Re: Angel Wings Sancuary [Very Bad if True] (all sorts of contactinfo)
Jenn Are you offering the safe environment and transportation for these cats You seem quit knowledgable but don't you know that a safe environment in these parts of the country means PTS I don't know where you got your information that these cats are suffering so much...Please give me the details other than the word of some amature photographer and a throw away camera Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please guys, if you haven't called yet, please take just about 5 minutes to leave a message on two voicemail machines! Call Scott McCluen, the District Attorney General at: (865) 376-2145 And the Roane County Sheriff, David B. Haggard at: (865) 376-5582 Anyone who has not called yet, please do so, just a quick message left on anyone at those office's voicemails could help get this processed faster, and save these cats! They have automated menus, but really, just state that it's a message for either the sheriff or the district attorney, and urge them to please take immediate action to get the cats out of Angel Wings, and into a safe environment as quickly as possible, and to fully prosecute Ms. Harvey to every extent possible. Jenn http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html ~~~ I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula! PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address you can send them to, to help feed Bazil! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.6 - Release Date: 6/8/2005
Re: Angel Wings Sancuary [Very Bad if True] (all sorts of contactinfo)
Please guys, if you haven't called yet, please take just about 5 minutes to leave a message on two voicemail machines! Call Scott McCluen, the District Attorney General at: (865) 376-2145 And the Roane County Sheriff, David B. Haggard at: (865) 376-5582 Anyone who has not called yet, please do so, just a quick message left on anyone at those office's voicemails could help get this processed faster, and save these cats! They have automated menus, but really, just state that it's a message for either the sheriff or the district attorney, and urge them to please take immediate action to get the cats out of Angel Wings, and into a safe environment as quickly as possible, and to fully prosecute Ms. Harvey to every extent possible. Jennhttp://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html ~~~I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life.Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula!PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address you can send them to, to help feed Bazil! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.6 - Release Date: 6/8/2005
Re: Angel Wings Sancuary [Very Bad if True] (all sorts of contactinfo)
i was speaking more generally when i said, "not optimum," NOT in reference to those photos! -- MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892
Re: Angel Wings Sancuary [Very Bad if True] (all sorts of contactinfo)
Well, there is a point at which the room is just not available for any cats, much less those with FELV. While in theory, I support a no-kill stance, in certain areas, I know it's just not possible to save them all. Tennessee is one of the most over-run states with unwanted animals (Georgia is probably worse). Even many of the humane societies there have kill policies, just because there's not enough homes or shelters for all the unwanted pets there. I used to work at the Memphis Humane Society, and they really tried to hold all the cats until they were adopted, but if one stayed for more than 6 months, usually, it ended up being put down, just because after that point, if it hadn't found a home yet, it was unlikely it ever would, and it freed cage space for one who might have a chance. The one that was there that long while I was working there was a biter, so that's why he never got adopted. But they also immediately put down any sick animals with anything more serious than a URI. Distemper kittens... killed, FELV+... killed, etc. The fact that Tennessee has such a severe problem means that it is also, unfortunately, prime breeding ground for unethical rescues or hoarders. I have NO problem with a free-roaming cat rescue, and in fact, I LIKED the way Angel Wings was set up, with acreage and cat fencing so they could roam freely. The problem, for me, arises when I see dead rotting corpses and piles of filth. Outside, the bags and trash, and junk cars, and all that, not good, but I could live with that, and even go so far as to say, the cats would not mind that at all, and probably would prefer that to a clean cage life, being as you said, free to roam, and bask in the sun (and to try to find a clean place to do it from). BUT (and here is where the line is drawn for me), if you look on the lost and found page, there are two lovely cats whom were sent to this place to live out their lives. They are obviously very strongly bonded siblings. http://angelwingsrescue.org/picsrescue/lost_feral_yellow_siblings_sh.jpg "Two yellow mature cats one male, one female. The male didnt have any top teeth. They were siblings and found in the wild both feral and not used to people. Surrendered to Cats Unlimited in Lexington, VA in spring 2004." What if this is ONE of them, and the other had to see this happen, and possibly sat over his dead body for days, knowing that she was going to be next? http://angelwingsrescue.org/picsrescue/new/large/deadcatinakitchendrawer.jpg What if these were YOUR cats, that YOU placed here? How can you see that and NOT feel at least some sympathy for the cats who had to endure this place? And that filth INSIDE the house? NO CAT should ever have to live in those kind of conditions! "Not optimum" doesn't even begin to describe the horrors shown in those photos. Jennhttp://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html ~~~a really hard question to answer: should all these FeLVs have beenautomatically euthanized? is living longer and enjoying the sunshinefor a few months what the cat would choose even if the conditionsaren't optimum? i don't know. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.6 - Release Date: 6/8/2005
