed up at a construction site in Naples, Florida. "The momma cat put the kittens in a 5-gallon bucket that was sitting on a scaffolding trailer in North Fort Myers," Megan Sorbara, the president of Naples Cat Alliance, shared with Love Meow.
Unbeknownst to the worker who drove the truck for 38 miles to Naples, the kittens traveled along on the open trailer, in the bucket. When they unloaded the trailer at the Naples job site, they were surprised by what they found.
"They knew the mama cat had given birth, but they didn't know where the kittens were, until they found them in the bucket," Dominick Russotold Love Meow.
Knowing how fragile the fur babies were at such a young age, they tried to find help for the tiny felines.
The kittens were brought to the Naples Cat Alliance, free-roaming, no-kill shelter. "They were doing well when we got them. It was clear that the momma was doing a good job taking care of them, and that they had not been away from her for long," Megan told Love Meow.
Megan and the volunteers at Naples Cat Alliance knew right away that the kittens needed their mom, and it was crucial to reunite them. Saul, one of stucco workers knew the mother cat was friendly and assured them that he would find her.
Later that night, they received a call from Saul with great news - he got the mama cat in the carrier.
"We didn't want to wait until the next day," Dominic told Love Meow. "We drove up that night to get her, after getting his call."
Read more: http://www.lovemeow.com/construction-workers-save-four-kittens-found-in-back-of-truck-and-then-1946848714.html
Naples Cat Alliance FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/Naples.Cat.Alliance/
Bucket Kittens GoFundMe page ($680 of $10k goal):
https://www.gofundme.com/bucketkittens
Rescuers Wait For 8 Nights To Rescue Entire Kitten Family
Source: The Dodo
Four tiny kittens and their mother wandered into the garden of a family's home one night in London in November 2015. It was extremely cold that time of year and the area had a significant fox population, so the family who owned the home knew the cats wouldn't be safe there for long.
The CatCuddles Sanctuary responded to the family's call about the cat family immediately, but when they arrived they realized the rescue would be a little more difficult than they'd hoped.
"Because homeless kittens are so vulnerable and are treated as an emergency by the charity, I responded to the call right away," Rae Gellel, a volunteer with The CatCuddles Sanctuary, told The Dodo. "The four young kittens and their mother were completely unreachable; entering through an exposed air vent, they had set up residence in the foundations of the house, a deep labyrinth of dark and drafty tunnels."
In order to rescue them, each kitten and the mom would have to be lured out from underneath the house, as there was no way to go in and get them. The kittens had never had any human contact before, and trying to get them to come straight into the arms of the rescuers would be extremely difficult.
"Their mother was not much better, and if we removed the kittens before capturing her, we risked her moving on and becoming pregnant again within the month," Gellel said.
In the first two nights after discovering the family, rescuers were able to lure out and secure three of the kittens fairly easily. Gellel took the kittens home to foster them, and could see that they were dirty, flea-ridden and anemic — meaning the remaining kitten was as well, and desperately needed to be rescued.
For eight nights, the rescuers waited outside the hole the kittens had emerged from. They set up a trap with food to try and entice the mom and her kitten, but because the trap was expensive they couldn't leave it unattended.
And so, in the cold, mud and sleet, they waited.
The kittens were named Millie and Phoebe …
… and Sully and Boo …
… and the mom was named Lana.
Read more: https://www.thedodo.com/kitten-family-rescued-1944834441.html
Catcuddles Cat Sanctuary Homepage:
http://www.catcuddles.org.uk/
Can You Find The Hidden Cat in This Garbage Dump?
Source: Playbuzz
How fast can you find the hidden Cat in this garbage dump. Have fun!!!
Read more: http://www.playbuzz.com/matthewm14/can-you-find-the-hidden-cat-in-this-garbage-dump
Note: Solution at link.
Love the Ocean? So Do These Bay Cat Beauties
Source: Life With CatsThey hear it all the time: “‘You’ve got to help that cat – he’s right by the water! Cats hate water!’ Nope, not Tommy. He loves to nap right beside the lapping waves and feel the sea breeze fluff his fur while the water throws sparkles on him.” So say the nice people at Project Bay Cat.
“He’s a pretty special boy, isn’t he?” Tommy is one of many cats looked after by Project Bay Cat, an innovative and successful program that humanely manages a large group of community cats living along San Francisco Bay. Project Bay Cat volunteers have found homes for 118 cats since they began in 2004. Ninety-six percent of the cats have been spayed and neutered. This is Captain, “the self-appointed guardian of the shoreline.”
These gorgeous healthy cats are fed daily and looked after by dedicated volunteers.
They even have their own hand-laid stone cat bridge to help them reach a feeding station.
To learn more about Project Bay Cat and enjoy their videos of Tommy and other cats who have been placed in loving homes, go to their Facebook page.
Project Bay Cat was created in 2004 as a collaborative effort between a municipality, the Homeless Cat Network and the community. It has grown into a model program that others around the world have followed and replicated.
Read more: http://www.lifewithcats.tv/2016/07/22/love-the-ocean-so-do-these-bay-cat-beauties/
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Project Bay Cat FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectBayCat/
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Feral friends at Project Bay Cat
Listen with your heart at Project Bay Cat
Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/Homelesscatnetwork
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Project Bay Cat Homepage
Source: Homeless Cat Network
Created in 2004 as a collaboration between the City of Foster City, Homeless Cat Network and the community, the program balances the humane treatment of the cat population and the needs of the City and users of the levee/pedway.
Read more: http://www.homelesscatnetwork.com/project-bay-cat.html
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Homeless and Feral Cat Population Control Tool Kit
Presented by Project Bay Cat Collaborators: City of Foster City, Homeless Cat Network and Sequoia Audubon Society
The following is a step-by-step plan, complete with a variety of online resources, which may help you in this effort. The collaborators of Project Bay Cat wish you the best of luck in your humane endeavors!
Source: http://www.warmfuzzys.org/factsheets/toolkit.pdf
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