Purr-fect Cats

07/09/2024

The Delightful Legend of the P***y Willow

According to an old Polish legend, many springtimes ago a mother cat was crying at the bank of the river in which her kittens were drowning. The willows at the river’s edge longed to help her, so they swept their long graceful branches into the waters to rescue the tiny kittens who had fallen into the river while chasing butterflies. The kittens gripped on tightly to their branches and were safely brought to shore. Each springtime since, goes the legend, the willow branches sprout tiny fur-like buds at their tips where the tiny kittens once clung.

Artist: Rose Mary Berlin

06/26/2024

These two were found near the garbadge disposal. Someone witnessed an unknown car on the driveway in the middle of the night. And then, the cat distribution system brought them to safety.

06/23/2024

Pray for Muffy. Muffy is the barn cat. She disappeared for a few days. Was found this morning, lethargic. She is not eating or drinking. If she is to go, we wish for a peaceful transition.

I spoke to her about the rainbow bridge and all of the other kitties that are waiting for her there.

EDIT: Muffy transitioned to the Rainbow Bridge just before 8pm. Paw prints on our hearts

06/19/2024

06/02/2024

This adorable 😻 is in Brampton, Ontario. He wants to go home.

1946 likes, 248 comments. “onyx is a sweet but shy boy who just wants a furever home, he will love you till the very end 🖤”

05/28/2024

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-free-stuff/kitchener-waterloo/cat-needs-a-home/1694492837

This cat has been coming to my house lately. I think it’s a female tabby. She’s very friendly and appears to be in good health. My kids have been playing with her but we don’t have the capacity to take her in. I’m hoping to find her a home that she deawves. Feel free to message me for questi...

03/15/2024

YOU NEVER SAID GOODBYE

You never said I'm leaving
You never said GoodBye
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knew why
A million times I needed you,
A million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
You never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still
In my heart you hold a place,
That no one could ever fill.
It broke my heart to lose you,
But you didn't go alone
For part of me went with you,
The day God took you home

03/15/2024

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here,
that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our
special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food.
water and sunshine,and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor
Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we
remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are
happy and content, except for one small thing: they each miss someone very
special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly
stopsand looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body
quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass.
his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet.
you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy
kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you
look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet,so long gone from your life
but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together...

03/09/2024

My Dear Human,
I see that you are crying, for it is my moment to leave. Don't cry, please. I want to explain some things to you.
You're sad because I left, but I'm glad I met you.
How many dogs and cats and birds like me die daily without meeting someone special like you?
I know it saddens you my departure, but I had to go now.
I want to ask you not to blame yourself for anything. I heard you sobbing that you should have done something else for me. Don't say that, you've done a lot for me! Without you I would have known nothing of the beauty I carry with me today.
You must know that we animals live the present intensely and we are very wise: we enjoy every little thing every day, and forget the bad past quickly.
Our lives begin when we know love, the same love you gave me, my angel without wings and two legs.
Know that even if you find an animal that is seriously injured, and that you only have a little bit of time in this world, you provide a huge service by accompanying you in your final transition.
None of us likes to be alone, except when we realize it's time to leave.
Maybe for you it's not so important that one of you is next to us caressing us and holding our paw, helps us go in peace.
No more crying, please. I'll be happy. I have in memory the name you gave me, the warmth of your house that in this time became mine. I take the sound of your voice talking to me, even though I don't always understand what you were saying to me.
I carry in my heart every caress you gave me.
Everything you did was very valuable to me and I thank you endlessly, I don't know how to tell you, because I don't speak your language, but surely in my eyes you could see my gratitude.
I'm just gonna ask for two favors. Wash your face and start smiling.
Remember how good we live together these moments, remember the antics I made to cheer you up.
Relive like me all the good we share in this time.
And do not say you will not adopt another animal, because you have suffered a lot from my departure. Without you I would not live the beauties I lived.
Please don't do this! There are many like me waiting for someone like you.
Give them what you gave me, please, they need it just like I needed you.
Don't keep the love you have to give, for fear of suffering.
Follow my advice, cherish the good you share with each of us, recognizing that you are an angel to us animals, and that without people like you our life would be harder than sometimes it is.
Follow your noble task, now it's up to me to be your angel.
I will accompany you in your path and help you help others like me.
I will talk to other animals who are here with me, I will tell you everything you have done for me and I will point and say proudly: “that's my family.”
Tonight, when you look at the sky and see a blinking star I want you to know that it's me flashing an eye; warning you that I arrived well and telling you "thank you for the love you gave me".
I say goodbye now not saying "goodbye", but "see you later.”
There is a special sky for people like you, the sky where we go and life rewards us by making us meet there.
I'll be waiting for you!"

03/04/2024

This is Ginger. Ginger is feral. Ginger lived in a barn in southern Ontario for as long as i have know her. One had to thread lightly around her, as she startled easily, and was very timid. She came for food, water, and treats twice a day. Sometime she just layed on the deck in the sun. Ginger has always been a favorite of mine (i have a soft spot for ginger cats). She passed away on Thursday morning. She was buried today with her favorite treats and lots of catnip. Enough for the trip to rainbow bridge.
RIP Ginger

02/14/2024

Happy Valentine Day to all the fur-babies.

02/02/2024

He is french. He knows how to roll his ´r’

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12/17/2023

All the little cat spirits were crossing the rainbow bridge when one of them looked back and saw some cats' souls laying on the other side of the bridge, not moving.
“Who are they?” he asked the cat next to him.
“Oh, don’t you know they are the souls who had no owner in life and knew no love like we did."
“So what are they laying there for?” he asked “Why don’t they cross over like us?”
“They can’t.” replied his new friend “Only pets with owners can cross."
Just then all the souls on the other side of the bridge sat up and looked down the road.
"What’s happening?" asked the little cat. “Watch!” replied his friend.
Whereupon a woman was seen walking towards the bridge. She looked to her left and then to her right then opened her arms wide and all the patiently waiting souls got up and went to her.
She knelt and touched each and every spirit in turn.
They then all proceeded to cross the bridge together.
“Who is that?” he asked his friend.
“That is someone special.” replied his friend “She is a rescuer."
❤ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 ❤

– Author unknown
– Artist, Gretzky
– Poem shared from Panther City Feral Cat Coalition

12/05/2023

Never complain about their footprints on the floor after cleaning, about tampering with the furniture, accidentally breaking some utensils, or stray hair. One day you will wish they were still there! They play and quarrel.. Life is short and how short their lives are!..

10/01/2023

There was a cat, Jenny, who was one of the Titanic’s cat. She had her kittens onboard in Belfast. But when they got to the stop before heading to New York, she took her kittens off the boat and did not get back on.
You can read about her below...or by googling cat on Titanic.
Perhaps, that’s what this picture by artist Celia Pike, is of...Jenny and her babies watching the last sailing of the Titanic.

Artist: Celia Pike

The Titanic Cat - Jenny's Story
In the wee hours of the morning between April 14th and April 15th 1912 the queen of the White Star Line, the unsinkable Titanic, did indeed sink into the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. Countless human and animal lives were lost, but what about Jenny, the Titanic cat?

As the story goes …
Jenny was brought aboard the Titanic from her sister ship, the Olympia, to act as mascot and to help with the rodent control. She lived in the underbelly of the ship (or the kitchen depending on which story you read) and was tended to by a stoker named Jim Mulholland. He would frequently sneak table scraps for her.

Work was difficult to find in those days and Jim Mulholland had been temporary help on the Titanic during the ship’s sailing trials from the Irish Sea to Southampton. When he was offered a full time position for the Titanic’s maiden voyage to New York he was thrilled to have the employment.

During those sailing trials, about a week before the Titanic moored in Southampton, Jenny presented Jim and the Titanic with a litter of kittens. Jim made Jenny a comfortable spot where she could tend to her kittens. Looking after the mama cat and her kittens broke the monotony of Jim’s work. Jenny seemed content with her warm spot by the furnaces, her babies and her kitchen scraps from Jim.


However, as soon as the ship docked at Southampton Jenny had a good look at her surroundings and promptly started picking her kittens up by the scruff of their necks and moving them, one by one, down the gangplank and off the ship.

Jim watched her curiously and decided that this cat must know something that no one else knows!

He promptly packed his meagre belongings and departed the ship himself.

Truth or Titanic legend? Some other reports have Jenny and her kittens perishing with the Titanic, but the cat lover in me … I like Jim Mulholland’s story so I vote truth!

Years later the Irish Times ran Jenny’s story after a reporter spoke to an elderly man who related the tale. Was he Jim Mulholland himself or just someone with whom Jim shared his story? We may never know. A Daily Mirror edition from April of 1912 ran an article with the headline “Clever Mother Cat Saves Her Kittens from the Titanic” accompanied with the following picture. Is this Jenny’s litter? Again, we may never know.

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09/13/2023

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08/26/2023

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