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2009.10.29

Calling all potential barn buddies

Diane Novak, local crusader and advocate for homeless cats, contacted me late yesterday and said she needed to find a placement PRONTO for eight semi-feral-but-fixed-and-vaccinated kitties living in a home in Southwest Roanoke.

I do not have many more details than that, but if you know of anyone who would be interested in a couple of barn cat buddies, now would be a great time to move on that. To read more about the program, click here.

Diane said the situation is rather dire and she really needs to place these cats ASAP. Contact her at diane@reikipets.com 

(File photo. Cats pictured are not the actual kitties that need rescued.)

Posted at 04:16 by Nona Nelson | Category: Cats. Gotta love 'em., Shelter stories | 2 Comments

2 Comments »

  1. Great news last night from Diane. All eight kitties were taken in to patrol one barn. Rodents beware!

    Comment by Nona Nelson — October 30, 2009 @ 9:44 am

  2. I'm so glad to hear they were all taken in! Great job ladies!

    Comment by Julie F — October 30, 2009 @ 12:04 pm

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The Happy Wag blog is a resource for pet parents in the Roanoke Valley, a local community forum of news and information about pets. Newsroom manager Nona Nelson's family includes four pets: retired racing greyhounds Dexter and Coral and former stray cats Thai and India. Read more about Nona and this blog

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The Roanoke Valley SPCA is participating in the national “Foster A Lonely Pet For the Holidays” pet fostering program.

Over 13,000 pet rescue organizations nationwide are trying to empty the kennels for Christmas, encouraging families to open their home for the holidays to an adoptable pet waiting for a forever home.

Fostered pets can be picked up between December 18-23, and can be returned to the RVSPCA between December 30-January 2.

The RVSPCA will provide all needed supplies and support to the temporary families. You can view all of the pets online at www.rvspca.org, or visit the shelter to meet them.  The goal is to have each of these pets into a home by noon on December 23.

Ann Marie Sweeney, foster coordinator for the RVSPCA, will answer questions about the program for people interested in making this Christmas a happy holiday for a pet in need.  Contact Sweeney at 344-4840, ext. 208 or e-mail asweeney@rvspca.org.