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| Moses | Margo |
Volunteers at the Halfway Home Pet Rescue have named them Moses (white) and Margo (torti) and they are very clean, sweet and loving. Moses is an approximately 1- to 2-year-old neutered male and Margo is probably a little younger, but she’s not yet spayed so far as volunteers could discern.
“They were found in a carrier on my back steps on last Thursday morning,” said President of the Pet Rescue Norma Milton. “This was a big surprise until we received a call from the person who wanted to be sure they were found.”
Someone had dropped them off on the anonymous caller’s farm a few days ago, and the concerned citizen took the animals in for a few nights to get them out of the cold; he also wanted to find out if someone was looking for them.
“He called around and then, on a fast trip doing errands, he had run out of time and just left them on my steps because I did not hear the knock,” Milton said. “Fortunately, it all worked out with no harm to the cats.”
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| One-Eyed Willy |
Last week, the felines had their visit to the vet and they should be ready for adoption now, if not soon.
The shelter volunteers sent another dozen adult cats down to Portland last week to the Animal Refuge League of Portland “and we’re pleased to hear the adoptions are going well,” Milton said. “Cats who’ve spent months with HHPR have gone down there, and they get adopted within a few days,” she added. “Portland has a huge line of repeat adopters who seem to be waiting for the Aroostook County cats.”
Milton expressed how grateful she is for the networking the shelter have been able to do with these elite rescue that welcome cats from the HHPR. The Portland refuge league also have foster resources for cats testing FIV (feline aids, which is not transmittable to humans), which has allowed the HHPR to send one of their dear rescued strays down there.
The shelter also recently had a special adoption, and One-Eyed Willie went to his forever home last week. “Poor Willie suffered at least three years out in the weather with little or no shelter or food,” Milton said. “The Fort Fairfield Police kept trying to catch him and were so pleased when they did; they brought him to us and I think it was just in time,” Milton said,” because Willie had lost an eye due to a severe eye injury that never received medical attention, and he also lost an ear due to frostbite.” At the rescue, Willie received a thorough visit to the vet and a thorough haircut to remove the mats in his long, buff-colored coat.
“We are still working with the overload of 30 cats and kittens from one site,” Milton said, expressing that the shelter really needs cat litter, stamps, Arm & Hammer Litter Deodorant, “and your prayers for all the other desperate animals who are in this horrible cold weather without shelter or food. We are not taking any owner surrender cats at this time as we feel that we need to be available to those cats who slip through the cracks of the Maine Animal Welfare system.”
FMI: call Mary at 999-1075.
