Fuzzy Freda's Forever Home!

This adorably fuzzy little kitten is Freda, one of nine kittens rescued from under a deck in the spring, along with their momma, Mary.

Soon after the kittens were placed in foster care, one suddenly became sick and died, and we realized that the kittens had been exposed to feline distemper. Thanks to proactive veterinary care and lots of TLC from loving foster homes, all 8 of the remaining kittens survived the incubation period and are thriving in foster care as they wait for their forever homes.

Freda is the first of these kittens to be adopted, and she went to join a wonderful family in Swift Current where she enjoys hanging out with her buddy, Zoey.

We are so pleased that this sweet kitten got a happy ending.

Alanna

Xander being cute!!!

Xander is in foster care with Roxanne, and his sister Astro Girl. Here he is with his fave blanket!

Bottle fed babies thriving

These five lovable kittens are being capably fostered by Darlene. They were rescued from the street by our feral cat team about two weeks ago now. Their feral momma was trapped and spayed, and returned to her home territory where she will be supported as part of the colonies that we maintain in North Central. However, these kittens will have a much different life!

All five are happy and healthy, and will be very trusting, loving cats as they have been hand raised by humans. They will all be available for adoption at the end of this month.

-Sarah

PS. The larger siamese kitten in one of the photos is another kitten that Darlene fostered and saved, and ended up keeping :)

Milo's happily ever after

Milo is a sweet young male tabby who took refuge in Sandra's backyard early this spring. Sandra took an interest in this charismatic homeless kitty, and asked around the area to find out if he had a home. No one came forward, so she asked me if PFA could help. We arranged for Milo to be neutered, and Sandra offered to foster him. In a surprise twist, Milo escaped from Sandra's yard almost as soon as he got home from the vet and disappeared. Sandra eventually located him at the Regina Humane Society. Apparently someone had trapped him and taken him in.

Sandra took this well travelled feline home, and he has made friends with her formerly anti-social older female cat, LB. Sandra has formally adopted him, and he is doing extremely well!

Sandra is a great example of a community member who is willing to work alongside PFA to ensure a happy ending for a stray cat.

-Sarah

PFA and a new partnership

Now that People for Animals has charitable status with Revenue Canada, we are able to maximize many of our community efforts. One of these opportunities is to place some adoptable cats in the Adoption Center of the PetSmart store in the east end of Regina. I was in the store last night and got a detailed tour of the facilities, along with the chance to discuss the process at length with the management. I am truly excited about this partnership as PetSmart shares much of the same ideology as PFA when it comes to the importance of sterilization, and pet rescue.

We hope to complete the application process in the next few weeks, and to begin placing cats in the adoption center by Sept. PetSmart has a great track record of adoptions, and I think it will really help find homes for more cats.

Part of this arrangement is that we will provide volunteers to work in the adoption center. The duties will be to clean the cages, clean litter boxes, socialize the cats, and deal with the public if they want to visit with any of the cats. Shifts will be two hours long. I will be setting up a set schedule of shifts that need to be filled - we will be working around the already established shifts that the Humane Society is already filling.

I am posting this note to gather names of people who might be interested in working in the adoption center occasionally. Also, we will be looking for a volunteer adoption center coordinator to take things over from me once things are up and running (to recruit volunteers to fill shifts, liason with PetSmart, and work with me to place cats in spaces there). I know that many of you already do lots for PFA - please don't feel pressured to participate. I just wanted to make sure that I reached anyone who might be interested.

Please drop me a line if this might interest you.

Thanks so much,

Sarah

badbunnygirl@hotmail.com

A Special Rescue - Bud Firemoon

This handsome boy is Bud Firemoon. He was recently rescued off the streets of North Central by Dona, a dedicated PFA foster home and feral team volunteer with a soft spot for special needs cats.

Poor Bud was fending for himself on the streets for quite a while, even though he had a collar and tattoo. When rescued he weighed only 5 1/2 pounds. He is approximately 10 years old and has a thyroid condition, so he would not have been able to last out on the street if he hadn't been rescued.

Now he is safe and getting the food, medication and love that he needs. According to his foster mom, he is a little love sponge who rewards her efforts with much affection!

We are so glad for volunteers like Dona who care for special cats like this.

Alanna

An update on Sammy-girl

Sammy has been in my care since May, when I was able to trap her in my backyard shed. Shortly after being rescued, Sammy gave birth to kittens.

Sadly, only one of her kittens survived past the first week. However, Sammy took excellent care of Jellybean, and he has now been adopted into a loving family.

Sammy has shown great progress in her time at my house.

She actually began living in my backyard almost a year ago when she was still just a kitten herself. She showed a great deal of curiousity about me and my critters, often perching on the top of the cat run to look in my bedroom window. She would also play with my cats through the mesh of the cat run. Sammy wintered in my outdoor cat shelter, and I was so glad to finally trap her in the spring, although sadly it wasn't soon enough to prevent a pregnancy.

I am seeing Sammy as a long term fostering project. She trusts me now, and allowed me to touch her babies when she had them. Sammy will come up to me and smell my fingers, although I still can't touch her. In the evenings, she comes up upstairs and explores the house, and she loves going out into the cat run. I am confident that she will eventually become a loving housecat, but that she will need at least 6 more months.

Sammy is the kind of cat that we normally don't have the fostering resources available to spend the time taming. Instead, a semi-feral cat like her would go to a farm or a colony where we would support them. However, I feel very proprietary about her since she has lived in my yard for so long, and so I am content to have her here as long as it takes...

-Sarah