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Feature Story: DOPPLEGANGERS! The Anatomy of a Heart Attack
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WELCOME! to the October 2010 issue of The Pride Cartoon™ E-News... a publication of The Pride™, the Award-Winning Reality Cat Cartoon Starring Crazy Johnny.

Of course you know that October 31st is Halloween, (HH2U!) but did you know that Oct. 16th is National Feral Cat Day?  In honor of my feral cats (all +/- 16 that I inherited) here is an issue for them.  And for Halloween, a few screams!

Enjoy, laugh, shop, forward to your friends, and if you're able, send  a donation for my ferals?   So they don't take candy from strangers? Thanks.  XO

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Buy NowA CORRECTION:  So, it appears that I have shed a number of IQ points. 
After last month's "What Do You Do When You Inherit +/- 18 Cats?",
at least two people wrote asking, "why didn't you include a link
to donate?!"
Ay, caramba I'm dumb!  So, here's a rerun of the story with a
link to donate >>   In honor of National Feral Cat Day, and in consideration of the fact that
winter is nigh, our anonymous benefactor's food
donation is down to the last
two cases and I am approaching broke, my feral cats ask for anything you can spare and send their sincerest thanks for all help they receive.  Donations of $10 or more will receive a 5-pack of The Pride Cartoon™
postcards!
  Every penny donated to our ferals goes to the purchase of food, shelter, spay/neuter, and meds when necessary. (NOTE: we are not a 501C3 org.  Just individuals doing good deeds for cats.  Donations are not tax deductible.)
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"What Do You Do When You Inherit +/- 18 Cats? Subtitled: HEEEEEEEELP!"  Rerun, Retitled: 
Q:  What Do You Do When You Inherit +/- 18 Cats?
A: Scream For HEEEEEEEELP!
 

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Our National Feral Cat Day / Halloween 2010 Feature Story:
DOPPLEGANGERS!
The Anatomy of a Heart Attack
(The Funniest Thing That Ever Happened to Me Involving a Feral Cat....)



Readers may remember that it was after Jack was born and abandoned by his mother on my Mom's back step (making us instant Mommy and Grammy) that I decided my mother's feral cat situation had to come under control (I hear you sniggling, "yea, good luck with that").  Mrs. Lipkin* from down the street, as you will recall, had been feeding for several years, while not spaying or neutering, a colony of cats who continued to enlarge their family, and had expanded to our yard.  When Mrs. Lipkin passed away, well.... you know the rest.


It was two days after Jack's birth (in fact all 2" of him were in my winter hat inside my shirt) when I called upon the services of the wonderful, the tireless, the devoted, Mary Tschinkel of Friendly Ferals to help me trap, neuter and spay as many of these multiplying ferals as could be got.  Because I was not going to let these cats turn me into an orphanage for their unwanted young.  Because, as you will also recall, I am NOT that crazy cat woman.  Even if every cat in Queens tells you I am.

Mary came on a Tuesday with 8 humane traps -  the long, rectangular, raccoon-type cages with a sloping door on one end, and sliding release hatch on the other.  The type where you put a plate of food in one end and when the cat goes in to eat, he steps on a trigger that shuts the door behind him.  To release him, you pull up the slider at the other end and out he goes.  For camouflage and the cat's comfort Mary wrapped all the traps in black plastic bags.  This was so the cats don't get wet if it rains, and they're not exposed so they won't get too upset while they're waiting to be retrieved.

Our job was simple: watch the traps, and as cats are caught, bring them on the porch so they're not out there for other cats to see (lest the onlookers get wise to our cunning plan and we don't catch any more).  When all 8 traps were full, or it got dark, whichever came first, Mary would come collect the cats.  Easy!   

Well, all 8 traps were full within an hour.  Horrah!  I had taken about 6 cats onto the porch and was thinking, "tssh!  Piece o'cake," when Black Shuck walked into a trap.  Black Shuck is a very large, jet black, snarly, matted, terrible looking, miserably mean tom cat.  I named him after the spectral black ghost dog of British legend whose appearance presages certain death... continued....
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* name changed to protect subject's privacy
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By popular demand for Halloween, a rerun of:
The Creator's Blog From Halloween, Dia De Los Muertos (Gatos!) October 2009
Are there cat ghosts?  Do the spirits of our deceased pets live on after death as many believe our own souls do?  Many who have lost a beloved cat can tell a tale of that cat's spirit returning to visit days, weeks, months, sometimes years after their passing.  Sometimes once only to say goodbye, sometimes frequently over many years.

You don't have to convince me.  I have as many cat ghosts as I've had cats.  And you know how many that is.

The night my mother's dear Theresa, our first bottle-fed kitten, passed away, I heard her footsteps plunkety plunk plunking down the stairs... continued...
So how did we do with our Halloween 2010 issue?  Feel free to let us know your opinions, questions, comments and suggestions.  We value your feedback! 

Purrs,

Jane Denny  l  Creator, The Pride Cartoon™
(not that crazy cat lady)
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