CatsnDogs wrote:
A CAT IN EVERY HOME CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES

Weekly Community Cat Adoptions Planned at Jersey City?s Grace Church Commencing January 8, 2012 12:30 ? 4:30PM


(Jersey City, NJ) January 1, 2012 ? Hudson County animal welfare organizations Companion Animal Trust (CAT) and Hudson County Animal League (HCAL) are partnering in 2012 to find homes for homeless community cats through the launch of ?A CAT IN EVERY HOME? campaign.

The organizations will host weekly Sunday public adoption events starting, January 8, 2012, 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm at the Parish Hall of Grace Church, located at 39 Erie Street in Downtown Jersey City at the corner of Second Street.

?We want to make it easy, friendly and convenient for the community to adopt a cat so we are bringing the kitties to the community and Grace Church is ideally located for this purpose,? said Carol McNichol, Companion Animal Trust President.

CAT and HCAL are no-kill foster care organizations dedicated to saving and placing homeless animals. All cats and kittens are vaccinated and spayed or neutered. Adoption fees do apply.

For further information call 201-884-9649 or email cat@companionanimaltrust.com.

bellebottomblues wrote:
We adopted our two cats (at 9 weeks old) through Liberty Humane's foster care program and had a fantastic experience. I had only 1 cat for years and now that we have 2 I would never go back to just 1..they are so easy to take care of and have each other when we're not home. My husband is also allergic and he adores them, he just got used to dealing with it.
Please adopt a cat...they bring so much love into your home and you're saving a life too which is an amazing feeling :)

WhoElseCouldIBe wrote:
in every home?

Vigilante wrote:
Adopting a cat is one of the best things you can do. A lot of people think they can't have cats because they work a lot or travel sometimes etc. Cats are pretty easy to deal with day to day. The litter box gets changed once a week with daily scoopings. A cat-sitter, if you leave town, will charge about $10 a day to pop in and feed them, scoop the poop etc. A cat is great company and not nearly as needy as some dogs. They usually just want to hang out and sleep. I thought I was deathly allergic to cats but found I was more allergic to dust and pollen and was probably blaming cats mistakenly. Two cats are even better! Saving a cat will be one of the most rewarding things you could ever do.

dghaag wrote:
2 things:

1. There was a missing cat reported on here that looks like it may be that grey one. (Missing from Grove Street near city hall.

2. Robin, do you know where one could dispose of razor wire? Is there a town agency that would come pick it up?

My apartment building just redid our back yard fence and removed razor wire that was placed there in the 90s, but it remains coiled up in the back yard and I have no idea what to do with it.

Thanks.

ciel wrote:
Animal control was called and the guy came to pick up the cats (which happen to be friendly strays).

It is most definitely a crime to abuse animals and is punishable by law.

Animal control's job is to pick up strays, not to enforce the law.

jerseymom wrote:
From NJ.com:

The Jersey City woman whose dangerous dogs had been impounded since she violated an order to send them away apparently took the dogs home in the chaos as Hurricane Irene approached, officials said today

"We believe there is evidence she had them but it was in the context of the evacuation of the shelter," said Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio today of Susan Kolb, 60, of Sheffield Street, whose South African Boerboels were tied to several Downtown attacks.

"It looks like there was a misunderstanding in that somebody other than the owner should have removed the dogs," the prosecutor said.

The dogs were returned a day after they were discovered missing and police inquiries.

After the attacks in 2008 and 2009, which sent three adults and a baby to the hospital, Jersey City impounded the 160- and 100-pound dogs.

They faced possible euthanization under the state Vicious Dog Law, but Kolb went to trial to defend them in Jersey City Municipal Court.

The dogs' lives were spared as a result of an agreement reached in May 2009 in which Kolb promised in court to send the dogs out of state. Kolb's violation of that court order has triggered new proceedings against the dogs in municipal court under the Vicious Dog Law. Their lives are again in the balance.

In January police found the dogs at Kolb's home and she was arrested on warrants for unpaid municipal court fines and charged with criminal contempt of court in Superior Court. The dogs were impounded at the Liberty Humane Society pending the outcome of the new Vicious Dog proceedings.

On Saturday. the shelter was being evacuated when it was found that Kolb's dogs were missing, police said. Officers went to Kolb's home looking for them but they did not find her or the dogs, reports said. The man that answered the door was uncooperative, police reports said. On Sunday, a man brought the dogs back to the shelter, officials said.

Kolb pleaded guilty to the contempt charge on Aug. 24 and is expected to get probation when sentenced on Oct. 7 by Superior Court Judge Lisa Rose. No new charges have been filed against her for the brief reunion with her pets this weekend.

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GrovePath wrote:

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Pet pit bull mauls pregnant Calif. woman to death Darla Napora 'lived her own life, no matter what anyone else said,' father says; police later destroy canine msnbc.com news services updated 25 minutes ago A pregnant northern California woman was mauled to death by her pet pit bull, which was later shot and killed, reports say. The body of Darla Napora, 32, was found at her home in Pacifica, said police Captain Dave Bertini, according to NBC Bay Area affiliate KNTV. The victim's husband found his wife around noon, with one of the family's pit bulls standing over her body, KNTV said. He was able to get the dog into the backyard before police arrived, but the animal escaped, charging the officers later. Police fired three shots, killing the dog. The family's second pit bull, which was not believed to be involved in the incident, was removed and taken to the Peninsula Humane Society as a precaution, KNTV said. A neighbor told the San Francisco Chronicle that she saw Napora?s distraught husband outside the house before authorities arrived on the scene. "He was in the driveway all frantic, yelling," Kathy Carlson told the newspaper. "He had blood on his hands, blood on his shirt and blood down his pants." A sign reading "Beware of the Dog" hung from a fence that wraps around the home, according to the San Jose Mercury News. 'She lived her own life' Darold Larson of Yakima, Wash., told the Mercury News that his daughter was athletic and had a great sense of humor. She and her husband Greg had been married for two years. "She lived her own life, no matter what anyone else said," he told the Mercury News. "She was an individual." Local residents said they had not sensed any previous problem with the animals. "They are not barking dogs. They seemed friendly," Carlson told the Chronicle of the two dogs owned by the Naporas. "I have a pit also, and he's an absolute angel. It's just really sad." The Mercury News said Napora worked as a saleswoman for a local wine brokerage. The owner of the brokerage, Shannon Burke, told the paper that Darla Napora was at least six months along in her pregnancy. "It's a big loss," the Mercury News quoted Burke as saying. "She was very much loved."

Tippy wrote:
People who are so self-absorbed with themselves - who cannot believe that an animal life is important - I feel sorry for you. Steve, you sound way too self-interested and smug to care about God's creatures big and small. You do not stop to smell the roses - you are probably always in a rush - thus missing so much in life. As I write this I am reminded of a story I'd read - about a guy who saw a Mother duck and her babies crossing a highway - he cared so much for them that he got out of his truck (he was a trucker) in order to lead them to safety and ended up being killed. Most people are just living to make the "almighty" dollar - and doing anything to get it - but really the best things in life are free. Why don't you have an open and loving heart and stop putting others down for caring.