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Nearly two weeks ago, 47 cats were moved from
their home in Trenton to Ledgewood, NJ. Their
owner had died and they were being fed by a family friend. They needed not only new loving homes, but also
medical care.
That was the plan behind the cats’ removal
on May 6, and now they’re in stage 1 of the two projected for them: they’re being
medically evaluated at one of three St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center sites,
known as “Noah’s Ark.”
Many of the cats have upper respiratory infections
and ear infections/mites, a St. Hubert’s spokesperson said. There’s likely to be “a slow trickle” of the Trenton
cats from Noah’s Ark to St. Hubert’s Madison campus (both in Morris County),
where adoptions take place.
Adoption into new loving homes: that will
be stage 2 for the cats, who come in all colors and ages -- from 8 kittens,
including bottle babies, to 9-year-olds. As the Trenton cats are moved to Madison, they’ll
be shown on the St. Hubert’s website with other animals waiting for homes.
Described by a St. Hubert’s rep as the “wonderful
people at Trenton Humane,” Trenton officers involved in the collaborative
effort brought the 47 cats out of their house for their journey to a new life.
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| Removing 47 cats from their Trenton home |
As If Hearing Heavy
Furniture Moved on the Floor Above Us
by Jane Hirshfield
As things grow rarer, they enter the ranges of counting.
Remain this many Siberian tigers,
that many African elephants. Three hundred red-legged egrets.
We scrape from the world its tilt and meander of wonder
as if eating the last burned onions and carrots from a cast iron pan.
Closing eyes to taste better the char of ordinary sweetness.
(from Ledger [Knopf, 2020])
Wildlife’s (brief?) respite
“Coronavirus disrupts illegal wildlife
trafficking --for now.” Unfortunately,
those last two words may be the most accurate future-predictors. Now, with some
borders closed and tighter security, it’s understandable to hope that poachers
and traffickers will be slowed down for good.
But, there’s always the lure of money for
those who trade in wildlife. And the
financial losses from Covid-19 could drive even more people into this illicit,
and dangerous, activity.
On the
other hand, as more governments recognize “the link between wildlife trade
and public health, the social stigma around the purchase and consumption of
illegal wildlife products could grow, and countries eager to avoid becoming the
origin of another pandemic would be motivated to investigate, arrest and
prosecute wildlife criminals,” one expert says.
We
can only hope.
‘Food animals’ can’t win
If you thought that animals bred to be
eaten got a break when US meat-processing plants closed recently, think
again. Pigs who would otherwise be
slaughtered for food are instead being shot or gassed. Chickens are also being killed en masse when
they can’t be slaughtered. It’s a
lose-lose. Which is why PeTA’s May 10 full-page NYTimes ad (text below) came just in time. . .
AMERICA:
IT’S TIME TO MOVE
AWAY FROM MEAT
American factory
farms and slaughterhouses are as filthy as “wet markets” anywhere in the
world. If you looked inside at the
blood, urine, waste, and offal on the floors and walls, you would lose your
lunch. Working conditions are appalling,
and workers are getting sick. Animals
are terrified. They scream and try to escape.
They smell the fear and the slaughter.
A meat shortage isn’t a food shortage. No one needs meat.
It’s linked to heart disease, cancer, stroke,
high blood pressure,
diabetes, and obesity.
Eat as if everyone’s life depends on it.
Because it does.
We will help you: free vegan starter kits,
mentors,
and recipes at PETA.org/Vegan.
PeTA
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Wow, great ad by peta. I certainly hope it makes people think.
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