Meet Patience, one of our outdoor kitties in Hoboken

This is Patience :) She is our little girl that we have been trying to TNR for quite a while now. We named her Patience because she will not go in the trap. She will sit near it and just wait. She is such a pretty little girl. We are determined to get her next week. Fingers crossed that Patience will finally go in the trap.

We are going to try lightly cooked hamburger meat this time. A fellow TNR'er said that is her little secret! (and if that doesn't work, I will try my cat Redford's favorite special treat... yes, lump crab meat!!)
Photo was taken last night by my wonderful boyfriend Andrew, who built their feeding station.

Petition for Missy

I have created the follpwing pettition to help Missy go to a new home. She deserves the best after all that she has been through. Please click the link and read the two articles about Missy and sign the petition. Please share with people so we can get as many signatures as possible.

http://www.change.org/petitions/clear-creek-county-sheriff-s-office-please-do-not-allow-anthony-ortolani-to-reclaim-missy-german-shepherd

How can I help... I am only ONE person...

Many people have come up to me over the years and have said, they wish they could do more or even just do something, but they are only ONE person... That is why we created this blog. One person can do more than they probably realize.



 This is Lauhu!! She is a LOVE! Lauhu was found in a warehouse in Hoboken by my fellow rescue friends Patti & Robyn. Now Laushu has a loving home with a terrific family. Patti & Robyn do a lot of rescue work and I was lucky enough to meet them, become friends with them & learn from them. When I decided I wanted to try and help, I too thought, I am only one person, what can I really accomplish? What I didn't realize back then, was I would meet people who shared my interest and my passion to help. I may not be able to do everything that I want to do as one person but, we help each other along the way... where we can, when we can. Sometimes help is making and distributing flyers or facebook shares. Sometimes help is passing on a potential adopter to one another to assist in finding good homes. Sometimes help is just being around to support one another during the TNR process. The support and assistance is always there so even though I am only one person, I have a great community around me that have their hearts & minds open to help.

So this post is to all of the people who think they can't do much... just try and do something, try and get involved and you will find other caring people who are doing the same. Then 'one' becomes Many and great things will happen.



August Kitties Looking For Homes

50 Shades of Grey... and Black, and Orange and White! Here are some of the kittens looking for their forever homes! If you know anyone who may want to adopt a furry friend, please consider visiting CAP, Inc. in Hoboken NJ. You can find their link on this blog or email spayme@aol.com for more information.

TNR Success

We are happy to report another trapping success in West New York! Gerry and I trapped 2 black & white kitties. One was male and the other was a pregnant female. Both kitties were under a year old. It shows how fast they get pregnant. Tux & Spot (named by a little girl whose father owns the restaurant where we trapped) have been fixed and are doing well. They recovered quickly after the surgery. We fostered them through the weekend so they could recover and avoid the very hot weather our area had. We had a big storm Sunday night and they were happily safe & dry inside. Monday morning, they were ready to go "home" so we released them back to their outdoor adventures. They ran off happy to be free again. Both kitties are much better off now that they are fixed. Our male Tux will be much less likely to fight and roam and Spot won't have multiple litters. Please consider taking a course in TNR (trap, neuter, release) if offered in your area or educate yourself online. It is a great way to help the kitties in your neighborhood.

Update on Mr. Seven

I just realized that we never did a final post on Seven. For those who remember, a few months ago, my friend Gerry and I found a small black kitty on Seventh Street. He was very hungry, matted, skinny and walking around at 9am. Morning hours are very busy with walking commuters so this is odd behavior to be out and about for city cats. We gave him food and he was just standing out in the rain... also a bit strange. We realized that his eye was not quite right and he was limping. We decided to trap him and took him to the vet and they said he was covered with wounds. His back legs were in bad shape. Although the vet's policy is not to keep feral cats, they kept Seven (cute name right!) for 3 weeks so he could heal. They neutered him and gave him a bunch of antibiotics. He finally got a clean bill of health and although we were hoping to socialize him and make him an indoor kitty, that wasn't meant to be. We had to release Seven back outside, but he was now a neutered male, so much less likely to fight. We have had a few Seven sightings since we released him so it appears he is doing well. The vet said Seven was a day or two away from certain death when we took him in, so he was very lucky to be out and about that morning. As Gerry always says, 'if you see something, do something'.