This sweet girl was surrendered to a local shelter when she was approximately 5 years old. As a delicate Siamese-mix, she was devastated and petrified in the shelter environment. We were able to transfer her out and place her in a foster home. It took a few months before Harlow relaxed enough to show us…
Onychectomy, popularly known as declawing, is an operation to surgically remove an animal’s claws by means of amputating all or part of the distal phalanx, or end bones, of the animal’s toes. (definition per wikipedia). “Lilly” shows off her claws before her monthly pedicure. But, let’s be honest about declawing … it is the mutilation…
The New Jersey 2012 municipal shelter statistics are finally available (in general, rescue groups are not included). http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/documents/animaldisp12.pdf But, don’t get too excited – they aren’t really that pretty. Better than some states, sure … but are they acceptable in the age of knowledge, ever-increasing pet care (i.e. money spent on our pets) and increased…
There’s a reason we recommend certain things when adding a new cat to a home … we’ve been down this road quite a few times and we kinda know what we are talking about. No, seriously … of the 10+ adoption counselors, we have something like 75 cats amongst us. We’ve “been there, done that”…
Recently, we met someone that was appalled that our kittens were spayed/neutered at such a young age. This person was convinced that we were abusing our animals by letting them undergo surgery before they were 6 months of age. Oh my! So, we’d like to share some information about pediatric/juvenile spay/neuter surgeries. It is safe…
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Because of one kitty, in the past two years, I have: Washed my hands more than 1,400 extra times. Watched more TV than I have in the previous 10 years combined (just so I could stay in her room). Panicked about leaving my office door open countless times (when, in fact, I never did) Read…
Why are they the lucky ones? Because a compassionate animal control officer (ACO) called on rescue groups to get the very pregnant Zazzles out of the shelter so she could have her babies in a quiet, calm environment. This ACO reached out so that all of these cats would have a chance at life and…
Some days you get smacked in the face with an event that you just didn’t think could happen so soon. Such was the case on 1.31.13. Gilda McCauley (board member, foster, rescuer, adoption coordinator and friend) lost a short, but fierce, battle with cancer the evening of January 31, 2013. She passed away in the…
My, my – how time flies! We are approaching the third anniversary of the Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society in March 2013!! The following list would not have been possible without ALL of YOU! 154 cats adopted this year: 32 cats still in our care (as of 1/1/13 – some of these have been…
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