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SAV-R-CATS
NEWSLETTER “THE
PROWLER”
A STORY ABOUT AN ANGEL
Submitted by Sharon Dumay
Did you ever start to tell someone a
story, a true story, only to have the
person look at you with disbelief? If you’re
like me, you begin to feel that everyone
is questioning your sanity. I mean every
time you tell your story, eyes roll,
foreheads wrinkle and eyebrows that had
always seemed relatively idle move into a
neighboring zip code. After awhile, you
just stop telling the story. I know I
did. Instead I relived it every day,
savored the joy and believed in the
wonder of the miracle. But now I am
delighted that my friends and
co-volunteers at Sav-R-Cats have asked me
to share the story of how Angel came into
my life.
This is Angel’s story. When I
first met her, she was about two weeks
old. Now that’s just a guess. She
was covered in sand and was lying on the
beach in what could only be described as
a semi-comatose state. No mama or papa in
sight. No family at all. Two barking dogs
discovered her first. I had witnessed
Angel’s arrival on the beach, but I
didn’t believe my eyes. The dogs and
their deep, alarming barks motivated me
to explore the little package. I asked
myself, “What could have just fallen
from the sky? BUT Angel just didn’t
fall. This precious little kitten was
dropped from an open, clear summer sky
onto the soft amber colored sands of
Myrtle Beach.
Well here we go again. You’ve got
that doubting Thomas look about you. I’m
not making this story up. I’m not
even embellishing the story though my
friends say I’ve been known to do
that.
Angel was a miracle package dropped
most likely by a hawk or other bird of
prey that probably was bringing it to her
nest to feed it to her family of babies,
but could not hold onto it. This is how I
came to find my Angel covered in sand and
almost dead on the beach.
It took several weeks to nurse her
back to health but as you can see from
her picture, she is very healthy and just
as sweet and affectionate as she can be.
She brings pure joy to me every second of
the day. Cats are like that and if you
want to enjoy the unconditional love of a
cat, please contact SAV-R-CATS at
843-839-6902, and make an appointment to
visit our shelter, where we have many
kittens and cats that we have rescued,
and adopt your purrfect companion pet.
An organization is only as strong as
its leaders. Much is asked and much is
expected from them. Compassion, affection
and love are the key component elements
of their work. These feelings infiltrate
and imbue workers to work and perform in
a similar manner, where in it helps
strengthen and leads an organization to
successful heights. It is not often you
find a person with the three dimensional
traits as described above. However, we at
SAV-R-CATS are very fortunate in having
such person(s) volunteering their
services for our organization. One such
person is Karyn Barber, the Executive
Director of SRC; a tireless, sensitive,
hard worker, whose solace is to serve the
feral, abandoned and lost cats
communities. Karyn is a person of great
stamina and wisdom. Joining Karyn as an
indispensable leader and dedicated
servant whose assistance goes unnoticed
BUT so vital and necessary for the good
work done by SRC. Is the dynamo Donna
Sprague? Donna is one of our many unsung
heroes, whose patience and fortuitiveness
has inspired and helped SRC continue to
be a vital friend to the feral cat
population. Bernadette Kahl contributes
her time and efforts in a variety of
jobs, from writing and distributing press
releases, to performing office duties and
handling special projects, she is always
available at our beckon call. And lastly,
there is one individual everything hinges
upon, a person that gets everything in
order, accounted for, and accomplished in
an orderly sound fashion. Without her
supervision and counsel SRC would be in a
terrible mismanaged state of affairs. We
owe our thanks and appreciation to Sharon
Johnson. A work-a-holic, good manager and
listener. SRC is mighty proud to have
them as volunteers and friends of cats.
In the coming editions of our newsletter
we will be highlighting other volunteers
who give of their time and efforts on
behalf of SRC.
***SRC is commencing a memorial page
in our newsletter devoted to remembering
a family member or precious pet that has
passed on to Rainbow Heaven. Please
forward your remembrances with the name
of your beloved family member, date of
birth and the date passing along with
your gift to SRC. The remembrance will be
published in our next newsletter.
***Barn Cats available, ideal
residents for stables or barns. Healthy,
sterilized cats need barn homes. These
cats are feral and need a home at a farm,
horse stable, or other suitable outdoor
environment with shelter. Caretaker
responsibilities include providing daily
food water, protection from the elements
and long term veterinary care. Be
prepared for a brief period of
adjustment. Moving to a new home is
stressful for anyone, cats included!
After a short stay in secure confinement,
the cats will accept their new home and
be chasing mice, lizards, and palmetto
bugs out of your grain, barns and homes.
***Sav-R-Cats needs volunteers to work
with the hundreds of feral, abandoned, or
lost cats roaming the roads, streets and
vacant lands of Horry County. SRC uses a
trap-neuter-return program to try and
help control the feline population.
Volunteers will be asked to assist in
working in the SRC offices, colony
control, as community caretakers,
trapping cats, working at the adoption
centers or shelters, assist veterinarians
or on fund raising committees…Anyone
interested in volunteering please call
John e Bonsignor (843) 385-3963 or (843)
839-6902.
***Contributions or donations are
sorely needed by SRC, as our resources
and funds are becoming very low. Any
funds received will go directly to pay
for medical expenses or purchase cat
food, litter, igloos (shelters), bowls,
paper towels, disinfectants, air
fresheners, etc.
Sav-R-Cats International, Inc., Post
Office Box 2740, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(843) 839-6902
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