News from 2012
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Thank you to minister Coveney, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and, the department vets who vetted us, for the allocation of funding we received in January which will enable us to continue. Also, without the support of the people who have given us monies, food and blankets throughout 2011 and recently those who sent us Christmas donations. You have enabled us to keep going and do that little bit more for a cat and a thank you as you have helped get a cat neutered and fed. Every donation and kindness is gratefully received and wonderful. Lastly,a big thank you to the people who have gotten many feral cats and kittens neutered and to those who have adopted from us, and may your kindness be rewarded.
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This is Shandon, one of our happy stories.
Shandon is a timid "feral" cat who had three kittens in a bedroom wardrobe just off Shandon Street. We stepped in and took her and her kittens into a foster-home, but when the time came for her kittens to get homes of their own, Shandon was miserable. After she was neutered, she came to another fosterer, who had other kittens. She sat on a wall, longing to go and play with and cuddle them, but she was too afraid. However, day by day she got bolder, and now she bosses them around, stops fights, licks and cuddles them. One of those "win win" occasions. We hope that she will take to new kittens when the current litter goes to their own homes, and will gradually come to trust humans too.
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Anne Fitzgerald - An Appreciation
Some weeks ago, Cork
lost a great champion of animals. Anne Fitzgerald was unique. She lived a life
that would be impossible for most of us, fighting the local and seasonal cruelty
against all animals. Her special talent was caring for tiny orphan kittens often
only days old, and needing to be fed every two hours, day and night. One night
is hard enough, but Anne would do this over the summer season, for batch after
batch of kittens.
Her family and her animals were always her main concern.
God bless and welcome you Anne, and may all the animals whose short lives you
helped, come to greet you.
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URGENT
July 2011
We have been asked to help a lady who is undergoing cancer treatment. She has 9
feral cats in her garden. She feeds them all and enjoys them being around. However, to add to her stress her
neighbours want her to put down all the cats. An educated guess is that they
think if she goes into hospital then they will have cats bothering them. What she has asked us to do is neuter
the 9 cats to stop them having more kittens but she does not have the money to
do this herself. There are kittens also but at this moment in time they are all
too young to be neutered. We get a discounted rate for
neutering, so to neuter the 9 cats it will cost € 380, but as there are 8
females and if all of them are pregnant it could be as high as € 485 The reason we are asking for money is
that we are financially impoverished (i.e. f*&ked) , so if you can you spare a
fiver or a tenner or any amount at all we could fund this case, help the cats
and help someone be less stressed. If anyone can help and wants to send
a cheque made out to cat action trust to my address: ellen mccormack
killeenleigh aghabullogue cork county or you could use our paypal link on the
help page of our website www.catactiontrust.com. Another option is to go into a bank
and do a transfer to our cat action account : the details you will need are BANK: Bank of Ireland IBAN: IE57 BOFI 9028 0514 205875 Everyone who helps will have their
name (first name with or without surname as you wish) put on the sponsor page we
are starting on our website as a recognition. update: THANK YOU to Carol, Lucy, Elspeth,
Siobhain and Pauline who all contributed towards this cause and we are happy to
say that all of the mum cats were taken and neutered thanks to Linda who got
them to the vet and back again once they had recovered.
BRANCH: Wilton, Cork.
SORT CODE: 90-28-05
ACCOUNT NO: 14205875
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This is An amazing interaction between a tabby
cat and three dolphins.:
http://www.wimp.com/catdolphins/
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Robert Pattinson Adopts A Shelter Dog:
-Robert Pattinson has adopted a dog from a Louisiana shelter during the filming of the next Twilight installment, Breaking Dawn (unleash the “Aww’s!”).
The 24-year-old admitted that he saved the dog to also save himself from boredom while on set, as many of his remote location shoots leave him without visitors.
Such is the fate of many animals that wind up in shelters, and what a lucky puppy to get paired with Pattinson who has already admitted to spoiling his new best friend, “He’s been freaked out. It’s funny. I got a private plane here (to Los Angeles) from Louisiana, where I was filming Twilight, so he came out of the shelter and the next day he’s on a private plane. A bit like Lady And The Tramp.”
Source Ecorazzi.com
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