Rescued cat

[redbird]

After we brought julian_tiger home, we took him to our own vet, who diagnosed worms and bartinella, and put him on medication for both. I started joking that we had rescued him from the cat-rescue organization, and various people defended them on the grounds that these things are difficult to diagnose. It turns out that there's a little too much truth to that joke--the woman who runs (ran?) Kitty-kind, the group we got Julian from, has been found with the corpses of 200 cats in her backyard, and 38 cats living in her home.

But Julian is fine, happy and healthy and curled in my lap as I type this.

Comments

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

SO GLAD you rescued Julian. So very glad.

[eleanor.livejournal.com]

Our Titi also came from KittyKind, and had all kinds of problems, including a weird skin infection. I suspect that more good than ill has come to cats through the organization, but from what I've seen, it's less than professional or organized.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Does it even exist anymore, given that the woman in charge was found with all those animals?

[fimbrethil.livejournal.com]

I think it does. I walked past them just last week, outside of the 14th Street Petco and they were arranging adoptions.

[eleanor.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. I think that Petco continues to have a commitment to adopting cats out of their stores, suspect that there are other organizations they could work with.

[fimbrethil.livejournal.com]

Julian is lucky to have you. What a sad story.

[firecat]

Oh man. Sometimes it's really hard to tell the hoarders from the rescuers. The business about "Oh, I meant to, but..." is classic hoarder behavior, as is failing to treat animals for disease.

[ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com]

Dear G*d.

The pup I took from a rescue center have every kind of parasite and malnutrition.

She was okay in the end, but I won't give them a penny.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I am _so_ glad you got Julian out of there. Please give him an ear-skritch for me.