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Many of the calls we receive are from people
who have tried to get help from the SPCA. They often
wonder what role the SPCA is playing in the work we
do and whether they, too, are helping the street cats.
Our work is very time-consuming and not always successful;
this may be part of the reason the SPCA can't do what
we are doing. In any case, they have supported our
TNR work by donating food and blankets. In fact, at
a recent Spay Day event, they treated (and returned)
18 Maverick cats---free of charge.
Most humans have become very insensitive towards animals.
We eat them, experiment upon them, wear their skins-their
lives are cheap. The fact is, they want to live just
as we do-free of pain, torture and suffering. Many
years ago, I saw a kitten thrown out of a car in the
middle of a busy intersection. Before it was struck,
I saw it desperately trying to live-to escape its
nightmare. I held it in a blanket while it gasped
its last breath. That incident led me into working
with animals. I have found that very simple acts of
compassion can make a tremendous difference in their
well-being-sometimes the difference between life and
death.
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