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my two babies are named Edgar & Raven. They are the black variety with chocolate tips &
gorgeous neck ruffs. The poor darlings are "foundlings"...I found them a week before Christmas. They appear to be litter mates; the male is slightly larger than the female and he
isn't as "kittenish". I estimate that they are just under one year old. I strongly suspect Miss
Raven has been spayed; there is a large patch of hair missing on her abdomen that makes her look like a shorn sheep! Plus while rubbing her tummy I felt scar tissue about 2 inches long. I've noticed that since I found them their "plumage" has gotten
fuller and Raven has tufts of light gray fur growing on top of her toes like a little Hobbit....too cute!
In doing endless searching on the internet to try & figure out
what kind of kitties I have, I'm 99.99999 % certain that this is the correct breed. Why on earth anyone would toss them out is beyond me. All I know is my whole family adores them even
if they are a little pesky (they both like to steal little treasures out of my teenage son's room...like golf balls, candy containers, etc...my son has built an "anti-cat barricade" under
his bed but they quickly breached his security perimeter!). I don't have any pictures developed yet but I'm attaching a picture of the cat that convinced me
that this is what my puddy tats are.... By the way, you asked for other characteristics describing them: how about "cat in a dog
suit"? or not terribly graceful? (mine tend to land with a thud or miss their target entirely!) Brenda Schardine
E-mail : Brenda.Schardine@CEN.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL Lawton, OK 
JUSTICE FOR MAX
I am writing to you in hopes that justice can be
better served in this particular case and bring better
attention to cat abuse everywhere. Too many times people simply tend to look the other way and ignore the ever burgeoning problem that goes on daily . Max's story and
his mom, Denice's struggle for justice is a sad and tragic tale that I feel should be told. The person who is supposedly responsible for Max's brutal
murder by way of a golf club and a rock is a Juvenile Parole Officer - a member of law enforcemnt by the name of James Lacy, which is making Denice's fight for justice in this case
that much more difficult. Because of her delicate position she is unable to go to the media for help in getting Max's story out. This is where I learned of the story and at the initial hearing in
the greater Sacramento, California court house on March 14th I was able to press the local television news organizations and gain an incredible amount of news coverage for the plight of
this case. The next hearing is scheduled for April 30th and we are trying to relay the message to the cat loving public to please attend this next hearing to lend and show support for justice
as well as to get the word out, generally. Please follow this link to read the complete story:
http://www.geocities.com/jillserena/max.html. Please feel free to contact me at the above email or call me at (904) 997-6069 for further details.
Sincerely,
Chuck Gramling Police Officer Disciplined For Euthanizing Cat 
Animal abuse is a crime, punishable by local laws. If you or someone you know witnesses animal abuse, contact your local authorities
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E-mail to chendel@quiknet.com Dear Cats United,
I just found an article which in an horrifying way describes a lab institute in New Jersey, USA.
It is called Huntingdon and is used by companies like Colgate-Palmolive and Procter&Gamble for testing of cleaning and hygien products on animals.
It was made public by an association here called Nordic Association against cruel animal testing. They have received a video which was taken without the knowledge of the lab. It was
shown on television here in Sweden yesterday. It made many people cry, myself included. I have tried to translate as correctly as possible and to pass on the feeling I have that something
must be done. At least by telling about it, we might have won something.
They are nasorgastricly feeding different ingredients of cleaning products to dogs for periods of
years. It is done in a very brutal way and the personel are joking and scorning the obviously terrified animals. An ape is smeared with some lotion before given electric shocks, time after
time. Personel comment: Dance, dance! Keep calm or I will bite Your face!
The mistreatment of animals at Huntingdon is nothing new. Just this year in June the british
departement of the lab had their licenses to perform testing on animals revoked because of it.
The companies Colgate-Palmolive and Procter&Gamble will take no responsability for what
goes on and swear that they knew nothing of it.
Do they mean that they knew nothing of the feeding of cleaning products to animals? Nothing
of using electric shock? Do they mean that they knew nothing about the way their products are beeing tested, and nothing about the results of the tests? Nothing about the licence beeing revoked?
To me, it is an cowardly try to cover up a matter that could and should make consumers more aware of how the products they are using are beeing tested.
Unfortunately, the companies will not tell which products have been tested at the Huntingdon Institution, but to me it really does not matter. If the companies are so careless in choosing
whom to work with, there probably are many other places just like this one. Since we have no way of knowing, the Nordic Association against cruel animal testing reccommends us to
boycott the companies in total.
Check the products You are using to see if they are tested on animals! If You are not sure, don't buy it! Say no to testing of hygien and cleaning products on animals!
CALLING ALL CAT LOVERS
Sandra Evers
I realize there may very well be some of you who read this
that will be thinking well of course, how could you be so stupid? Honest, stupidity is not my strongest suit. But ignorance rather than stupidity nearly cost us our cats life.
We have all heard of or seen the unbecoming result of a cats encounter with the christmas tree icicles tinsel. How can we blame them? It's bright and shiny, it moves with
the slightest air current. NO, it is not icicles that brought Spencer near to his demise.
Instead, innocent curling ribbon on a child's birthday balloon, 1/4 inch curling ribbon. No
sparkle,no real movement just laying on the floor with a wilting balloon. At least this is how we believe he came to acquire it.
Spencer is a three and a half year old blue point Himalayan. Not too fancy but beautiful in our eyes (except maybe my husband, he is not a cat lover merely a tolerator.) Spencer is not
show quality nor a stud but our baby. Somewhere along the line he must have found a fondness for white curling ribbon.
The evening of my daughter's seventh birthday party the trouble began. Spencer began vomitting a clear foamy emesis. Nothing much I thought just nerves. Spencer hates crowds
and eight screaming girls more than fill that category. (For days after my husband's thirtieth birthday he was sullen and aloof). It's just Spencer being his usual highstrung self I thought but
it, continued through the night and the next day he was becoming increasingly less responsive. Not even giving my husband a second look. Time to see the vet! Spencer saw
Dr.John that day. He felt it was more than nerves and kept Spencer for observations. Spencer became increasingly worse through the night. X-rays showed blockage in his intestines.
Surgery revealed a two foot long piece of 1/4 inch wide white ribbon...curling ribbon. It had moved through his stomach and into the intestines. Once there the natural movement of
digestion had accordianed his intestines, blocking them.
Ours is a happy ending Spencer is recovering nicely. He is back to hissing at my husband,
bounding into the kids bedrooms in the morning for a little loving, following me all around, and eating on his own.
This time we got lucky and we are doing our best to make sure Spencer access to ribbons and strings is very limited. This real life drama has been written with the hopes it will help other
cats. Apparently not all are as lucky as Spencer. Keep your cats safe check your home for potential hazards. Cats have been known to eat, ribbon, string, thread (with needles attached),
tree tinsel, cord off roasts and so much more.
A little caution exercised now could save you heartache, time and money but most of all your cat's life.
Note: Thank You Sandra for this story and considering to publish it on Cats United International. We wish you and Spencer all the best. To Top |
