Blog 03/30/15 to 04/05/15
REMINDER: Barn Cat Bash, June 7th,
5:30 pm
Bistecca in Highland Village, TX
$45 per
person
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Silent/Live Auctions, Buffet Dinner, Endless Wine!
Relocations and In Take
Our Cats after Release
March Closeout
Bad Calls/Emails:
20 Cats and Moving Away
BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan): Problem
with Animal Services
OMG (Oh My God): REWARD: $5000 Texas Kitten
Mutilation
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Relocations and In Take: Placed 25 this week with intake at 9.
6 Barn in Frost (Bright Eyes, Pretty
Girl, Hope, Fred, Barney, Danny)
3 Barn in Frost (Kevin, Kirk, Kelli)
4 Barn in Wills Point (Sweetie, Bob,
Ian, Barbie)
2 Barn in Nemo (Meeko, Hoot)
3 Barn in Celina (Licorice, Taffy,
Hunter)
3 Barn in Celina (Kat, George, Grace)
1 Shed in Forney (Big Elvis)
3 Bonham Rescue
The ranch in Frost with
the 6 cats raises Brahman cattle. They
are huge! Take a look…
Our Cats after Release: Picked
up in 4 locations – Sorry no pictures!
1. Ennis: Manny
was relo’ed to this garage in Ennis. The
rodents are gone but they have not seen him.
I think he is still there because the mice were bad in their flower
beds.
2. Dallas: Celeste
(now Grace) is living “high off the hog” in the backyard pool-house in
Dallas. Pool life is agreeing with
her.
3. Terrell:
Jessie, Sam, and Cindy were put in a triple cage at this barn site. They have been seen occasionally, the food
has been disappearing, and the RATS ARE GONE!
4. Italy: Ben,
Abby, and Annie went to this workshop behind a home in Italy. We did not see them but were told they have
been spotted running the property.
March Closeout
In spite of bad weather
(rain, sleet, snow) we managed to place 71 cats in 7 North Texas counties.
Collin Denton Kaufman Van Zandt
Dallas Ellis Navarro
Bad Calls/EMAILS:
20 Cats and Moving Away
You know – if you stop
this at 2 cats, you do not get 20!
BMG: Problems with Animal Services
We told in a big black
neutered tom cat from an animal services location. They “said” he had been tested (plus neuter,
rabies, and distemper shot). He was loose
in another rescuer’s sunroom for several weeks mixing with other cats. Then he came here. When I was out of town, he got an upper repertory
infection and we gave him 2 Convenia shots over a 2-week period. When he recovered, I let him loose in my cat
room where there are 6 elderly cats.
When I got a chance, I traded him to an adoption group – being a very
sweet cat! Well – as you probably have
guessed by now, the adoption group re-tested him again and he came up triple
positive for leukemia, FIV, and heartworm.
HOW – he has potentially infected all the cats at the shelter, all the
cats at the other rescuer’s house, and my house. Now all the cats in my cat room have had
leukemia shots but the shots are not 100% effective. Tracing back, the shelter has admitted that
this cat “slipped through the cracks”.
WHAT? There is an answer for
this: Just test every cat that comes
into the shelter. Then you are not:
1. Taking the chance of infecting other cats
2. Spending time/money sterilizing and giving shots to a
cat that a group or individual is going to euthanize because they are positive
3. Potentially infecting other cats that are adopted out
of the shelter and go into multi-cat households
4. Returning TNR’ed cats to their colony where they can
infect other cats that may just show up
They say it is a financial
issue – BUT you will not be sterilizing cats that are positive and giving them
shots. Until their policy is changed, I
will not be taking any additional cats from that shelter. Sorry but this is a serious problem.
OMG: Reward: $5,000 Texas
Kitten Mutilations
I visited Bedford Animal
Services to pick up a cat on Friday….a wonderful orange tabby. There was a flyer on the counter: Reward Offered in Texas Kitten Mutilations …
“The Humane Society of the
United States is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to
the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible
for the mutilations of two kittens in the north Bedford, Texas area. Two eight-month-old semi-feral kittens, one
black and one tabby, were found by local animal advocates with very large
wounds near their private areas and legs.
After the cats were examined by a veterinarian, it was determined that
the wounds were a result of intentional animal abuse. The black kitten’s injury was so severe that
he had to be euthanized. The tabby is
still undergoing treatment.” I was
shocked – this was new news to me. “Bedford
Police Department is investigating.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call: 837-952-2127.” I hope they catch this pervert. Abuse of animals can lead to abuse of people
later in life…so…I want to be on that jury!
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While relocating some cats
to Frost, Texas, we spotted this wine rack made of horseshoes. I commented that it is illegal in Texas to
have an empty wine rack. He laughed then
asked if I wanted it – YES – of course! It
will be a great addition to the wine section of the auction.
“Thanks” for following the
Barn Cats Blog.
See you all next week. Peg
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