Dear PUMA Friends, Keep Up the Good Blog-Work! (PS. Don't Defend the Congressional Flasher.)

Dear PUMA friends,

I've simply been too busy to blog of late. This is one of the worst kitten seasons we have ever been immersed in. And saving little feline lives is taking up most of my time.

I continue to read your posts on a daily basis. You are my "go to" for news.

Keep up the good work!

SYD

PS. Some of you need to stop defending the congressional flasher. He is not a Bill Clinton. He has not been caught in "an extramarital affair." Anthony Weiner is a classic sex offender. And like all flashers he loves attention. Enough already!

AAAckkk! Kitten Season is Upon Us (Why Can't Folks Just Spay and Neuter?)

In the past week, our tiny rescue has taken in four mama cats with litters of at least five each. And we are just now seeing the rev-up to kitten season.

I mourn for all the little lives that will be lost this Spring. Because there just simply are not enough places for them to go on living...

We are building a new sanctuary now. To house some of the mamas, after their kittens are weaned. But... it will never be enough.

That is the saddest part of rescue work.

No Rahm, We Have Not Been Rescued. (Summertime sucks if you are a kitten, especially if you are black.)

No Rahm, the economy has NOT been rescued. And neither have we!

This summer sucks, just as does the economy. No expendable income means no pet adoptions. The backlog is killing us. Literally.

There are, in fact, many wonderful, young cats and kittens in need at this time. Just like us. Many of the unclaimed are black. We are desperately in need of homes, or foster homes to prevent you-know-what, from happening to us.

Can you help by providing temporary or permanent safe harbor for one cat? Or a couple of kittens?? If you can foster, our rescue will offer some help with food and litter. If you can't foster, but want to help, please consider making a donation HERE.

Us kitties thank you!

And so does SYD.

Another Kitty Rescue Completed!

On Friday evening we drove to Lexington KY. To rescue five kitties that were "out of time" in Pikeville.

It was amazing to see how many little lives were saved that evening. All because ONE woman named Jane, went into the shelter and sent us photos of the ones that needed help. Then she took Friday evening to get them all to Lexington... where six of us met her, each taking a few.



Just exactly how rescue works is a mystery to many. People will ask me "where do you get them from?" Well, this is classic. And quite often how it comes together. JUST ONE PERSON takes an interest in helping the pets in a particular shelter. She starts contacting folks like me, to see if we have room. She builds a network of potential foster situations and... wala ...

One rainy Friday evening... dozens of lives are saved!