<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Florida police officer feeds stray cats, pays for their vet care including spay/neuter, and has so far found homes for 63 felines just in time for Caturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Daily Mail</i> (London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4929274/Kindhearted-cop-rescued-60-cats.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4929274/Kindhearted-cop-rescued-60-cats.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div><h1 id="ext-gen105" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">'I'm paid in good karma': Kindhearted cop has rescued more than 60 cats and even takes orphaned kittens to work with her</h1><div><br></div><h1 id="ext-gen105" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Gretchen Byrne, of Boca Raton, Florida, juggles catching criminals with caring for homeless cats and has rescued more than 60 while out on patrol</h1><h1 id="ext-gen105" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The 42-year-old rounds up the animals off the streets and finds them new homes</h1><h1 id="ext-gen105" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>She drives the smallest, most helpless kittens to the station in her take-home patrol car, bundling them up in the women's locker room while she's out on calls </h1><div><br></div></div><div>This kindhearted cop began feeding stray cats while out on patrol - and ended up rescuing more than 60 of them.</div><div><br></div><div>Gretchen Byrne, of Boca Raton, Florida, juggles catching criminals with caring for homeless moggies and even takes orphaned kittens to work with her. </div><div><br></div><div>The 42-year-old is devoted to rounding up abandoned animals off the streets and caring for them before finding foster families to take them in.</div><div><br></div><div>She even drives the smallest, most helpless kittens to the station in her take-home patrol car, bundling them up in the women's locker room while she's out on calls.</div><div><br></div><div>When she is on breaks during 12-hour shifts she rushes back to HQ to feed them, and through the night she wakes up every four hours to give them a bottle.</div><div><br></div><div>Gretchen forks out for their food, vet bills and pays to get them neutered out of her police paycheck - but says she is paid 'in good karma'.</div><div><br></div><div>So far she's helped re-home 63 cats in total - mostly through her Instagram account, @bocaratona, which has almost 20,000 followers.</div><div><br></div><div>The officer of 18 years said: 'Everybody knows me as the cop that loves cats. If I'm not working, this is what I'm doing.</div><div><br></div><div>'Because I work such long shifts, I take the youngest kittens with me to the station. They are so small that I can just keep them in their carrier.</div><div><br></div><div>'I will get three breaks - a 40-minute lunch break and two 10-minute breaks. Instead of going for pizza with my colleagues I use that time to run to the station and feed them.</div><div><br></div><div>'A lot of my colleagues follow me on Instagram and they will ask how the different kittens are doing.</div><div><br></div><div>'It all comes out of my paycheck at the end of the day but I don't have kids so it is probably still cheaper that having kids and I'm paid in good karma.</div><div><br></div><div>'The other thing is that is really nice to come home and have kittens to help me destress. I'm dealing with a lot of stuff on road patrol.</div><div><br></div><div>'It's almost like therapy - I help them and they help me.'</div><div><br></div><div>Gretchen began her rescue mission two years ago after coming across cats scavenging for scraps in the back alleys of South Florida, where many animal shelters are full.</div><div><br></div><div>During her 3am patrols the policewoman - who has four cats of her own - made a habit of revisiting the same spots and giving them snacks.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, a group of moggies had moved into the station where she's based - so she started giving them meals and caring for them too.</div><div><br></div><div>When one of the cats had kittens, she took the litter home with her and nursed them to health before appealing for colleagues to adopt them.</div><div><br></div><div>She ended up keeping two, but realized that if she started trapping and neutering strays she might be able to find new homes for them using social media.</div><div><br></div><div>Gretchen said: 'As an animal lover, when I saw those kittens in the station I had to take them in.</div><div><br></div><div>'I would always worry if I went on vacation about whether they would be fed - they would be in the back of my mind.</div><div><br></div><div>'Although I loved seeing them at the police station, I wanted them to be safe and in a home. It just snowballed from there.</div><div><br></div><div>'At times I'll have eight cats in my home at once. It's a lot, but if I wasn't doing this, there would be an abundance of cats on the streets.</div><div><br></div><div>'I will do it for the rest of my life.' </div></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Video</div><div><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4929274/Kindhearted-cop-rescued-60-cats.html#v-8907735297821097162">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4929274/Kindhearted-cop-rescued-60-cats.html#v-8907735297821097162</a></div><div><br></div><div>Photos . . .</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_01.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_01.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_02.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_02.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_03.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_03.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_04.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_04.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_05.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_05.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_06.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_06.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_07.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_07.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_08.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_08.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_09.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_09.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_10.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_093017_10.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>