ca-r-ma.org - Saint John

With many thanks to Global Pet Foods Annual "Show Us Your Heart™" Fundraising Drive, ca-r-ma.org - Saint John will benefit from a generous donation. We appreciate the time, effort and consideration given to us from our local Saint John Global Girls. (=^..^=)

It all started many years ago and many cats & kittens later but specifically with a wondering female cat that appeared in the area.  No one really noticed her until six or eight weeks after she had her first litter.  The cat had little to no contact with “our kind” before, so we, the neighbourhood, thought it was fun to watch them from afar, as they didn’t let you get too close.  The following summer there was another litter, then another and that’s how it starts.

After the cuteness and novelty wore off, the neighbors decided that feeding them was keeping them here and if they stopped the cats might just go away.  I believed and still believe that the care was keeping them alive. Once all the neighborhood help ceased to exist, the responsibly then fell solely on me.  There was no way possible I could let them go hungry.  Too much time had passed and too many whiskers crossed my path. 

At some point someone felt it was smart to drop of their house pet, which was female and not spayed.  She was the first cat I took in, named her “Baby” and then that same summer walked in “Lightning”.  His mother kept leaving him behind when she moved around the property.  Every summer then on, I would take one or two in and was finding homes for many kittens, all the while, seeing a lot of beauties and a lot of unfortunate deaths.  It has been very rewarding and also very stressful.  Not only is there the financial burden of taking on so many free roaming cats but also carrying the responsible of finding homes for the 20, 30 or 40 kittens every spring and summer.  Not to mention, making sure they have shelter for winter months.  How helpless I’ve felt being forced to watch cats with injuries that I couldn’t get close enough to help but lucky to remember how many I’ve watched bounce back from injury.

Never did I plan to have a multi cat house hold, especially with some of them having medical issues, but I am glad that they have found a home and even more glad its mine.

What could I have done if not for ca-r-ma?!  This organization helped so much with spaying and neutering as well as medications and kitten adoptions.  They have been life a saver for us.  The cats that still reside here are not only spayed and neutered but vaccinated, treated with Revolution and because of this will live a much healthier life. 

The moral of my story, I would not have it any other way, I love them all!

-Caregiver, Heather Baxter

ca-r-ma.org is powered by volunteers only-there are no paid employees, nor do the directors of the organization receive remuneration whatsoever.

All funds are used for the care of the animals and operation of the organization.
Copyright 2009 ca-r-ma.org  |   caT-rESCUE-maRiTiMES. All rights reserved.

Web Hosting by Yahoo!