[Vision2020] Caturday (October 16, 2010) (video)

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of CBS News New York at:

 

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/13/a-great-rescue-story-bridget-the-brid
ge-cat/

 

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The Humane Society of the United States estimates there are as many as 50
million feral cats in this country.  Feral cats are different from strays,
in that they have had little to no human contact, are not spayed or
neutered, and are likely not socialized, while a stray may have been
someone's lost or abandoned pet.

 

But that doesn't mean that ferals are lost causes.  In fact, while "Trap
Neuter Release" programs (TNR) are vital to controlling the feral cat
population by reducing the number of new litters, there are also many animal
rescuers who have successfully socialized these cats, and placed them in
loving forever homes.

 

One such expert, is Joan Phillips, Founder of the Animal Lovers League in
Glen Cove, Long Island.  According to Phillips, the older the cat, and the
less human contact they've had, the more challenging socialization will be.
"The cats that have been socialized more easily are the ones that have been
used to having a caretaker who is at least came to feed them.  But
socialization is a question of patience and time", says Phillips, "If you
have the patience and the time, anything can be achieved".

 

One feral kitten Joan is working with, is Bridget, given that name because
of her dramatic rescue from near the entrance to the Queensboro Bridge in
Manhattan.  She was humanely trapped by 1010WINS News Anchor Susan Richard
along with the help of the Humane Society of New York.  Susan has the story
in the latest edition of All For Animals video.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNyi6UPNbo

 

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Bridget the Bridge Cat

 

bridget.jpg?w=600

http://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bridget.jpg?w=600

 

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

"Corporations are an oppressed minority forced to move headquarters from
state to state in search of friendlier tax codes--sometimes being forced to
live just off our shores in tiny mailboxes." 

 

- John Oliver, The Daily Show

 

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