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<p class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of CBS News New York at:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/13/a-great-rescue-story-bridget-the-bridge-cat/">http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/13/a-great-rescue-story-bridget-the-bridge-cat/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNyi6UPNbo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNyi6UPNbo</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Bridget the Bridge Cat<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=600 height=337 id="Picture_x0020_0"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01CB6CFC.B5F26070" alt="bridget.jpg?w=600"><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="http://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bridget.jpg?w=600">http://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bridget.jpg?w=600</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Seeya round town, Moscow.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"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." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- John
Oliver, The Daily Show<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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