EDITION OF FRIDAY, OCT. 28, 2016 (PetPowellPress) --We need a clever listicle to start a fall Friday edition. But, we don’t have one. Why? (1) I’m not getting enough sleep. (2) My creative spark was leased to an unnamed presidential campaign. (3) I am concerned about the future of pizza. What? OK, you go on a diet and try to forget pizza.
I am, as regular visitors to this site may suspect, not just a fan of pizza but also a fan of the felines.
This is a photo of The Senator communicating with me via catfrared waves. He loves to head-butt me, then beam the truth of existence into my brain. Sometimes I’m expecting the head-butt. Other time’s I’m jarred and must undergo NFL concussion protocol.
Here’s our daily report and we’re starting with two very different cat notes.
ONE HUMAN HELPS CATS,
THE OTHER ONE DOESN’T...
Lacy Milani-Ingalls, veteran rescuer and hustler on behalf of animals, forwarded this note from someone needing help with some cats. Try not to get miffed when you read the opening paragraph of the appeal from a woman in Lewisville.
“My mother's husband threw 3 cats out of the house and they are now in the back yard with no food or water. Unfortunately 1 has gone missing and he can’t be found. They are both males, 1 black, 1 orange, both have been neutered and declawed. I am very worried for their well being and need to find them homes.
The orange cat is Roscoe C. Waffles, about 4 years old, originally rescued from beneath the deck at the Mom’s house. The black short hair is Cap’n Morgan. About 5, he, too, came from beneath the deck. So did his lookalike brother Bacardi, who has gone missing. Morgan loved to hang around the blue cat in the photo.
“They aren’t too fond of dogs, but have no problem welcoming other cats.”
The contact points for the cats are [email protected] and [email protected].
OK, CHANGE CAT GEARS
Please, wash your cat eyes out with this. Operation Kindness, the no-kill shelter, is celebrating National Cat Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday with $90 cat adoptions.
There’s the official artwork.
Operation Kindness is calling this a “Cuddle Fest” -- cats and kittens combined with a special adoption fee and the opportunity to “try out” felines in a “cuddling” situation.
As OK’s news release notes, “For each cat and kitten adopted, Operation Kindness is able to make space in the shelter for a new furry friend -- offering a second chance at life, which may not have otherwise been afforded.”
The shelter is in Carrollton -- go to operationkindness.org for directions and other info.
And, see this strip of cats -- just a few of the many adorable adoptables waiting for the right human in the catroom at Operation Kindness.
AND, MABANK! WHAT OF WHISPER?
Efforts are still underway to make sure that the Mabank City Council vote on November 1 goes in favor of keeping Whisper the Library Cat in her home of 8 years, the Tri County Library, now under city management. The city just recently took over and the big flap started. One of those “Hi, I’m from the government and I’m here to help you” deals.
There’s a petition online.
Here’s the LINK. We got this tip from our reliable lakeside informant, Sydney Busch of the Friends of the Animals at Cedar Creek Lake, the organization that operates the world’s most successful spay/neuter clinic at Gun Barrel City and, also, the organization that made sure Whisper wouldn’t wind up delivering a litter of library kittens among the stacks.
DOES THIS DEMONSTRATE THE NEED
FOR SPAY/NEUTER IN DALLAS?
We got the tip on this from the great Kimberly Jones, a determined rescuer and animal advocate in Dallas (or wherever needed!). The story is this dog -- no name, but her number is A960043 -- came into the shelter on October 15, then on the 18th began giving birth. When the flurry of arrivals had finished, she’d delivered 10 babies, then, she took on the chore of being mom to another newborn and she’s been feeding and caring for 11 puppies.
The email to ask if you can help with this situation is [email protected].
[LARRY ASIDE: If these pups have already been claimed, don’t worry. DAS is constantly re-supplied with dogs and cats by Dallas: The City Where Sperm Never Sleep.]
CONTEMPLATION: So, in my internet travels I saw a reference to something on the DAS Accountability page on Facebook. This isn’t something DAS is accountable for -- but it is something humans are accountable for and if we could just ID those humans, well, maybe there’d be a way to get prosecutors involved. Admittedly, that’s a long shot. The victims are dead. Warning: if you go to this Facebook page, you will be disgusted. If you are like me and spent some time as an ambulance driver and a reporter covering the police beat and murder trials, you also will be disgusted. If you’re accustomed to people behaving, you’ll be alarmed, appalled and angry. Maybe if more people saw this stuff, more people would work against the mean, morally bankrupt SOBs that are involved in dog-fighting. With that warning, the link is HERE. ... I opened my email inbox and saw this subject line: "Your exclusive Reward expires in 3 days!” Fortunately the sender was a department store and not someone in judicial proceedings in the Great Hereafter. I’m going to need a good lawyer. ... It’s football season in Texas. Halloween is coming up Monday. Christmas decorations are in stores. And we’re enduring what, for North Texas, represents a cold snap -- temps in the upper 80s. So, what are three things that are remarkable about autumn? (1) The time changes. (2) Leaves change colors. (3) Animals need help in Dallas. Number 3 isn’t limited to a season. This city has such potential to be a national example of animal care. A good national example. We’ve already been the bad example.
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