http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?action=1&pet.Shelterid=NC292&preview=1&CFID=732583&CFTOKEN=82689766 For the past few months the adoptions have been up!!!! Thank you Webbie for allowing me to post pictures of them on 4042.com! 3 dogs out since I was at the sheler on Friday! Thank you all for telling your friends about the pets available for adoption at the Johnston County Animal Services. Keep telling them and sending them e-mails! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. If you know a rescue group I can contact about a specific breed, please PM me or e-mail me at sandy@alarmconceptsinc.com or s.g.lewis@earthlink.net Please help us save these animals from the shelter. You guys are doing GREAT!!!! Thank you for your support!!!! Sandy 796-5284 (cell) 934-8474 (Shelter)
Harley, how does a de-clawed cat wind up at the JoCo Animal Shelter? It was obviously a beloved pet. Do they know if it was a surrender or a "stray" that was found?
Sugar was a "surrender" to the shelter because of a family members allergies. Luckily Sugar was adopted yesterday!!! There is a tortoise colored coming up for adoption this week that has been declawed and is a super sweet cat. You'll see pictures of it soon!!
A big round of applause for Sandy! Those pics that you have been taking each week and posting on 40/42.com and the Cleveland Post have no doubt helped the adoption rate go up! You are doing a great job!
LOL! That's Kid Rock! You may have to travel to CA to catch up with him. I'm not sure if he's still "seeing" Pamela Anderson or not. I'll have my secretary contact his secretary and see if you can have him.
its funny how the furballs cry, b!itch, moan and complain about the gas chamber, yet harley is the ONLY one actually getting something done for the animals. good job harley.
Actually, I can't take all the credit! JCAPL and Saving Grace get a lot of pets out of the shelter. Just yesterday a lady who rescues cats and kittens came in and took all the moms and their kittens. There are only 2 cats at the shelter and they are feral. I have other people "behind the scenes" helping me also. Mass e-mails are sent out to rescue groups of the pets that are available for adoption at the shelter and that has helped out lots!!! Maybe one day, they will all be adopted / rescued and none have to be put down! That will be a wonderful day! Yes, I'll probably cry that day too, but tears of joy!
Re: last cats Ferals that have been spayed/neutered are ear-clipped at time of surgery and then released back to where they were trapped. The non-profit CatNip will provide vouchers for this service (plus vaccinations) for $20 and requires the ear clip. CatNip does not trap, transport, and release the cat. Some good samaritan has to do this. DON'T attempt TNR if you are untrained. The term "feral" is used loosely to mean cats that are too wild to be adoptable. Unfortunately most ferals originated from domesticated cats that got lost or were abandoned, and then bred. The kittens have little or no human contact and grow up wild (feral). And then go on to breed more ferals. If "feral" kittens can be captured about 5-10 weeks of age, they can frequently be tamed to become good pets. However, it take special care to tame them, and some never become very social with humans.
Both kitties that I adopted were from shelters and declawed. I didn't want a declawed cat, these are cats that happened to be big Maine Coons and both were scheduled for euthenasia when I adopted them. This is a topic that gets people very emotional, so I will just give you my opinion as someone who has been in rescue for years: When people surrender an animal - Allergy - is the Number 1 reason. It is usually not the truth though. Many times they want to be rid of the animal and they simply don't want someone to talk them out of it or think that they are uncaring, so they use ALLERGY. OR the animal has an issue - damage to the home, chewing, housebreaking/litter training problems and they feel guilty, like maybe they didn't spend enough effort to correct the problem and want to give the pet a chance at being adopted so they make something up that sounds safe. Yes, there are plenty of people with allergies...I just find it had to believe that the SPCA of Wake County when I was a counselor there got 15 surrenders on an average day and half of them were due to allergies. Now for the sensitive part - Many cats surrendered to shelters are declawed. If you go to the SPCA of Wake, I will bet at any given time they have at least 2 on hand that are declawed. If you take the percentage of cats in the world and the percentage of declawed cats in the world, 2 declawed out of 20 surrendered, an average of 10% is a BIG number. Many of the declawed cats that initially go into shelters arrived there because they were declawed too old (anything over 6 months may have a severely negative impact on the cats attitude - you just cut off their number 1 line of natural defense and all they have left to defend themselves with is their teeth...very unnatural for a cat to deal with.) Even those done young may end up with 'emotional problems' from the surgery. Declawed cats can become biters Resort to hiding (they realize they have little defences) House Soil (their feet are uncomfortable in a litter box, so they opt for the soft carpet) This cat likely lived with the family for a little time before it was de-clawed. I don't know, maybe I am just stupid, but everyone I know with allergies to dogs or cats shows symptoms with a very short time of being in contact, or being in a room where the animal has been! Yes, there are nice lasers used now in surgery to declaw cats. Just understand one thing, you are not just removing the cats nails, you are amputating them from the first 'knuckle' out. If you did that to me, I might not be the nicest person to be around. Sure there are plenty of kitties who are declawed who experience no negative effects from being declawed. The ones that do end up in shelters. There are also more than 15 countries that BANNED this type of surgery unless an owner has severe diabetes (where skin tears easily) is a hemopheoliac, or has HIV/AIDS If you want a declawed cat, go to a shelter and adopt one who has already been done. If you won't listen to my advice, and wish I would pound salt...then please don't be a total barbarian and declaw both front and rear. If you declaw them you gotta keep them inside, they have no way to fight off another cat and 99% can no longer climb trees without having bone break through the skin and bleed. Declawed doesn't mean that thee cat was loved at any time in it's life. It means someone did not want to deal with a cat scratching humans or their furniture. I am not beating up on any of you who choose to declaw their cats. My sister declaws all of hers, my Aunt too. When they get the occasional cat who develops a [problem, they deal with it and work with the problem and keep it for the lifetime committment they promised when they brought the animal into their family. My beef is with the people who declaw, end up with a different issue to deal with and than dump the animal off at a shelter or rescue, or worse - take it for a ride and let it fend for itself.
Don't be scared away from adopting an already-declawed cat. There are many possible reasons why the cat was dumped. Cats, just like people, have different personalities. Adopt based on best fit for your household. Both declawed and clawed cats need loving, compatible homes.
My friends, who I refer to on the board every now and again have 1 Dal/Lab mix and 4 Siamese cats! :shock: 2 Female and 2 Males, well the male cats were slicing each other open like swiss cheese and the younger one got declawed but not the older one. (He picks the fights too) Their vet told them the older one was just too old to have it done, I still say get him declawed too, that way it's an even fight! Mattie still has her nails even though she is deaf and will never be outside nor will we have another cat or kitten in her lifetime!
ferals Yes, Animal Lover, I have lots of experience with ferals. What I asked, was wether the cat in the shelter was true feral (tagged/ear cut) or just one they were calling a feral. Most people make that mistake about "wild or abandoned cats" I find it is very unlikely to see a tagged/clipped feral end up at the shelters and if they do most shelters will contact a feral group so the cat can be released into a colony somewhere. Harley's post said they had two feral cats left for adoption and I was looking for clarification on whether they were "wild" or "feral (tagged/clipped)"
Re: ferals Odd, the tagged/clipped is to indicate a released feral that has been neutered, which would not be different from any other feral otherwise. http://www.homelesscatnetwork.org/homelesscatsferalswhatisaferalcat.shtml What is a Feral Cat? By definition a feral cat is a cat that exists in a wild or untamed state. Feral cats are found all over the United States and most other countries. The United Kingdom has an enormous feral cat problem and colonies of feral cats can be found catching rats in the ruins of Rome. To some, they are a nuisance, but for others they are a necessary fact of life.
