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CEDAR RAPIDS- At the end of fall, the Cedar Valley Humane Society took-in more than 200 cats. That’s twice their normal volume due to the feral cat season. Now, the shelter has about 100 cats left because of numerous adoption programs to find the animals their forever homes.
“She just filled an empty void that I had,” said senior Mark Rundall who participated in the Cat Companions for Seniors program.
For 58 year old Mark Rundall, having three month old Precious means a new license on life.
“I don’t have to be lonely. It was very hard from me to live alone,” said Rundall.
Now the duo has one another; Rundall a companion and Precious a forever home safe from being euthanized.
“By placing a pet with them, it brings them out of their shell and makes them happier,” said Cedar Valley Humane Society Executive Director Bob Citrullo.
Cedar Valley Humane Society Executive Director Bob Citrullo says they’ve got plenty of cats up for adoption. At one point, some 217 of them scattered around the building after the spring and summer breeding season.
“We have so many coming in so we have to come up with ideas and programs to find their forever homes,” said Citrullo.
Programs like the Cat Companions for Seniors Program. That’s how Rundall got Precious. A generous donor covers much of the costs for the cat adoption pays saving seniors nearly $125.
“He’s covering the costs for the adoption fees, the cat carrier, all the equipment that you need to get started,” said Citrullo.
“The kitten, the food, the litter, and the litter box,” said Rundall.
With limited mobility due to multiple sclerosis and living on a fixed income, Rundall might not have otherwise been able to afford his new kitten. It’s an early Christmas present for years to come.
There are plenty more cats and dogs that need a new home. To learn more about the Cat Companions for Seniors program or pet adoptions in general, call the Cedar Valley Humane Society at 319-362-6288 or click here.-
At the end of fall, the Cedar Valley Humane Society took-in more than 200 cats. That’s twice their normal volume due to the feral cat season. Now, the shelter has about 100 cats left because of numerous adoption programs to find the animals their forever homes.
“She just filled an empty void that I had,” said senior Mark Rundall who participated in the Cat Companions for Seniors program.
For 58 year old Mark Rundall, having three month old Precious means a new license on life.
“I don’t have to be lonely. It was very hard from me to live alone,” said Rundall.
Now the duo has one another; Rundall a companion and Precious a forever home safe from being euthanized.
“By placing a pet with them, it brings them out of their shell and makes them happier,” said Cedar Valley Humane Society Executive Director Bob Citrullo.
Cedar Valley Humane Society Executive Director Bob Citrullo says they’ve got plenty of cats up for adoption. At one point, some 217 of them scattered around the building after the spring and summer breeding season.
“We have so many coming in so we have to come up with ideas and programs to find their forever homes,” said Citrullo.
Programs like the Cat Companions for Seniors Program. That’s how Rundall got Precious. A generous donor covers much of the costs for the cat adoption pays saving seniors nearly $125.
“He’s covering the costs for the adoption fees, the cat carrier, all the equipment that you need to get started,” said Citrullo.
“The kitten, the food, the litter, and the litter box,” said Rundall.
With limited mobility due to multiple sclerosis and living on a fixed income, Rundall might not have otherwise been able to afford his new kitten. It’s an early Christmas present for years to come.
There are plenty more cats and dogs that need a new home. To learn more about the Cat Companions for Seniors program or pet adoptions in general, call the Cedar Valley Humane Society at 319-362-6288 or click here.
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Be cautious about suggesting that any cats rounded-up from outdoors be used for adoption or you could be held criminally responsible. There’s no way to know their vaccination history, if any, nor their exposure to all the deadly diseases cats carry. If a cat has contracted rabies then a vaccination against it later will do no good. It’s already too late. There’s also no reliable known test for rabies while keeping the animal alive. They really need to be destroyed after they are trapped. It’s the only sane and sensible solution. This is precisely why all wild-harvested animals in the world, of any type intended for the pet-industry, must undergo an extended quarantine period of up to 6 months before transfer or sale of those animals to prevent just these things. Cats are no different than any other animal when harvested from the wild. You’re just risking this following story happening in every shelter across the land.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/23/2631106/rabid-cat-adopted-from-wake-county.html
Adopting any cat that’s been taken from outdoors is just playing Russian Roulette.
I found some surprising things about all the diseases these invasive-species vermin are now spreading throughout the USA.
These are just the diseases cats spread to humans, not counting the ones they spread to all wildlife and even other cat species. They include: Campylobacter Infection, Cat Scratch Disease, Coxiella burnetti Infection (Q fever), Cryptosporidium Infection, Dipylidium Infection (tapeworm), Hookworm Infection, Leptospira Infection, Plague, Rabies, Ringworm, Salmonella Infection, Toxocara Infection, Toxoplasma. [Centers for Disease Control, July 2010] Flea-borne Typhus and Tularemia can now also be added to that list.