Well, the cold weather had us all scrambling to make sure all of the cats that were out in the cold are in someplace warm. As much as I am constantly amazed by how hard the volunteers work, I am just as stunned at how dumb and heartless humans can be.
Case in point: I answer messages left on our help line one day every week. We received a call about three strays. Because of the weather we were following up on unclosed situations. This happened to be one of those unclosed situations. Long story short, the concerned caller turned out to be an awful owner and actually lied about her own pets! For pets they are in awful condition. I have the mother, another volunteer has one kitten and we're trying to wrestle away the other kitten from the awful owner.
So far, my newest addition, Emily, is less than pleased. She is a pretty cat, hungry, skinny and, well, hissing. Just what I need.
Fostering homeless animals has its rewards. But when one of the felines throws a wrench into your plans it can become challenging. Natalie (pictured here) is probably one of the funniest cats I have ever seen. She looks almost cartoon-like. Just a wee little cat with a menacing look about her. She is very nice, it's that first impression thing that causes her problems :) When I am typing away at the computer, that is where she usually sits.
The unfortunate thing about her is that she doesn't particularly care for other cats. Okay so that's a little mild, she looks at them as prey. In the animal adoption world, finding a no-pet home for an only-pet cat is a little on the tough side.
So now with the weather in sub-zero land and all of this cat stuff, my exercise regimen has taken a back seat. So it might just be a couple of days but the benefits to mental health are really what I need.
I have a ton of work to do today. So far, I seem to be focusing primarily on the cat part of my bliss. I hope that changes over the course of doing this blog and starting this written word therapy, but we shall see how it goes.
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