Save a life and find a lifelong, loving companion
Mama helped Thomas make a public service announcement about the importance of adopting an adult cat. Please watch and share it widely! And please don’t forget, we’re still raising money for our friends at Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary! To make a donation, you can either click on the widget in the next column over or visit the Paws and Effect Be The Change Challenge page at FirstGiving. Purrs and head-bonks to you all!
Meet the Blind Cat Rescue Kitties: Angel and Maggie
Thank you, everyone, for your donations to the Paws and Effect Be The Change Challenge to support Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary! Today we’re going to introduce you to two more of the cats you’re helping. Angel was apparently born blind. She was saved by a small rescue in Florida, and from there she found a home. Unfortunately, her new owner was evicted from his apartment because he had seven more cats than his lease allowed — including Angel and Maggie, whose story is below. On the bright side, he did return Angel and Maggie to the rescue, and from there they came to Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary. Angel is a very sweet, quiet,…
Meet the Blind Cat Rescue Kitties: Alchemy
Alchemy is one of the cats at Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary in St. Pauls, North Carolina. He was born with micropthalmia (underdeveloped eyes) and was dumped at a shelter when he was only 8 weeks old. He was adopted by someone who kept him in a 3×3-foot cage in a filthy home for the first five months of his life. After he was rescued, he adapted well to his new life in a clean home, but at about 1 year of age, he began having recurring infections in his eyes. The rescuer’s vet removed his eyes — which weren’t working anyway – and he recovered beautifully. But shortly after surgery, Alchemy began having seizures,…
Be The Change: Help raise funds for Blind Cat Rescue
As part of the Be The Change Challenge, originated at the 2010 BlogPaws Conference, Paws and Effect is raising funds for the kitties at Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary in St. Pauls, North Carolina. Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary provides a no-kill, cage-free environment for the blind cats they rescue from high-kill shelters and from people who can’t take care of them. We believe blind cats deserve the opportunity to live and get a chance at finding a forever home. If everybody who reads Paws and Effect gives just $1, we’ll meet–and even exceed–our goal! Click on the Paws and Effect Be The Change Challenge widget in the column to the right or visit our…
I found a stray cat. What do I do?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: A week ago, this poor 3-legged cat wandered into my garden, and I started to leave milk and bacon outside. She now comes to my garden at about 5 p.m. every day and I figured she only eats smoked ham. Now I’m able to feed her with my hand (as opposed to previously leaving stuff in a plate outside). It looks like she has a good friend, a fat cat who stands a couple of meters away from her when she eats my food. The fat cat allowed me to pet him (or her I don’t know), but the 3-legged cat would move away slightly indicating she doesn’t feel…
Extra: In Maine, 22 abandoned cats rescued by volunteers now need homes
In the small city of Belfast, Maine, a group of cat-loving volunteers has undertaken a massive rescue effort. The discovery of 22 abandoned cats and kittens has driven a group of local cat lovers to trap and rescue these cats, get them veterinary care–which many of them desperately need, since they have infections and other illnesses that come about as a result of neglect and abandonment. Although this may not seem like a big deal if you live in a large city, it’s a huge rescue effort for a community as small as Belfast, particularly since it’s being run solely by volunteers with minimal assistance from animal control. Animal shelters in Belfast and the surrounding…
I’m worried about an injured cat. I don’t know if he has an owner. What can I do to help him?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I live on a main road. It’s a small town area, but the main road is used by a lot of 18-wheelers as well as commuters who come to town for work. My two cats are indoor only, but the majority of folks in my neighborhood seem to have outdoor cats. There is one cat I’ve been watching for the last year or so. It disappeared for a while, and when it returned, it was in horrible shape. It had obviously been injured. It had also mostly healed. It still has a rather bad limp, and it’s very ragged and mangy looking. It’s obviously friendly, and while it’s scrawny,…
