Meet Trash Kitty!
Rescued from a 15 ton trash truck...
It was early morning when Kathy Vicini walked into the Feed Barn with a crying, eyes closed tiny kitten that she had rescued from a 15 ton debris garbage truck. The shelter would not open for a couple of hours and this baby needed formula now. Kathy had to get to work and needed to get this kitten the care it needed.
This is the beginning of the great animal partnership. The Feed Barn often takes kittens when the shelter is closed. We warmed a bottle of formula, fed this baby and got it to the shelter when they opened.
The next part of the partnership is A-PAL Humane Society foster care. Shelter staff has a list of foster volunteers and gets kittens to them to be bottle fed, weaned and then on to spay/neuter, shots, deworming and back to the Feed Barn for adoption. Judy Hobbs and Kathy Schmidt along with this amazing team of fosters and Jackson Creek Vet clinic staff moves hundreds of kittens each year from the shelter through to adoption.
It was early morning when Kathy Vicini walked into the Feed Barn with a crying, eyes closed tiny kitten that she had rescued from a 15 ton debris garbage truck. The shelter would not open for a couple of hours and this baby needed formula now. Kathy had to get to work and needed to get this kitten the care it needed.
This is the beginning of the great animal partnership. The Feed Barn often takes kittens when the shelter is closed. We warmed a bottle of formula, fed this baby and got it to the shelter when they opened.
The next part of the partnership is A-PAL Humane Society foster care. Shelter staff has a list of foster volunteers and gets kittens to them to be bottle fed, weaned and then on to spay/neuter, shots, deworming and back to the Feed Barn for adoption. Judy Hobbs and Kathy Schmidt along with this amazing team of fosters and Jackson Creek Vet clinic staff moves hundreds of kittens each year from the shelter through to adoption.
This kitten was so lucky to have been rescued by Kathy and placed into the Save the Kittens program which was founded by Kathy Schmidt in 1999 and to date has successfully rescued and adopted more than 7500 kittens and cats. Cats are placed in this program too when kittens are not available.
This beautiful boy will be up for adoption at the Feed Barn sometime next week. Amador County is fortunate to have great animal partners working together with the goal to SAVE THEM ALL!