Friends of cats and kittens, it has only been one week since Kittenaid2011, and already there is so much going on! We are so excited about improving the lives of cats in this great city, we can hardly contain it.
Pinkie has a new home, a new forever-mom, a new cat-brother, and probably a new name too! Thanks everyone for sharing him with your friends, it was due in part to his internet popularity that he found his great new mom! His little sister, Ella, has an adoption pending, so hopefully by the end of this week, two more Detroit kitties will have happy, loving homes. If you are thinking about getting a kitten soon do not despair! We are extremely likely to have more kittens to list for adoption very very soon. We’ll keep you posted!
In addition to adoptions, we are in the midst of a TNR campaign. There is a gorgeous little family that we were hoping to trap all together, but for some reason, only the mama cat was really interested.
Linda, a local feral cat we are helping out.
Her name is Linda, and as you can see she is quite beautiful. She is named after the nice lady who took in Blanche’s mother (read about it in the Kittenaid Story), a woman who is a mother herself and in many ways an inspiration for what we are doing here. Linda the cat has already had two babies, which we are still trying to catch. Linda is a feral cat and not interested in living with humans, so we are helping her the best we can. This week she will be spayed and vaccinated at All About Animals, and then after she makes a full recovery, she will go back to the block where she has been living, which is where she will be happiest. We are trying hard to do right by Linda, and treat her humanely and fairly. She may never understand that we have her best interests at heart, but at least she won’t have to deal with three litters of kittens per year in the future.
In addition, we have been meeting with local community members to try to figure out how we can best aid feral and stray cats in our neighborhoods. We are hoping, for example, to have a shelter building so that ferals like Linda can have some solace and peace from the cold in the winter time. However, most of us live in rental properties, and we need safe places to put the shelters. If you are someone you know has property in Detroit, and would like to have feral cat shelters, please let us know and we’ll try and work something out.
One last note: Halloween weekend is coming up, which means lots of fun, but it also means it is time to keep your cats indoors! None of us like to think about people who are cruel to animals, but the reality is that these people exist. To avoid having to think about them, please, keep your cats safe.
That’s all for now! Hope everyone has a great week!
