Thursday, September 18, 2008

September Cat's Meow


Summer is behind us and the A.W.A.N. hotline is ringing with calls about unwanted kittens and growing feral colonies. As the weather moves into autumn, the second round of litters born before the winter months is about to begin. Now more than ever, we are going to need additional temporary foster homes to help keep homeless kittens socialized who are up for adoption.

We are enormously grateful for our friends at the UC-SPCA and DC-SPCA for their continued support through their excellent low cost spay/neuter services and to some of our local veterinarians who have been most generous. There is more good news now that the mobile Spay/Neuter Van for Ulster County will begin accepting appointments soon. However, in order to help meet the demand for the number of cats that need to be spayed this fall, we need volunteers to assist with transportation in driving cats to and/or from appointments. Please Email us or leave a message on the hotline if you are able to help out in this way.

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We extend a mighty big thank you to all our animal loving friends who supported the A.W.A.N. fundraisers a few months back; including Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Sebastian, recording artist Joy Askew, the great bassist Tony Levin and Woodstock's own Uncle Funk, prodigy bluesman Myles Mancuso, Keegan Ales, Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Woodstock Animal Sanctuary and all the folks who attended, volunteered and/or contributed to the silent auction and summer yard sale. The money raised at these fundraisers made it possible this summer for more than a hundred cats to be spayed and neutered and when necessary, medically cared for - preventing a multitude of new litters which would have brought about literally hundreds more homeless cats this fall.

Make sure to check the website calendar section in the coming weeks for updates on our autumn events and information about our holiday concert in early December. Also, check out our blog section here the 15th of every month for more news and updates.

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In closing, I would like to end with a short quote in memory of our beloved animal companions and animal rescues and all those who crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge this spring and summer......

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
What is essential is invisible to the eye. Men have forgotten
this truth", said the fox," but you must never forget it.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
(from The Little Prince by Antoine Saint Exupery)


For the animals,
Big Purr

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