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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2005Indiana Feral Park Cats: Final Update (I hope)
Apologies for taking so long to post this (hopefully) final update on the feral park cats in Richmond, Indiana. Ironically, it was politics that solved the problem. A new mayor was elected, and she even (while campaigning) went out with the caretakers and helped feed the ferals! She has since worked with the caretakers and they have an agreement that they will be left alone to do what they need to do for the cats. I'm sure all your calls, e-mails and letters helped make a difference. I suspect this issue was the defining one in the election, in fact. There is an excellent summary of what has happened at the following URL: http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=newsletter Under "April 2005 Feral Focus" click on your preference for viewing. Thank you so much for taking your time and energy to help these cats. May they continue to have a happy future. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) glsum...@neptunelink.com wrote: > http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=newsletter > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Ginger-lyn That's great! As a former Hoosier, I'm glad Indiana wasn't backward this time. Candace > glsum...@neptunelink.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > That's great! As a former Hoosier, I'm glad Indiana wasn't backward > this time. Oh gross. I can hear that little nasal accent with the broad vowels now. I should have known. > "Candace" <maccandace@aol.com> wrote in message > > Oh gross. I can hear that little nasal accent with the broad > vowels now. I should have known. Well, it's nice you have a whole state figured out but, sorry to disappoint, I was born in a suburb of Chicago and lived there until I was 9 when we moved to Indiana, northern Indiana. My speech patterns were already established by then and, anyway, people from northern Indiana don't have the same accent as those from southern Indiana. But thanks for caring. Candace > Well, it's nice you have a whole state figured out but, sorry to > disappoint, I was born in a suburb of Chicago and lived there until I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Candace Oh, Candace, you probably don't even have the loverly South Chicago drawl..."Chi-cawh-go!" -L. > That's great! As a former Hoosier, I'm glad Indiana wasn't backward > this time. > > Candace Don't you have to be born there to be considered a Hoosier? Or did you go to IU in Bloomington? -L. > > That's great! As a former Hoosier, I'm glad Indiana wasn't backward > > this time. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -L. Moved to northern Indiana from Illinois when I was 9 so I went to school in Indiana longer than in Illinois. I went to Purdue (Boilermakers) in West Lafayette, not IU. My parents still live in Indiana. I have far more of an Indiana connection than an Illinois connection. But I've been in AZ longer than anywhere so now I consider myself an Arizonan. But I always say I'm *from* Indiana. Candace > Moved to northern Indiana from Illinois when I was 9 so I went to > school in Indiana longer than in Illinois. I went to Purdue [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Candace Gotcha. I grew up in IL but lived and worked in Indy for 9 years from 89-98. Did a lot of joint research with Purdue. My Mom lived in IL still, so I did a lot of driving I-65 over those 9 years. :) -L. > Gotcha. I grew up in IL but lived and worked in Indy for 9 years from > 89-98. Did a lot of joint research with Purdue. My Mom lived in IL > still, so I did a lot of driving I-65 over those 9 years. :) Where in IL? I was born in Rockford and my father's side of the family were all in Chicago. Candace > > Gotcha. I grew up in IL but lived and worked in Indy for 9 years > from [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Candace Kankakee - about 50 miles south of the city. I grew up on the river. :) My Mom lived in the same house from '69 until she died in '01. :) My sister has her house now. -L. > > > Gotcha. I grew up in IL but lived and worked in Indy for 9 years > > from [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -L. Now why is this not surprising at all? LOL > > > Gotcha. I grew up in IL but lived and worked in Indy for 9 years > > from [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -L. > Kankakee - about 50 miles south of the city. I grew up on the river. > :) My Mom lived in the same house from '69 until she died in '01. :) > My sister has her house now. > > -L. K3, cool, one of my cousins has a cottage or summer house or something on the river there (K3). I believe it sustained quite a bit of damage a few years ago due to flooding. Candace > K3, cool, one of my cousins has a cottage or summer house or something > on the river there (K3). I believe it sustained quite a bit of damage > a few years ago due to flooding. > > Candace yeah, my brother's house is on the river, and it neared his back deck but never made it to the house. My sister's house is about a block or so away - so it was safe. :) -L. <snip> >Where in IL? I was born in Rockford and my father's side of the family >were all in Chicago. No Way!! I live in Rockford now!! neato!! Justin (grew up in Frankfort,IL) > No Way!! I live in Rockford now!! > > neato!! > > Justin > (grew up in Frankfort,IL) Cool! The Forest City or something like that, isn't it? Lotsa trees. I haven't been there in a long time but my mom goes at least once a year. We still have a few relatives there and she has a lot of friends. Candace > > (grew up in Frankfort,IL) > > Cool! The Forest City or something like that, isn't it? It's known as "Historic Frankfort" and has cool little shops, like a candy/ice cream store, a very interesting furniture store with Amish-type pieces, and a quirky restaurant called Cactus Carol's that my former beau took me to a couple times. See <http://www.slywy.com/carols.jpg>.  Signaturehttp://www.slywy.com/ > > > (grew up in Frankfort,IL) > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > former beau took me to a couple times. See > <http://www.slywy.com/carols.jpg>. Sorry, I meant Rockford, I thought it was called the Forest City. I think I read that somewhere a few years ago in some trivia stuff. Candace Me too! Spent the first 25 years of my life there. I'm glad the kitties were helped. Rhonda > That's great! As a former Hoosier, I'm glad Indiana wasn't backward > this time. > > Candace glsum...@neptunelink.com wrote: > Apologies for taking so long to post this (hopefully) final update on > the feral park cats in Richmond, Indiana. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against > Animals in Movies Website) Thanks for posting this. I had sort of forgotten about it. -L. Wonderful news!! Thanks for letting us know. Gail > Apologies for taking so long to post this (hopefully) final update on > the feral park cats in Richmond, Indiana. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against > Animals in Movies Website) Yeah for Indiana!!! Two of our five fur babies were strays from Bloomington...we aquired them in less than one year and had to move before we took in anymore. LOL we have lived in Georgia for almost 5 years now and have only "acquired" one stray! Lisa www.hoosierkitties.com Hoosier Kitties |
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