That's a great story too Hideyo. Makes you realize maybe there is hope for the world after all.....Kerry
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 5:01 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: Hello everyone, long time since I've been here Of course not! - the only thing I kept thinking was that thank god, he was not a feral cat (he apparently belonged to someone as he had a red collar, but no one claimed him at the pound afterwards though he was seen on TV everywhere - and that's why I ended up adopting him) -anyway, because he is a domesticated cat, he was very vocal and expressive and that's why we knew that he was there - but I got so scared of thoughts about how about if he were a feral cat - s/he would just die without asking for any help, and no one even would know - and that could happen very easily any crawl space that people decided to close down and so forth - I had a friend who got into "rescuing cats" business a few years ago due to the below incident. She moved into a house as a tenant, and kept hearing cats meowing and she did not know where it was coming from, and lasted for weeks, she couldn't figure it out, but the cat was screaming for a help every single day. And after a couple of weeks, she finally found the crawl space door (she did not even know there was a crawl space in the house) -the cat was laying there, and dyeing, she picked him up right away and took him to a vet, and on the way to the vet - he passed away - what a sad story - I couldn't stop crying when she told me the story (even now) -it must have been such a scary situation for the kitty - anyway, she is one the very people I admire in terms of helping feral cats- everything I know now I learned from her - Also she experienced that she found remaining of dozens of kitties in the crawl space by university in town, they purposely closed it down so that cats are not around - again it is just so hard to talk about it as there are so many sad stories, too. Anyway, the kitty's existence (crawl space) lead her to save hundreds and hundreds of cats in this town - but still very sad - Also she e -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MacKenzie, Kerry N. Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:14 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: Hello everyone, long time since I've been here Heavens--it was very recent then! I'm going to email your story to a few friends if you don't mind--it's so inspiring! Kerry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:55 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: Hello everyone, long time since I've been here Thank you, Kerry. I live in Albuquerque, NM - yes he is still our mayor - this actually happened a couple of months ago. :) Hideyo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MacKenzie, Kerry N. Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:46 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: Hello everyone, long time since I've been here That's a great story, Hideyo. Which city are you in? (D'you still have the same mayor?) Kerry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:19 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: Hello everyone, long time since I've been here That's a good idea, Nina. When I rescued a cat who was stuck under a sewer - he must have been there for days, he was running out of time - you couldn't see him, but you could hear him crying for help - for days and days - it was Sunday, we finally realized that he is in a situation he can't get out - and we called the city employee to get him out, sewer guy came, animal control people came, and fire department came - but no one could see him, therefore, couldn't save him and we found out that the only way to get him out was to actually dig a hole in the middle of the street via manhole - but the city employee was not going to spend that kind of money for a cat (without the mayor's approval)- so I called all the local TV stations and also called the mayor's assistant at home (who happened to be very passionate about animals), and have the news broadcasted - I figure if the city was not going to do it, I needed a support from public to rescue this cat - it ended up that the Mayor was willing to bring a dozen or so of the city employees on Sunday to dig up the street to rescue a cat - and he was saved - he was so skinny and dehydrated - but it was all broadcasted locally, and I knew that all the rescue groups were going to support me rescuing this cat - because everyone who saw the news called the mayor's office - anyway the cat was named after the Mayor, Marty, and he happily lives with me - So, please do contact any media or any other rescue groups in the city, which might make a huge difference in the result in saving these guys' lives. - Hideyo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:03 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Hello everyone, long time since I've been here Jenn, Hello, and welcome back to the list. I've been a member for about a year. What kind of rescue was/is this? No one is UTD on rabies? I'm so sad and disheartened that these poor souls are in such a bad predicament. Is there a shelter anywhere near this 'sanctuary' that might be able to take them, at least temporarily to buy them some time in finding homes? Have the local TV/Newspapers been notified of this story? People always seem to come out of the woodwork when it hits the news. Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That may be a possibility. I just used mapquest.com and chose the most > direct route, but maybe someone in the NY direction might be available > that wouldn't be in the CT and MA direction. I don't care which > direction I have to go to pick them up at the VT border, I just don't > want to drive out of state. > > My main hook now is that in order for any of the volunteer transport > services to help with this, they HAVE to be UTD on rabies, and have a > current certificate. So now I'm here in Vermont, trying to find a vet > in NJ who can go to the location, and give 3 cats rabies shots on > short notice for under $40. Anyone know of a rescue-friendly kind > hearted vet in NJ who may be willing to help? > > And what is so sad about all this is that none of the cats are UTD on > rabies, so it looks like it will be almost impossible to get them > rehomed out of state without a miracle (or a little rule-bending on > the part of some transport lists). > > Jenn > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ > Hi Jenn > I live near Rutland VT and it fairly easy to get to Albany NY from > here if a transport coming up I87 (NewYork Thruway) would be any > easier to do.... > I just brought home an FeLV+ from NJ a month ago....makes 7... > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- - > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.9 - Release Date: 4/13/2005 > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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