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O J - 23 Jan 2005 13:57 GMT Hi All,
If you get binary newsgroups, follow the subject line's advice and drop in to see the pictures and read the stories of Sigourney and Furocious, and also that of Crash. The pictures and stories are just wonderful, and naturally I extended an invitation to come and join us.
According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them.
Regards and Purrs, O J
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Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
Cleo - 16 Feb 2005 01:46 GMT Thanks for all the supportive comments but I have to tell you all a secrete... rescuing cats and kittens and finding them homes is really a selfish deed... no matter what my day has been like, when I come home they always make me smile. That is saying a lot! A couple of other cat sagas are posted on Flippy's Cat Page.
The Very Sick Little Cat http://tinyurl.com/6qcb6
I'm Soo Good, Yeah, Right! http://tinyurl.com/3uhwb
-- Cleo
Cleo
Cleo - 16 Feb 2005 01:49 GMT Let me rephrase that for you... the selfish deed is my secret not my secrete... Today has been one of those long days.
-- Cleo
Cleo
Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
Yoj - 14 Feb 2005 05:52 GMT My hat is off to you, Cleo. I admire you and others like you who foster cats, those who foster barekittens and any others who are selflessness enough to care for, love, and give up their babies, whether two-footed or four.
Joy
> I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to > Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
mlbriggs - 14 Feb 2005 00:45 GMT > I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to > Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- Sending homing purrs for all the needy kitties. MLB
Irulan - 14 Feb 2005 02:40 GMT You are a good soul They have a special place all ready for you at the RB when you are ready to go. And all the kitties you've rescued, fostered and found good homes for that have gone to the RB will be around to thank you. God bless you. Jazz & his mama
> I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to > Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
 Signature Irulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time.
L. (usenetlyn) - 14 Feb 2005 17:17 GMT > I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to > Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I > try so hard to find them all homes of their own. Nicely put, and bless your heart.
hugs, -L.
Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
hobbs - 14 Feb 2005 10:27 GMT Your so right and you obviously live by your standards. Good luck to youon your chosen and very worthwhile path Jean.P.
> I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to > Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
Karen Chuplis - 14 Feb 2005 21:28 GMT Do you accidentally keep sending this over or is your server propagating it repeatedly? You might not know acually I guess. I have been seeing a lot of multiple posts lately. But this one wins!
Adrian - 16 Feb 2005 09:54 GMT > Do you accidentally keep sending this over or is your server > propagating it repeatedly? You might not know acually I guess. I have > been seeing a lot of multiple posts lately. But this one wins! Looking at the time stamp, I'd say the problem is with the server. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat.
Karen - 16 Feb 2005 19:22 GMT Yeah. It's just bizarre! I've never seen it happen so often before. but we finally got a new one!
> > Do you accidentally keep sending this over or is your server > > propagating it repeatedly? You might not know acually I guess. I have [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) > A house is not a home, without a cat. polonca12000 - 14 Feb 2005 21:58 GMT You are a wonderful person! I don't think I'd be able to do what you are doing. Thank you so much for doing it. Lots of best wishes,
 Signature Polonca & Soncek
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> The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a > few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
-- Cleo
Cleo
Cleo - 13 Feb 2005 22:16 GMT I just ran across a message posted here by OJ saying: "According to Cleo, Sigourney and Furocious are still looking for their one-true-home. If you ask me, I think the chances are good that they have found it, even though Cleo claims to only be fostering them."
People often say to me, "Oh, you'll keep this one because you obviously love him a lot". This is true. I love them all. I really love them all. That is why I try so hard to find them all homes of their own.
My friends suffer through my sadness every time I find a home for a cat I have rescued. But it is important for people to understand this: it is my sadness. My sadness counts little. The objective here is to find a true and fated home for the rescued cat. Two points should be obvious... first, if you want to rescue cats and try to find homes for them and only kept the cute ones... you'd have a lot of cats. Second, if you have a lot of cats you intend to keep you quickly become overwhelmed and useless to the cats you are trying to help.
I take lots of pictures, I write down some of their stories, I make posters, I ask lots of people if they would like to adopt a cat, I even take kittens into banks, and I email all who will tolerate my endless pictures of rescued cats and kittens. I sometimes have a rescued cat for over a year before they get their own home. Much, it seems, is just fate. I do recognize that some rescues are more difficult to find homes for than others... but you just never know.
I am a school teacher. About 10 years ago my boss at the district level decided I needed to adopt a cat. My youngest son was leaving for college and, I guess, I was showing signs of the empty nest syndrome. The day she took me around to several shelters I adopted 2 kittens, Simba and Cleo.
The very next year I noticed a kitten hanging around school. She was a few weeks old and very skinny. I picked her up, fed her, took her to the vet, and found a home for her. I have now rescued and found homes for over 100 cats and kittens. Fifty of the rescues have come from the school I teach at and the others have come from local veterinarians and from a few people I know.
I never charge a fee and I do not accept donations. I'm not suggesting that one way or set of rules is better than another way I'm just saying this is how it works for me.
Most of all I wanted to say that I encourage people to get involved but remember to keep the goal clearly fixed. A good heart is not enough. The rescued cats and kittens deserve their very own true and fated homes.
Cleo cleo1@cox.net February 13, 2005
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Cleo
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