Thursday's News

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What a busy week! I've been at the shelter every day and haven't had a chance to post a thing! Thanks to Laura for posting Tuesday, and to Rebecca for the Rescue Waggin' post!

I can hardly keep up with all the cats, kittens, dogs, and puppies (and a goat, can't forget the goat) that have come and gone this week. The goat is currently being fostered by Judith, and will most likely spend the rest of her days there. The chocolatey lab mix was picked up by his owner today, as was a black lab yesterday. They came and went so quickly, I didn't even catch their names! The 4 kittens in the back were moved up to the condo, and are now occupying Kiara's recently vacated kennel. Taylor was set free in the condo today (yes, ANOTHER black cat loose in the condo--make sure you have the right kitty when adopting one out!), and Tabitha was moved into his kennel. Tabitha was nursing the 5 orphaned kittens that were brought in from the race track and 2 other kittens that were brought in by their owner. The whole crew of them have been staying at Anita's place! The 2 OS kittens and one of the orphans are now at Marlena's being bottle fed, and 4 of the orphans are with Anita so she can make sure they are eating on their own. Anita helped me worm and vaccinate those 4 today, and hopefully, we correctly identified their genders!

Yesterday, Nicole and I bathed the 3 sad puppies. Two of them were so dirty, we had to wash, rinse, and repeat! The smallest one, K.C., has injuries to his face and is on antibiotics. He shakes and shimmies a lot, so he may have other issues as well. The biggest one is the most timid, but still friendly. They have been moved to a big kennel.

Yesterday was also Bobby's birthday! There were several cakes involved, Nicole brought Coldstone ice cream for everyone (non-dairy sorbet for me!), and I brought muffins like I always do on Waggin' day (Rebecca brings yummy coffee). You miss lots of cool stuff when you're not at the shelter!

We have several new cats in the back. There are 2 long haired tabbies that are both friendly, although one is very scared. There is an orange and white cat who is very vocal. When I left today, Julie and Shay were cleaning his ears in the grooming room. I don't know who was more unhappy about this--the cat or Shay!

I took home one of Tripod's kittens today. The poor baby is much smaller than her 3 siblings, and they are pushing her out of the way when she tries to eat. She was starving when I fed her with a dropper! Tripod and the babies also have URIs.

As Laura mentioned in her post, Kiara was adopted. Callie, the German Shepherd, went to rescue. And of course, 18 dogs went on the Waggin'. We've had several applications for our cats and dogs this week, and they will hopefully will result in lots of adoptions!

Good news: ZooQuatic Pets is still feeling the pressure! This time they are in trouble for allegedly selling unvaccinated kittens less than 7 weeks of age.

More good news: President Bush signs the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act into law! The law, which takes effect immediately, "provides felony penalties for interstate commerce, import and export related to animal fighting activities, including commerce in cockfighting weapons. It will make it much harder for criminals who engage in dogfighting and cockfighting to continue their operations. Each violation of the federal law may bring up to three years in jail and up to a $250,000 fine for perpetrators," (HSUS).

Tomorrow, May 4th, is International Respect for Chickens Day. I say we should have respect for chickens every day! Go here to learn interesting facts about chicken intelligence. For instance, "chickens are able to understand that objects still exist even after they are hidden or removed from view. This level of cognition is actually beyond the capacity of small human children," (goveg.com). Wow!

If I am forgetting anything, please post in comments!