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Cat Forum / Rescue / November 2007Unique cat rescue places loving pets with the elderly
Often the elderly are both lonely and afraid to take on a pet due to financial limitations or fears that no one will care for their kitty when they pass away. Kittens Inc was founded in 1978 by Mary Nell Weatherred who recognized that these two groups needed each other! She placed socialized stray cats with elderly and, if necessary due to financial hardship, provided food, litter and vet services. If the cat outlived their human partner, the cat came back to Kittens Inc. Helped the strays, made life more pleasant for the elderly. Please visit the website at www.kittensinc.com. If you like the idea, start a similar group in your community! If you are in the Dallas area, please consider making a donation or adopting a cat or kitten. My earlier post describes some lovely kittens and cats currently available. They are living in a private home and are quite social and very pretty. Thanks..... Please contact me with any questions, interest, etc. by emailing: christine in van alstyne at Brian And Christine dot com put underscores between the words of the first half, change the word at to the at sign and run the rest of it all together (no spaces or underscores) with the dot changed to, well, a dot. bump!! > Often the elderly are both lonely and afraid to take on a pet due to > financial limitations or fears that no one will care for their kitty [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > to the at sign and run the rest of it all together (no spaces or > underscores) with the dot changed to, well, a dot. I'm trying to find out if there are any laws regarding abandonment of a cat by tenants that were evicted from the house. I called the Humane Society, as well as about 10 different rescue places, all with excuses that they don't want or can't take cats. Aren't there laws to fine the people who abandon animals? I hear from time to time about people leaving dogs in homes with no food or water, and they alway want to find the people who left them there. Why not cats? I live in Western Pennsylvania, and would appreciate knowing who to call and what to do. Thank you! Mickie Yes there are laws and the humane society is required to investigate but unfortunately if they seize the animals unless a home can be found in a few days the furball will probably be put to sleep if there is no room. If you can find a no kill shelter or somebody to take the furball do so please also are these outside cats if so they might have been strays. The law views animals as property if the a@@holes are caught the penalty is never enough > I'm trying to find out if there are any laws regarding abandonment of a > cat by tenants that were evicted from the house. I called the Humane [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thank you! > Mickie Here are shelters And rescue in Penn. Good luck Allentown Animals In Distress a No Kill shelter 10 Fashion Dr, Allentown, PA 610-264-5554 Email Barnesboro Northern Cambria Shelter Park Ave Ext, Barnesboro, PA 814-948-4478 Callery Animal Control Office 217 Main St Ext, Callery, PA 412-538-8866 Chambersburg Cumberland Valley Shelter 2325 Country Rd, Chambersburg, PA 717-263-5791 Conshohocken Montgomery County SPCA 19 E. Ridge Pike, Conshohocken, PA 19428-0222 (610) 825-0111 Danville Danville SPCA 2801 Bloom Rd, Danville, PA (717) 275-0340 Email Derry Action For Animals Rr 2, Derry, PA 412-539-2544 Eighty Four Humane Society Route 136, Eighty Four, PA 412-222-7387 Erie Humane Society 418 W 38th St, Erie, PA 814-866-7411 Elizabeth Western PA Humane Society 1680 Fallen Timber Rd, Elizabeth, PA 412-751-2010 Hazleton Hazleton City Animal Shelter 101 N Poplar St, Hazleton, PA 717-454-0640 Honesdale Dessin Animal Shelter Rr 5 Box 115, Honesdale, PA 717-253-4037 Indiana Four Footed Friends Rustic Lodge Rd, Indiana, PA 412-349-1144 Indiana Humane Society of Indiana County Indiana, PA 412-465-7387 Irwin Adopt-A-Pet Inc PO Box 91, Irwin, PA 412-864-1813 Kittanning Orphans of The Storm Rr 8 Box 285, Kittanning, PA 412-548-4520 Lancaster Humane League of Lancaster County 2195 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster, PA (717) 393-6551 Email Media Delaware County Society 555 Sandy Bank Rd, Media, PA 610-566-1370 Monroeville Municipality of Monroeville SPCA 200 Starr Dr, Monroeville, PA 412-856-9208 New Hope Make Peace With Animals New Hope, PA 215-862-0605 New Kensington Animal Protectors-Allegheny 533 Linden Ave, New Kensington, PA 412-339-7388 Northampton Northampton Boro Animal Shelter Hokendauqua Creek & Main St, Northampton, PA 610-262-7387 Perkiomenville Montgomery County SPCA 1059 Sweifford Rd, Perkiomenville, PA 18074 (610) 489-7510 Philipsburg Philipsburg SPCA Rte 3, Philipsburg, PA, 814-342-3810 Pittsburgh Animal Friends 2643 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 412-566-2103 Pittsburgh Animal Rescue League-Western PA 6620 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 412-661-6452 Pittsburgh Spay-Neuter Coordination Center 2936 W Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 412-341-8446 Pittsburgh Western PA Humane Society 1101 Western Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 412-321-4625 Pottsville Hillside SPCA PO Box 233, Pottsville, PA (570) 622-7769 Rockwood Green Acres Sanctuary Rr 2, Rockwood, PA 814-926-4902 Roslyn Montgomery County SPCA 1006 Edge Hill Rd, Roslyn, PA 19001 (215) 886-8802 State College PAWS of State College 1044 Benner Pike, State College, PA 814-237-8722 Stroudsburg Pennsylvania SPCA Animal Farm Rd, Stroudsburg, PA 717-421-6761 Tamaqua Tamaqua SPCA 406 Pitt St, Tamaqua, PA 717-668-4414 Thomasville Thomasville SPCA Rr 1, Thomasville, PA 717-225-5532 Uniontown Fayette Spca Rankin Air Shaft Rd, Uniontown, PA 412-438-3121 Uniontown Fayette Friends of Animals Flo Fronczek, Pres, PO Box 1282, Uniontown, PA 15401 (724) 434-1422 Email Verona Animal Rescue League of Western PA 6000 Verona Rd, Verona, PA (412) 793-6900 Warren Animal Rescue 57 Cobham Park Rd # A, Warren, PA 814-723-7007 Washington People For Animal Welfare 850 W Chestnut St, Washington, PA 412-229-7297 Waynesburg Humane Society of Greene County 2629 Mt Morris Rd, Waynesburg, PA 15370 (724) 627-9988 Wellsboro Wellsboro SPCA Rr 6, Wellsboro, PA 717-724-3687 West Middlesex Shenango Valley Animal Shelter 2599 Broadway Rd, West Middlesex, PA 412-342-5834 Williamsport Lycoming Animal Protection 3510 W 4th St, Williamsport, PA 17701 (570) 327-8707 Email Yukon Pet Adoption League RR 1, Yukon, PA 412-722-3670 HERE ARE RESCUE GROUPS Bellmawr, NJ The American Society for the Welfare of Cats Serving NJ, PA, NY, MD and DE PO Box 487, Bellmawr, NJ 08099 Email McKean Because You Care PO Box 54, McKean, PA 16426 (814) 866-5039 Email Mercer Pet Solutions PO Box 190, Mercer, PA 16137 (724) 662-4485 Email Philadelphia KittiCat.Com Serving the Greater Phila. & Suburban Areas, Southern NJ and DE Pittsburgh Animal Full life Rescue 908 Ramsey St, Pittsburgh, PA 15221 (412) 371-7446 Email Sharpsville Animal Appeal (Serving Western PA & Eastern OH) PO Box 197, Sharpsville, PA 16150 (724) 962-9284 Email Wexford Pawsfree & (George W. Scott Memorial Animal Welfare & Rescue League) PO Box 108, Wexford, PA 15090 Email > I'm trying to find out if there are any laws regarding abandonment of a > cat by tenants that were evicted from the house. I called the Humane [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thank you! > Mickie I had a neighbor this past summer that defaulted on a house loan that left behind 4 cats when they moved because they could not have cats where they moved. They were left outdoors and eventually I live trapped them all and found places for them. The thing that got me most was that when I went to the local animal control they would do nothing about it even though I gave them the address where the cats were and the address where the people moved. All they said was I could trap them if they casme on my place!! It is like because they are cats people think they can care for themselve even if they were housecats (Which these were) and are suddenly left to fend for themselves outside!! Recently a cat was shot through the hips with an arrow, in one side and half way out the other. The cat died during surgery, now they are looking for the hunter so they can prosecute or arrest or fine for cruelty to animals or whatever. Guess the rules change when they find something like this that is sensationally newsworthy. Threre is one place I found that will take the cat, but we will have to give them $50 first. That fee is to cover the vet (which is the first stop before they take the cat home) and also care until they can find a new home for it. I was told that their cats are not caged and have the run of their home. I guess that is worth it to know it will not be killed, just irks me that the tenants get away with paying nothing. The cat is currently living/hiding in the ductwork of the vacant house. I opened one of the floor vents to give it another exit only to find it full of feeces. Ick. >> I'm trying to find out if there are any laws regarding abandonment of a >> cat by tenants that were evicted from the house. I called the Humane [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > themselve even if they were housecats (Which these were) and are > suddenly left to fend for themselves outside!! > It is like because they are cats people think they can care for > themselve even if they were housecats (Which these were) and are > suddenly left to fend for themselves outside!! Worse still I know of a case where the people moved house and just left their two cats locked in the old house with no food or water....after three-four days a neighbour saw one of them at the window and kicked the door in to rescue them. He/she couldn't keep them so took them to a local vet from whence they should have gone to a kill shelter but the receptionist there rescues and rehomes and by devious plotting persuaded a friend of mine who had come to the vets to collect the body of his old cat (he was taking Bingo to his mums to bury) that if these poor cats went into a shelter as they weren't kittens they'd probably be put down in short order, apparently her performance had people in the waiting room in tears.. Okay he was conned...but he still got two beautiful cats and they got a wonderful forever home so no-one's complaining but you have to wonder what kind of person would do something like that Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> It is like because they are cats people think they can care for >> themselve even if they were housecats (Which these were) and are >> suddenly left to fend for themselves outside!! >Worse still I know of a case where the people moved house and just >left their two cats locked in the old house with no food or [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >kittens they'd probably be put down in short order, apparently her >performance had people in the waiting room in tears.. I am not one to put an animal down except in certain cases but I would say that being humanely put down is better then slowly starving to death in a house by themselves!! > I'm trying to find out if there are any laws regarding abandonment of a > cat by tenants that were evicted from the house. I called the Humane [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thank you! > Mickie Hi. I am a detective in Georgia (Perry Police Dept.) and I have worked numerous animal cruelty/abandonment cases. Check your state and local laws concerning these issues. I am certain there is an abandonment law in your jurisdiction. Call the police department and get your answers. |
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