Life at Halfway Home Pet Rescue (HHPR) is looking much better for this young Momma Cass than it did a couple of weeks ago. A young girl was taking the garbage out to the outside garbage barrels when she heard a soft pitiful cry. Looking over the barrel at the ice still between the garage building and the garbage cans where the sun can’t reach, she saw little Momma Cass frozen in the ice with her 5 young kittens. Reacting quickly, she got her parents and they quickly started thawing out the ice to release the momma and 5 babies. Unfortunately, 4 of the babies could not be revived. The family soon brought the feline family to HHPR for more help. Momma Cass and little Rocky were treated with eye ointment and antibiotics during their recovery and are now slowly gaining weight and energy after their near death experience. This family is a hero to the HHPR volunteers as they postponed their day’s tasks to save the lives of this feline family. Momma Cass has recently taken over the care and feeding of 4 new orphan kittens. She is extremely loving and grateful for her rescue.

HHPR is in great need of Purina Kitten Chow and Purina Cat Chow. Our supply is extremely low and our population is high. We have many kittens still too young for adoption. We have had several young adult cats come in with various injuries like a broken tail (possibly from being hit by a car), stomach cut open about 5 inches from an abuse case, blistered feet, many signs of starvation, and other injuries. These cases take time to heal and become adoptable house cats. We also are very short in supply of 24/7 heating pads and heated beds for the comfort of orphan kittens and abandoneds cat with very little body heat of their own due to starvation. We cannot use the heating pads that turn off every two hours because the weak cats require a steady warm pad. We also are looking for nicely used shoes, sneakers, work boots, and dress shoes for both woman and men. This is for our Shoe Recycling Program which helps HHPR pay their vet bills. We are still overfull of beautiful adoptable cats with all their medical needs completed including spay/neutering. Our special adoption fee of $10.00 for an adult cat over 6 months will continue until June 1. Our adoption prices will return to the usual $40.00 for adult cats as of June 2. Special appointment can be made with advance notice for the volunteer schedule. We made $690.00 at the Caribou Yard Sale. Thank you for your support. Your help does make a difference. FMI: Call 207-999-1075.