Spaztacular! Four sproinging, fritzing kittens having a blast with an empty Coca-Cola box. (thanks Memaw)
Animal Rescue Work Continues In New Orleans
(photo courtesy of Editor B who is blogging about rebuilding a life in New Orleans at b.rox: Life In The Flood Zone. It’s a good read about the ordinary and extraordinary in New Orleans today.)
It’s been two years since Hurricane Katrina and the work of caring for animals still in New Orleans is still going on. Because it’s warm year round, it’s also kitten season year round and there are now 4th generation cats on the streets. The rubble left behind is now home to skittish, desperate dogs. Feeding, watering, trapping, and rescuing are still a concern two years later.
The Louisiana SPCA (LA/SPCA) lost its shelter, 80% of its staff and its entire infrastructure in Hurricane Katrina. Today the LA/SPCA has rebuilt their animal rescue & care facility after working 17 months out of a temporary warehouse. They still need donations to restart their public low-cost veterinary care center and have long range plans to open a training facility and a doggy day car/boarding facility to provide care for animals and earn income for the organization. You can donate here.
Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO) is also working to help the animals devastated by Hurricane Katrina. (Note: As of this writing, ARNO has applied for, but has not been granted 501(c)(3) charity status, so donations are not deductible on federal income tax yet. I’m waiting to hear back from ARNO on this.) ARNO is feeding and watering cats and dogs across the city, helping residents left destitute care for their pets, spaying/neutering feral cats, and running a shelter. You can donate here.
All of Hurricane Katrina’s victims need to be remembered and helped.
Animals In New Orleans Still Need Help
Volunteers continue working to save animals devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
We Like: Brains!
The felines here at PetProject love a good sense of humor and they found it here—a human brain cat toy, complete with dangling spinal cord. Awesome! Raven and Sage are looking forward to its arrival so they can pretend to be zombies. I hope PrairieBird makes more so your zombie kitty can have BRAINS! of their very own.
Friday Fun: Turtle Love
It looks like adoration, but my experience with turtles tells me the cat’s nose looks like something to nibble. Our turtles would sometimes sneak up and bite my toes hanging off the end of the chaise lounge when I’d sunbathe as a teen. Yes, turtles can sneak.