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Let the craziness begin...

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Kittens are coming... endless TNR cats are coming...and we are (barely) keeping up for now! We had to make the hard decision to send two of our hardest cases to LPF to hope for better networking and behavior assessment. Since they are slow this time of year, we knew this was the time to try since they'd been with us for over a year. We tried to help a feral mama, that one of the TNR volunteers had taken - she gave birth to 5 kittens before her spay appointment. The volunteer refused help when the mama wasn't feeding the kittens until it was too late. Almost 36 hours after the kittens were born, we finally were able to get to her home to take them into our care and the mama had killed them all. Every single kitten. Toby was another hard case. He came to us from a trailer park in Batavia - which is typically too far for our volunteers to help with, however we knew he needed it. He was walking unsteady and skin and bones. We discovered he had cancer and he passed quietly...
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Gotcha

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Tuesday was a bust, but Wednesday & Thursday were great Gotcha Days.  We took 2 more off the streets with help from our TNR friends.  A beautiful gray unneutered male missing all the fur on one ear from territory battles, and a female in heat.  Both fending for themselves out there. The gray one, Miles, we were able to get into the vet immediately.  He is FeLV + and deaf!  Feline Leukemia is very contagious so those cats are difficult to place.  Thankfully he is very friendly, and one of our fosters has a FeLV+ kitty and was able to take him in.  That's rare.  It's not usually that easy, but we are so grateful when it is. The tabby female went to a temporary foster home until her regular foster could pick her up today.  She is very friendly! And today we took in the big black male with a huge head wound.  I think people are afraid to get involved because of the unknowns.  But it's what we do every day.  ...
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Never Ending

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This year was record breaking for us - saving 367 cats and kittens, not including the ones we lost along the way. That's more than a cat a day.  Many people cannot understand why we devote all of our spare time (plus some) to a never ending cause. And honestly, until you experience it first hand, you won't ever understand. The sleepless nights bottle feeding day old kittens, or helping a first time mama give birth to her numerous kittens, or cancelling plans because there is a "rescue emergency." The emotional roller coaster of success and heartbreak, all in the same breath. This year is starting out with an extreme cold front, dropping down to single digits with an estimated 12" of snow heading out way. There are 4 cats right now that we are trying to get indoors - a race against the clock. Three of them are outside without any shelter, and chase after the TNR caregiver's car as she leaves after feeding them every morning. The fourth is outdoors as well,...
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