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C.R.A. # 899091128RR0001MEWSletter | Alberta Charitable # 3101541 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • all about us! The Foundation was founded by Marjorie Hervey in 1998 to provide care and loving homes for the unwanted, un-cared for and abandoned cats that Autumn 2012 fall into our society. MEWSLETTER She used her family inheritance President/Founder and more to start and establish The Marjorie Hervey Foundation.Since that time over 3,000 [email protected] cats and kittens have come into our Editor | furtive feline friend care and most have found good, loving design | [email protected] homes. The balance stay with us to live PrintER | [email protected] a quality life. The Foundation’s prime objective is to offer either a temporary or long- term place of protection for injured, OurTo care forMission cats in dire It takes 450 lbs. of dry cat food, 75 cases of canned food and 800 lbs. of unwanted, homeless and abused cats. need and give our less litter PER MONTH to take care of the hundreds of stray, abandoned and In line with this philosophy is the fortunate feline friends a concept of HOMING - this means that we warm, loving and caring unwanted cats and kittens that The Hervey Foundation for Cats takes in provide homes for these animals - either environment that allows at their facility each year. Many of these animals find new homes – BUT – a new loving, caring home or permanent them to live out their home at our facility for the cat to live lives. To attempt to find many fall into permanent care at our facility. a Quality Life for the remainder of it’s loving homes for cats and life. kittens that come into our We provide a means of finding suitable care. To promote responsi- loving and caring homes for these cats. ble pet ownership through In addition, we promote and educate the public education, early public on the proper treatment of cats spaying and neutering all in keeping with the requirements of programs and promoting the Animal Protection Act. other care programs. Our primary concern is the cats under our care. Great precautions are taken to With costs in excess of $5000 every month the Foundation needs the avoid introducing illness. For example, in the situation involving a typical continued support of the caring public to carry out our mission. member of the family our procedures would be as follows: The Foundation is a registered non-profit Charitable Organization in Cats that come into our care are taken Canada and Alberta: C.R.A. # 899091128 RR0001 Alberta Charitable to an Accredited Veterinary Clinic Organization License # 310154. where, at the cost of The Foundation, the animal would be examined and Feluk tested, spayed or neutered, all donations made micro-chipped, de-wormed, vaccinated with the 4 way combination vaccine to The Foundation are and Feline Leukemia and Rabies (if old enough). Its ears would be checked for tax-deductible! ear mites and treated.The cat is then transported to our facility . It is placed in isolation for observation for 4 to 5 days. If any symptoms develop that needs attention, then the cat is treated. Financial donations may be made by Assuming all is well, the cat is placed up for adoption to find it a good home. mail, phone, paypal or Canada helps.org! The cats in our care are not caged but are free to enjoy an home atmosphere. if it clear that a new acquisition could not be adopted for some reason or another, it is made to feel at home, is given a name, and it ALL DONATIONS WELCOME becomes assimilated into our family. CALL MARJORIE • 780-963-4933 The Foundation is unique throughout all of Western Canada. The reason is quite simple. No person has the The Foundation operates a no-kill facility - euthanasia as an option only when the animal cannot enjoy a reasonable quality of life. patience and the devotion that Marjorie has for the cats. — 3 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • MARJORIE’S MESSAGE
WelcomeDear toSupporters, the Fall edition of the Mewsletter! e hope everyone had a wonderful summer, enjoying the Wthings that you wanted to do. I know we did. I know we did. We had lots of barbecues and kept busy with the work that we do here every summer. Once again, lots of painting and just our usual routines. Of course caring for the fabulous felines we share our home and lives with comes first, and we have lots of fun doing that. They have enjoyed suntanning out in the runs and spending the long, lazy days enjoying Mother Nature. We have also been kept very busy, as we are now adopting out of PetSmart at 2066 38 Ave in Edmonton. This is keeping our two new volunteers, Kathy Byram and Margret McDaid on the go. We were successful in the grant application program with the City of Edmonton so we now take the cats from The Animal Care and Control Center in Edmonton to our vet in Morinville, and when the work is finished on them they go to PetsMart for adoption, so this keeps these two ladies very busy, but it is all worth it, to help get these unclaimed strays into new, responsible homes and given a second chance at the good life. This also helps reduce the over- population problem and, of course, euthanasia rates. We hope that you will join us for the Edmonton Cat Fancier’s Fall cat show on September 29th and 30th, 2012, at The Edmonton Hotel and Convention Center, 4520 76th ave NW Edmonton (the same location as the last one). It will be their 50th anniversary this year, so please come and celebrate with us! We will have some cats there for adoption and, as usual, we always look forward to seeing everyone and visiting with you, so please mark it on your calendar and come see us! We cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your on- going support. It is YOU, our wonderful supporters, who really makes the Foundation work. We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving, and I’ll talk to you soon in the winter edition! Marjorie Hervey
“The cat has always been associated with the moon. Like the moon it comes to life at night, escaping from humanity and wandering over housetops with its eyes beaming out through the darkness.” - Patricia Dale-Green
“The cat is above all things, a dramatist.” - Margaret Benson
“Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.” - Joseph Wood Krutch
— 4 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • Declawing Cats: Far Worse Than a Manicure
eclawing is a topic that arouses like cutting off each finger at the last as the removal of cancerous nail bed strong feelings. Some people knuckle. tumors. Many countries feel so strongly Dbelieve it’s cruel and unneces- A third procedure is the tendonecto- about the issue that they have banned sary, while others think it has its place. my, in which the tendon that controls the procedure. But you don’t have to the claw in each toe is severed. The cat let your cat destroy your house. Here’s Why people declaw cats keeps his claws, but can’t control them what you can do: People often mistakenly believe that or extend them to scratch. This proce- •Keep his claws trimmed to minimize declawing their cats is a harmless dure is associated with a high incidence damage to household items. “quick fix” for unwanted scratching. of abnormally thick claw •Provide several stable scratching They don’t realize that declawing can growth. Therefore, more frequent and posts and boards around your home. make a cat less likely to use the litter challenging nail trims are required to Offer different materials like carpet, si- box or more likely to bite. prevent the cat’s claws from snagging sal, wood, and cardboard, as well as dif- People who are worried about being on people, carpet, furniture, and drapes, ferent styles (vertical and horizontal). scratched, especially those with immu- or growing into the pads. Use toys and catnip to entice your cat nodeficiencies or bleeding disorders, Because of its complications, ten- to use the posts and boards. may be told incorrectly that their health donectomy may lead to declawing •Ask your veterinarian about soft plas- will be protected by declawing their anyway. Although tendonectomy is not tic caps (such as Soft Paws) that are cats. However, declawing is not recom- actually amputation, a 1998 study pub- glued to the cat’s nails. They need to be mended by infectious disease special- lished in the Journal of the American replaced about every six weeks. ists. The risk from scratches for these Veterinary Medical Association found •Use a special tape (such as Sticky people is less than those from bites, cat the incidence of bleeding, lameness, Paws) on furniture to deter your cat litter, or fleas carried by their cats. and infection was similar for tendonec- from unwanted scratching. Cats are usually about 8 weeks old tomy and declawing. when they begin scratching. It’s the Unnecessary procedures ideal time to train kittens to use a After effects Declawing and tendonectomies should scratching post and allow nail trims. Pet Medical drawbacks to declawing in- be reserved only for those rare cases in caregivers should not consider declaw- clude pain, infection and tissue necro- which a cat has a medical problem that ing a routine prevention for unwanted sis (tissue death), lameness, and back would warrant such surgery, such as scratching. Declawing can actually lead pain. Removing claws changes the way the need to remove cancerous nail bed to an entirely different set of behav- a cat’s foot meets the ground and can tumors. Declawing does not guarantee ior problems that may be worse than cause pain similar to wearing an uncom- that a cat will not be taken to a shelter shredding the couch. fortable pair of shoes. There can also if other problem behaviors occur, such be a regrowth of improperly removed as biting or not using the litter box. What is declawing? claws, nerve damage, and bone spurs. Declawing is an unnecessary surgery Too often, people think that declawing For several days after surgery, shredded which provides no medical benefit to is a simple surgery that removes a cat’s newspaper is typically used in the litter the cat.Educated pet parents can easily nails—the equivalent of having your fin- box to prevent litter from ir- train their cats to use their gernails trimmed. Sadly, this is far from ritating declawed feet. This claws in a manner that al- the truth. Declawing traditionally in- unfamiliar litter substitute, lows everyone in the volves the amputation of the last bone accompanied by pain when household to live to- of each toe. If performed on a human scratching in the box, may gether happily being, it would be like cutting off each lead cats to stop using the finger at the last knuckle. litter box. Some cats may become biters because they The Humane Society of the How is a cat declawed? no longer have their claws United States The standard method of declawing is for defense. amputating with a scalpel or guillotine clipper. The wounds are closed with What you can do stitches or surgical glue, and the feet Scratching is normal cat be- are bandaged. Another method is laser havior. It isn’t done to destroy surgery, in which a small, intense beam a favorite chair or to get even. of light cuts through tissue by heating Cats scratch to remove the dead and vaporizing it. However, it’s still the husks from their claws, mark amputation of the last toe bone territory and stretch their of the cat and carries with it the same muscles. The Humane Society long-term risks of lameness and be- of the United States opposes havioral problems as does declawing declawing except for the rare with scalpels or clippers.If performed cases when it is necessary on a human being, declawing would be for medical purposes, such
— 5 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • WHY CATS NEED CLAWS by Gary Loewenthal
laws are involved in almost bandages up kitty’s paws to soak up that are more stoic huddle in the corner everything a cat does during her the blood. Kitty is now declawed. The of the recovery cage,immobilized in Cwaking hours. In the morning, she retractable claws that she would have a state of helplessness, presumably digs her claws into her scratching post used throughout her life for scratching, by overwhelming pain. . . [Declawing] and pulls against the claws’ resistance playing, walking, and self-defense lie serves as model of severe pain for to energize and tone her upper body. in a heap on the table, waiting to get testing the efficacy of analgesic drugs. During playtime, her claws snag flying thrown out with the trash. Even though analgesic drugs can be toys out of the air and hold them in The declawing operation doesn’t used postoperatively, they rarely are, place. When she runs across the house always go smoothly. “Complications and their effects are incomplete and and up the stairs, her claws act like of this amputation can be excruciating transient anyway, so sooner or later the cleats to provide extra traction. When pain, damage to the radial nerve, pain will emerge.” (Excerpted from The Cat Who she scales her kitty condo, she uses her hemorrhage, bone chips that prevent Cried For Help, Dodman N, Bantam Books, New York). claws like miniature mountaineering healing, and painful regrowth of Some veterinarians are now crampons that let her reach the top deformed claw inside of the paw promoting laser declawing as a “guilt- with ease. A cat uses claws to scratch which is not visible to the eye.”1 Some free” procedure. While laser declawing an itch, manipulate catnip mice, grip complications necessitate a second can reduce the bleeding and perhaps a narrow catwalk, hoist her body up round of anesthesia and surgery. diminish, to some extent, the agonizing to a high-up perch,and grab onto a Even if the operation goes smoothly, pain, the procedure is the no different, chair for stability during grooming. the pain and anguish to which the only the means of amputation. Claws are even used in self expression; cat is subjected when it wakes up are for example, a slight extension of the excruciating. Dr.Nicholas Dodman, CATS NEED TO SCRATCH – claws is a subtle way to say “I’m tired Professor of Behavioral Pharmacology of being held and am ready to get and Director of the Behavior Clinic at WITH CLAWS down.” In some circumstances, claws Tufts University School of Veterinary Cats need to scratch. Scratching is are lifesavers, enabling a cat to climb Medicine and internationally known hardwired, not a discretionary activity, to safety or thwart an attacker. All this specialist in domestic animal behavioral for a cat. Several times a day—perhaps and much more is lost when a cat is research, explains declawing: “The 3000 times over her lifetime—a cat declawed. inhumanity of the procedure is clearly scratches to release stress, affirm Most of the world does not declaw. In demonstrated by the nature of cats’ territory, and exercise muscles. Claws practically every country where cats recovery from anesthesia following are the heart of scratching. The tension are companion animals, declawing is the surgery. Unlike routine recoveries, between the embedded claws and the illegal or effectively banned. It is still including recovery from neutering cat’s upper body muscles creates the common in the U.S. and Canada. surgeries, which are fairly peaceful, exercise, visual markings, and audible “Declawing” is a benign-sounding declawing surgery results in cats qualities associated with scratching. term. When people first hear the word, bouncing off the walls of the recovery A declawed cat cannot properly they usually think it means some sort cage because of excruciating pain. Cats scratch. That should be reason enough of claw-clipping, not aseries of ten to not declaw. Scratching is such an amputations that leave the cat without innate behavior that even declawed the end of her front paws. Pro-claw cats still go though the motions—but veterinarians report that over half their it’s not a real scratch. A declawed cat clients considering declawing change can rub her paw along a scratching their minds once they find out what post and leave a scent, but she misses the procedure really is. out on the upper body workout that a cat can only get from flexing and tugging against the impedance of dug- DECLAWING = AMPUTATION in claws. Not being able to engage in a Declawing is a major operation. The hearty scratch each day takes its toll. “patient” is first put under general A declawed cat’s shoulders and upper anesthesia, as the pain would be back gradually weaken, since scratching torturous without it. A tourniquet is the main way they stay strong. The is placed around the first paw to whole scratching experience—the be declawed. The veterinarian then exertion, the visual impact, the noise of performs a series of ten amputations. scraping claws—is a potent destressor Each amputation removes the claw for a cat. One cannot predict how an and the bone into which it is firmly individual cat will react to being denied rooted. The supporting tendon and this great stress-relief source. One ligament for each claw are severed. cat may develop lifelong aggression The surrounding soft tissue and flesh problems; another may apparently is cut off. A veterinary technician be fine—until faced with a stressful
— 6 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • situation. A scratching cat is a happy you can do with a set of sharp barbs declawing itself may be the reason that cat. Declawing profoundly interferes that you can’t do with a flat pad. the cat ends up back at the shelter. The with this core cat behavior. But those are only the mechanical cat may develop behavior or litter box differences. Cats are notorious for problems as a result of being clawless, CATS WALK ON THE WHOLE PAW hiding discomfort and stoically putting which greatly reduces his chances of up with handicaps. It’s unfair to the being adopted. Thus, sometimes it The paws bear the full weight of the cat. cat to assume that he doesn’t miss his actually is more humane to return the Catsstand and walk on the entire paw. claws just because he’s not explicitly cat before he gets declawed. When the end of the paw is amputated, as complaining. Respect for the cat In fact, relatively few declaws are last it is during a declawing operation, the cat demands that we give him the benefit ditch efforts to save a cat from going has to modify her stance accordingly. of the doubt, and presume that he’d back to the shelter. Most declaws are Being forced to walk unnaturally can miss something that he’d otherwise use done preemptively and routinely, often put a strain on the paws and cause every day. as part of a spay/neuter package— long-term pain. The pain may build up Dr. Gordon Stull, VMD, is owner of the assembly-line declawing. In veterinary gradually, and may be aggravated if Vetco Veterinary Clinic in Tabernacle, clinics across the country, kittens have the cat is overweight. A cat can’t tell New Jersey, and has seen his fair share of their claws permanently removed even you directly that her paws ache. You’ll declawed cats. He says, “Declawing is a in the absence of any claw related find that out when she starts avoiding quite simply a mutilation that can cause problems, and before any humane the litter box. Dr. Susan Swanson, physical as well as emotional damage alternatives are given a chance. DVM, owner of the Cat Care Clinic in to the cat. Not every declawed cat will Furthermore, the average cat owner Mahtomedi, Minnesota, notes that “year suffer obvious emotional damage; some consents to declawing having only a after year, the declawed cats that I see can seem like any normal cat. But if I walk vague notion of what the procedure is, in my practice have higher rates of into an exam room and see a domestic what possible side effects can occur, litter box issues such as inappropriate cat showing aggressive tendencies or even why it’s necessary. Bottom line: elimination.” Nearly every shelter and (threatening vocalizations, a dominant Don’t force the “declaw or reject” choice rescue group director in the country aggressive nature, and a propensity to on your cat. makes the same observation. Sore paws bite) in my mind I know that nine chances that don’t feel like digging in the litter out of ten this cat has been declawed, may be one reason why declawed cats and that the aggressive behaviors are are more prone to litter box rejection. the cat’s way of compensating for the accumulated stress buildup from lack of traumatic declaw experience and loss scratching may also be a contributing of natural defenses caused by surgical factor, as stress is implicated in half of all declawing.” urinary tract problems). “My cat is still the most feared cat on the “Shortened paws may also cause pain block; even the dogs leave him alone.” in other parts of the cat’s body. The toes People who make this claim usually help the foot meet the ground at a precise abruptly stop making it when their cat angle to keep the leg, shoulder and back ends up at the emergency vet clinic with muscles and joints in proper alignment. severe lacerations all over his body. Don’t Removal of the last digits of the toes try and beat the odds. Keep your cat drastically alters the conformation of safely inside, and allow him to have use their feet and causes the feet to meet of all of his claws, if for no other reason the ground at an unnatural angle that than it could save his life if he escapes can cause back pain similar to that in outside and encounters danger. “My vet wouldn’t do it if it was harmful.” humans caused by wearing improper The flip answer is, “But he just shoes.” “Better to declaw than to send a cat did.” There is no consensus among back to the shelter to be euthanized.” veterinarians about declawing. Some COMMON DECLAWING MYTHS Usually my first response to this veterinarians consider declawing to assertion is to shift the focus from the be extremely harmful, without benefit world at large to the individual who’s “My cat is just the same as ever; my cat can to the cat, and will not perform the considering declawing. I ask, “are you do all the things a clawed cat can do.” surgery under any circumstances. A declawed cat is not the same. He’s going to return your cat to the shelter There’s also a sort of impasse that missing the ends of his toes. He can’t if he rips the couch apart?” So far the has developed. On the one hand, get the full benefit of a scratch. His person has always replied “no,” which veterinarians offer declawing because gait is altered because the front of his is the correct answer. Once I know that they anticipate that their clients will paws are gone. He can’t spear a toy or the cat owner is committed to giving his ask for it, if not demand it. If cat owners manipulate it as well as if he had claws. cat a permanent home, the “declaw or never requested a declaw, a great He can climb easy surfaces, but on more euthanize” argument doesn’t apply and number of veterinarians would happily challenging terrain he can’t avail himself we can move on to exploring friendlier, drop the procedure. On the other hand, of front claws that serve as supporting less invasive options than declawing. cat owners declaw their cats partly clamps, brakes, and hooks. He’s at a ten- Declawing is no guarantee that the cat because most veterinarians routinely claw disadvantage if he’s threatened. won’t go back to the shelter, however. do it. It’s frightfully easy to get your It’s simple: there are some things that Walk into any shelter. There are always cat declawed at most veterinary clinics. declawed cats there. In some cases the — 7 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • A SIGHT THAT CHANGED MY VIEWS I used to think that it was okay to declaw a cat And I knew that cats recover quickly from being the cage below hers had just been declawed. It footprints on the towel. caring cat owner would reevaluate the relative if “necessary.” (Of course, I also thought that spayed or neutered, with little discomfort, so I was in obvious agony, yowling piteously inpain I wish I could show a photograph of that importance of scratch-free furniture—or the it was just “removing their toenails,” I had no thought that declawing must be similar. and staggering around the cage. Its front paws image to anyone thinking of declawing their perceived hassle of humane claw-management idea that it was amputating part of their toes!) Last December, I found out how wrong I had were tightly bound in bandages, but it was cat, because it is burned in my mind forever strategies— if they really understood the pain After all, I had a cat who had been declawed been. When Nefertiti had stomach surgery and bleeding through and I know that I will never forget it, no matter inflicted by declawing. There are lots of other before she became part of my life, and she had to stay overnight several nights at the them. A white towel had been placed on the how hard I try. I know now that I will never have reasons not to declaw, but this alone would be didn’t seem to suffer any obvious ill effects. animal hospital, I went to visit her. The cat in floor of the cage, and it was leaving bloody a cat declawed, and I honestly think that any enough for me. - Angela Kessler
If enough veterinarians refused to factor to the litter box problem? The declaw, the practice would increasingly owner can’t bring kitty in to the vet cat friendly claw seem less mainstream and more like a to amputate something and make the managEment strategies back alley operation. That alone could problem go away. He has to deal with cause declawing rates to plummet. the problem in a way that is in sync The first step in humane claw Despite the fact that declawing is with the cat’s needs. That takes some management is to rule out declawing. commonplace in the U.S. and Canada patience, perhaps some improvisation Commit to preserving your cat’s claws. today, I expect that as both information and a little detective work. Just like If you’ve already done that, you’ve about declawing and groups promoting managing claws. This is precisely the made a good start. Next, implement a the pro-claw philosophy become more point at which many declawed cats end three-pronged strategy: abundant, declawing will gradually fall up back at the shelter. Except now kitty • Accommodate your cats’ scratching needs. out of favor. One day, veterinarians as a is not a highly adoptable kitten any • Make the furniture & your legs unappealing scratching surfaces. whole in the U.S. and Canada will catch more. And he has a litter box problem. • Reduce claw damage through nail clipping or SoftPaws up to their counterparts in the rest You know what fate awaits these shelter There is an ever-expanding choice of of world and condemn declawing as cats. Kitty is no longer “happier” as a tools, techniques, and support groups barbaric and entirely unnecessary. result of his declawing. The solution to help you accomplish those goals. I “I tried everything.” to this conundrum is to start off with discuss them briefly here, but I highly In my experience, every cat owner a more benign and informed approach recommend buying a good cat care who claims that they “tried everything” to claw management in the first place. book to learn all about cat friendly ways hasn’t— and often hasn’t really tried “The reason that cats in Europe aren’t to deal with claws. The New Natural Cat that much. Most have not tried trimming declawed is because they all go outside.” by Anitra Frazier and Think Like a Cat claws, using slipcovers, or making more The reason that cats in Europe aren’t by Pam Johnson-Bennett are two of my than a token effort with scratching posts. declawed is that declawing is rightly favorites; each devotes a whole chapter Most have never even heard of SoftPaws, viewed by most Europeans as being to claws. In addition, the Internet has a much less attempted to use them. A inhumane and abusive, and is illegal number of good sites on managing and “scratching problem” may turn out to in most of Europe. In any case, not all peacefully coexisting with claws. be a natural reaction to a deficiency in European cats go outdoors. And I’m the cat’s home environment. Or it may sure that in Europe, just as in the US, SCRATCHING POSTS signal an underlying behavior problem. there are lots of cats who would prefer Scratching posts are the base, If one of the members of the household the love seat in the living room even literally and figuratively, of any claw inadvertently always sneaks up on kitty, if they had access to a whole forest management strategy. The importance kitty may respond by becoming more outside. In England and other countries of scratching posts cannot be overstated. short-tempered and aggressive. If a outside the U.S. and Canada, most of the Don’t just go to the pet store, pick up neighborhood tomcat starts hanging cats are kept indoors at night. The cat is a post, and plop it in the utility room. around outside the house and spraying, in the house with the furniture for eight That won’t work. Instead, put together kitty may react by scratching more and to twelve hours. When a cat feels like a well-thought out and accommodating taking out her frustration on humans or scratching, she doesn’t think to herself, scratching environment, following the other animals in the household. In these “well, I’ll just wait until tomrrow morning guidelines below. Your cat will thank and other cases where the scratching is and scratch outside.” During inclement you many times each day. a symptom of a physical or emotional weather the English cat may be inside condition it’s necessary to determine almost all day. The owner of an indoor/ TYPES OF SCRATCHING POSTS and remedy the underlying cause. outdoor cat has to provide scratching Every house with a cat should have at Declawing will likely only make things posts and otherwise implement a sound least one classic vertical scratching post. worse. and humane claw management policy Here’s what to look for: the post should “My cat is happier now that I’m not just like the owner of an indoor cat. The be sturdy, with a large or heavy base. harassing him for scratching.” indoor cats in Europe aren’t declawed, It should be at least 28” tall, so kitty Relying on amputation as a means to either. This argument also implies that can do a full stretch, claws anchored manage normal cat behaviors sets up claws are used only for defense and high up on the post. The scratching a bruteforce mindset and a potentially only outdoor cats need claws. But as surface should provide resistance to harmful precedent. What happens when stated elsewhere in this article, claws claws being pulled through. Sisal, bare kitty has a litter box problem? Worse, are used for so much more, and all cats wood, or tightly-woven carpet are good what if the declawing is a contributing need them. choices. Actually the best material is
— 8 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • “all of the above”; most cats like to sink LOCation, location, location! SOFTPAWS their claws into a variety of textures. Cats prefer to scratch on something Another great product, and I wish every A floor-to-ceiling, multi-tier cat tree is handy, not two rooms over. Liberally place vet clinic in the country prominently more than a scratching post, it’s an scratching posts and pads in the areas displayed the SoftPaws brochure in the all purpose kitty playground. It costs a where your cat spends the most time. lobby. SoftPaws are vinyl nail covers bundle but lasts ten years or more and Cats like to scratch when they make their that fit over your cat’s claws. They about pays for itself in improved health for your grand entrance into a room, so put some 4–6 weeks, and replacing them is easy. cats and more fun for everyone. It makes a posts near between-room passages. They save thousands of cats a year from great “birthday” or adoption anniversary If kitty is already scratching the couch, being declawed, and look nice, too. present. position a scratching post directly in front For my money, there is no better value of where he’s scratching, and temporarily DETERRENTS than a cardboard scratching post. It’s cover the couch with a sheet or double- Make the armchair, the armoire & impossible to have too many of these. You sided tape. The post needs to be sturdy and your arms undesirable scratching can pick up three Cosmic Catnip Alpine tall, and have a rough, couch-like texture, to places, from your cat’s point of view. Scratchers (my cats’ all-time favorite) give the couch some serious competition. Don’t rely on deterrence alone as a from almost any pet supply store for Once your inveterate scratcher starts using claw management strategy. It must be about the price of a parking ticket, and this post regularly, you can slowly (a few combined with accommodation. The they’re a lot more fun. Rub some catnip inches a day) move it to its permanent main focus must be on meeting your on the posts, then sit back and watch location. (Or leave it.) cat’s scratching needs, not inhibiting kitty go to town. The more, the merrier. If your cat is ignoring a perfectly good them. Not all deterrents work on every Put them everywhere. scratching post, move it over two feet; cat. One cat may be startled by a squirt An even better bargain, perhaps: just buy sometimes, for reasons known only to the cat, gun, another may ignore it, and another the refills to the cardboard scratchers. that makes all the difference. Cats’ diversity may traumatized by it. If a deterrent is I recently laid two of them next to each never ceases to amaze me. Your cat may ineffective or scary, don’t use it. Make other in a low-sided cardboard box; scratch to the beat of a different drummer, sure your cat associates the deterrent I’ve never seen my cat scratch more preferring shaky, plush carpet-covered with the scratching, not with you. If your enthusiastically. posts in remote locations. Occasionally you cat knows that it’s you squirting him, he Free is not a bad price for a decent have to go “counterintuitive.” may come to fear you or be angry with scratching post. A tree stump is the Use incentives to make the scratching you; you don’t want either scenario. original scratching post and works as posts more enticing. Sprinkle some catnip Be consistent. If you don’t want kitty well as ever. A piece of wood or the back on them. Semi-hide a toy on top. Scrape scratching the couch, don’t give him of a carpet remnant makes a perfectly your nails on the post, and say, “let’s mixed signals by sometimes letting acceptable scratching target; your cat will scratch!” him scratch it. Popular disincentives confirm this. You can also make your own include: squirt guns, Sticky Paws (wide cardboard scratchers from corrugated sliPcovers & SOFA SAVERS double-sided tape strips), saying “no” cardboard boxes; all you need is a pair It’s amazing how often this incredibly in your moderately loud “bad kitty” of scissors and some spare time (or do it effective and low-tech technique is voice, clapping hands, and the “pennies while you’re watching television). overlooked. Cover the furniture so kitty in a soda can” trick (fill an empty soda If you’re handy with wood, you can build can’t scratch it. It’s almost too easy. can with pennies, tape the lid shut, and superb posts for a fraction of the cost SofaSavers are clear hard plastic place the can precariously on the edge of buying them. Check the internet for protectors for your sofa or chairs. The of the couch; when kitty jumps on the design plans and tips. Sofa Saver has a flat piece that goes under couch, the soda can falls off, making a the furniture and is held in place by the loud crash). weight of the furniture, so there are no nails or Velcro or anything. The plastic common sense play protects the furniture, and the Sofa Saver Don’t use your hand as a toy; that is inconspicuous, almost invisible. gives a confusing message to your cat and invites scratching. Use toys that let CLIPPING CLAWS kitty scratch to his heart’s content—at a Snipping the last quarter-inch or so safe distance from you. If you have a cat from your cat’s claws gets rid of the who does use his claws in play, Anitra barbed end, greatly reducing any Frazier recommends the following: scratching damage, but still letting “Just stop dead and relax toward hin your cat be a cat. Kittens warm up and disengage the claws, unhooking to claw-clipping fairly easily. With them by pushing the feet forward, adult cats, you need to work up to it. never pull away. Then immediately put Most pet supply stores sell trimmers the offending [cat] gently but firmly made especially for cat claws. Several away from you with words of deep books and Internet sites have detailed disappointment. Do not become excited instructions on how to trim your cat’s in any way or raise your voice; you want claws; read these before trying it at to put a big damper on all exuberance home. You can also delegate the task or emotion. Then ignore the [cat] for at to your vet or groomer. least three minutes.”: apparently
— 9 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • TOLERANCE www.cats.about.com Tolerance is indeed part of humane www.catchannel.com claw management. One has to be www.catsinternational.org realistic about living with an animal. Your cat makes decisions and www.de-clawing.com mistakes; he has moods; he reacts ources www.declawing.com to fear or perceived danger; he gets www.declaw.com excited. Just like anyone. Sometimes Res he’s capricious—that’s part of his charm. He has an inalienable need to www.softpaws.com scratch; he can’t turn it off. Accept the www.stickypaws.com inevitability of your cat occasionally scratching “out of bounds.” Never www.amazon.ca permanently disfigure him for doing great selection of scratching posts, condos www.costco.ca so. Understand your cat’s motivation and accessories www.littlewhiskers.ca for using his claws. Apply humane and www,petsmart.com reasonable remedies for scratching infractions. Be sympathetic. Let check out these local cat furniture builders! him keep his toes. Part of being a responsible caretaker for your cat is having tolerance for his innate, natural behaviors. Serving Edmonton CLAWS: AN INTEGRAL PART And Area Cat Owners OF A WHOLE CAT All cats are born with claws. Cats enjoy a purrfect place for having claws; no cat with claws decides • “Made to Order” Cat Furniture cat furniture! for even one day not to use them. All • Free Delivery In Edmonton on items over $50 Located in Edmonton, Alberta cats are pro-claw. We should respect • Very reasonable delivery charges: Sherwood For prices and locations please that. Claws are an integral part of daily Park, Leduc, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain & St. Albert call or email Don at cat life. Cats use claws for dozens of • 15 Years in the business ! (780) 915-3740 tasks, the most prominent of which is • Built to last with screws & glue scratching. Cats need to scratch every Pagoda [email protected] Short Condo day, and they require claws to do it. Treehouse A cat’s retractable claws are not Bark Look external appendages. They’re part of the cat’s basic framework, and TeePee Scratching Post the supporting muscles and tendons are part of the cat’s basic anatomy. In other words, claws are standard Call Ron (780) 945-3535 equipment on The Whole Cat. The fact or e-mail [email protected] that a major excavation is required to www.catmancatfurniture.com separate the claws from the rest of the cat’s body is a giant warning flag saying “Don’t remove these unless absolutely necessary!” Cats can’t talk, but they can certainly I don’t mind a cat, in its place. communicate. Every time a cat takes But its place is not in the a step and walks on her entire paw, including the last joint, it’s an indication middle of my back at 4 a.m.” - that she prefers to have the whole paw, Maynard Good Stoddard not just part of it. Every time she reaches way up on her post, extends her claws, makes that joyful noise, she’s telling “Which is more beautiful - us she likes her claws. No cat should feline movement or feline be deprived of such a magnificently stillness?” - Elizabeth Hamilton designed tool. Compliment him on his strong shoulders and back, kept in shape from his daily scratching workouts. Enjoy watching your cat enjoy his claws! The Whole Cat Journal, September 2002. Copyright © Gary Loewenthal. You may copy this article provided that this notice remains on the copies.
— 10 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • At the Foundation, we have a no declaw policy and feel that, with possibly the exception of an owner who has health issues where a scratch could be very hazardous to them, that declawing is Footnote from a very unnecessary procedure. We also feel that it should be against the law, no matter how the surgery is performed. Canada and the United States pride themselves on being forward thinking, Marjorie... compassionate people, towards our feline friends, so we wonder why the procedure remains almost as popular as spaying and neutering. It is our opinion that the people who choose to have their cat declawed are part of the “Me” society, only thinking of themselves, and do not want to take the time and effort to work with their cat to help it behave in an appropriate manner. They feel it is just “easier” (for them! maybe ask a cat how they feel about the procedure!) to declaw, rather than dealing with getting the appropriate climbing posts and toys that they need. You make sure your children have toys to keep them happy and occupied, so why would you not supply your cat with what s/he needs? The following is a list of countries in which declawing cats is either illegal or considered extremely inhumane and only performed under extreme circumstances. These countries obviously have a deep and abiding respect for cats. Australia England Israel Ireland Sweden Austria Estonia Italy Norway Switzerland Belgium Finland Malta Portugal Turkey Bosnia France Netherlands Scotland Wales Brazil Germany New Zealand Slovenia Yugoslavia Denmark Ireland Northern Spain
“Cats never strike a pose that isn’t photogenic.” - Lillian Jackson Braun
“Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.” - Anonymous
“If there is one spot of sun spilling onto the floor, a cat will find it and soak it up.” - Joan Asper McIntosh
— 11 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • cat CACKLES! How (NOT!) to Wash a Cat This is a joke! Do not try this at home!
1. Thoroughly clean the toilet. 2. Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water. 3. Obtain the cat and carry him to the bathroom. 4. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids (you may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape). CAUTION: Do not get any part of your body too close to the edge, as his paws will be reaching out for anything he can find. 5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a “power wash and rinse” which I have found to be quite effective. 6. Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there are no people between the toilet & the outside door. 7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids. 8. The now-clean cat will rocket out of the toilet, and run outside where he will dry himself. Sincerely, The DOG
“Cat’s motto: No matter what you’ve done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it.” - Unknown
“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”- Edgar Allan Poe
— 12 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • THANK YOU PETSMART! We have been successful in the City of Edmonton’s grant application program. So what that means is that now we can take unclaimed strays from The City of Edmonton Animal Care and Control Center, take them for veterinarian services and then they are transported to the PetSmart at 2066 38 Ave to be placed for adoption. This has been working very well, and as a result, it has helped reduce the homeless rate and has offered these cats a second chance of finding their forever home! We want to thank the City of Edmonton for their grants to us and to PetSmart for providing the adoption center for the cats. When the cats that we already have at PetSmart are adopted out, then we can bring in more from Animal control. This leaves room at the sanctuary for the aged, injured and disabled cats.
HERVEY CATS ARE NOW ALSO ADOPTED FROM THESE 2 PETSMART LOCATIONS! 2066-38 Avenue, Edmonton 5000 Emerald Drive, Sherwood Park
We are so grateful to Petsmart for helping us help the kitties this way!
If you can open your WANT TO ADOPT? heart and your home to The FEE is $175 and includes all of the following: one of these unclaimed strays and give it a second • spay/neuter • free checkup with our vet chance at the good life, • maximum vaccines • free six week pet health please visit PetsMart at • deworming insurance plan these locations: • microchipping • City of Edmonton cat 2066-38 Avenue in • leujemia/FIV testing licence Edmonton or 5000 Emerald Drive in Sherwood Park
— 13 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • TIDBITS: RECIPES Fall, and the cooler weather that comes with it, brings thoughts of comforting foods, like soup Chicken Soup for Cats • 1/2 cup lentils • 1/4 cup broccoli, chopped and biscuits. Here is a recipe for a delicious soup, • 2 cups water) fine • 2 chicken breasts, boned, • 1 tsp iodised salt just for kitty, along with a couple of biscuit recipes cut into kitty bite sized pieces • 2 tsp bone meal you may wish to serve alongside! • 1/4 cup carrots, chopped • 2 tsp corn oil fine or grated • 2 tbsp liver oil
An everyday recipe..but don’t exclude or substitute any of the essential ingredients like bonemeal, liver, corn meal or iodised salt. Cook lentils until soft make sure you remove the stones) then add remaining ingredients and simmer. Cool and serve.. Hearty Bacon Biscuits Makes about 4-6 kitty servings. • 1 cup water • 6 slices bacon, • 1/2 cup dry milk (non-fat) cooked & crumbled • 1/2 cup cornmeal • 4 eggs (well beaten) • 1/8 cup bacon fat • 2 cup graham flour Chick N’Biscuits • 2 cup wheat germ 1 • 1 /2 cups shredded cooked chicken • 1 cup whole wheat flour Mix all ingredients. Pour batter for individual biscuits on to a • 1/2 cup chicken broth • 1/3 cup cornmeal greased cookie sheet with a tablespoon. Bake for 15 minutes • 1 tablespoon soft margarine at 350. Dry overnight. Preheat the over to 350 F. Combine chicken, broth and margarine and blend well. Add flour and cornmeal. Knead dough into a ball and roll to 1/4 inch. Cut into one-inch sized pieces and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Makes 18 cookies.
“Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another.” - Irving Townsend
Help The Hervey Foundation for Cats, along with Help stop Bad Things nine other rescues across Canada each receive $500 worth of free Nutrience pet food. Happening to Good Pets. Join us at www.nobadanything.com and take the pledge to help stop bad things happening to good pets. You do not even necessarily have to be a Nutrience customer to take the pledge! Nutrience is inviting anyone who would like to help support the cause!! However, for those who are Nutrience customers, when you buy a specially marked bag of Nutrience from now until September 15th, you’ll The Hervey Foundation has taken the Nutrience Pledge to help stop bad be able to enter into a draw to win a free 1-year things from happening to good pets. Please join us at supply of Nutrience for your pet(s), as well as a $1,000 food donation for the rescue of your choice www.nobadanything.com (plus, we’re even throwing in a free bag of treats and take the pledge to help stop bad things happening to good pets. and a free can with the purchase!).
— 14 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • Volunteer Appreciation ver the years we have had person for everything she does. Her job also is extremely up the laundry and deposits that have to be done, they help many wonderful volunteers who have time consuming. with adoption days, paper work, and public relations. We Ohelped us with the Foundation, and the help Next, we have Bill, who also lives here at the property. not only want to welcome Kathy Byram and Margaret Mc- they have given us has been wonderful and very much ap- His job is ongoing with the maintenance and repairs at the Daid as our new volunteers but appreciate everything that preciated, but every now and then you get some volunteers property, bank deposits and other errands that the other they do. They also help us at all the Edmonton Cat Fanciers who stay on for the real long term and without these vol- volunteers are unable to do. He does all the grass mow- Cat shows. unteers, the Foundation could not function. ing, snow removal and sees in general to all the repairs for We have two other people who really go the extra mile to So we would like to take some time in this newsletter to everything that is needed to run the property. Tractors, help the Foundation. Although they are not volunteers, we introduce these volunteers and helpers. blowers, everything. We are grateful to have him as a part want to include them anyway. They are Dan and Della from To begin with, we want to thank Bob. Bob has a very busy of the Foundation. Creative Color, they print our newsletter and these two peo- job with us doing canned food pick ups in town. He also We also are very lucky to have Kelle, who designs our ple have been invaluable to me with everything to do with picks up other food donations once a week (at least) and newsletter and does a beautiful job of it. She outdoes her- printing the newsletter, business cards, forms-whatever our transports to us as well. He is also a handyman at the Foun- self with every mewsletter! Just when we think she can not printing needs may be. dation, helping with minor repairs that need doing. The make it more lovely, there she is, making it even nicer again. Without these wonderful, dedicated people we would not time that Bob spends travelling around for the Foundation She takes all the content that we give her and organizes it be able to operate. They keep everything going for us and is greatly appreciated and we could not do it with out him. into our newsletter. Her work is awesome and so is she. We are very dependable and reliable and that is what it takes to Our next volunteer has also been with us for a very long can not thank her enough for making our mewsletter look keep a Foundation such as ours going. They never hesitate time, however she prefers to just be known as a covert cat wonderful. to step up to the plate to help, no matter what. lover. This person really goes above and beyond. She really We have two new and wonderful volunteers who have Of course, last but certainly not least, we also want to tell knows the ins and outs of running the Foundation and does started with us this year and we are keeping them very YOU, our amazing supporters that, without you and your the website, and other computer tasks, and helps with the busy also. They pick up the cats from the City of Edmonton ongoing help, there would not be a Foundation at all. editing of my work for the newsletter as well as helping me Animal Care and Control center, they transport them to our So….THANK YOU, everyone, from myself and the kitties to research many of the topics that we write about. But she vet in Morinville and then, when the time comes they pick here at the Foundation. We cannot tell you enough how also does many other things for us behind the scenes that them up and take them to the PetsMart location that we grateful we are and how much everyone is appreciated. are too numerous to mention. We are ever grateful to this adopt from. They help with the work at PetsMart by picking – Marjorie Hervey
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Judge Bobbie Tullo with a Ragdoll kitten f you are reading this publication, The Savannah cat is a recent ad- you are more than likely a dyed- dition to the championship ranks Iin-the-wool cat lover. Most of – accepted in 2012. These striking Exhibitor you share your homes with at least cats are tall, lean and graceful – a Heather one cherished feline – often more. domestic breed which closely re- Colcomb with Many of your cats are rescues – sembles its ancestral source – the a Maine Coon those given a second chance at an African Serval. kitten indoor-only life of comfort, safety and, most importantly, love! Some of you may already own a registered pedigreed cat. Have you ever wondered which breeds are the most popular? The International Cat Association (TICA) recognizes 55 a beautiful breeds for championship status. The Savannah following are the top five, presented in order of popularity.
The Bengal is a medium to large cat known for its striking, richly coloured highly contrasted coat of Judge vivid spots or distinctive marbling. Nancy They are descended from cats pro- The Sphynx appears to be but is not Parkinson duced from a breeding between a truly hairless. The skin is the colour domestic cat and an Asian Leopard their fur would be, and all the usual with a Cat. Today’s Bengals are the result cat marking patterns (solid, point, Bengal of Bengal to Bengal matings only. van, tabby, tortie, etc.). Known for The coat is luxurious, soft and short extroverted behavior, high level and sometimes displays an irides- of energy, intelligence, cent sheen called “glitter”. They are curiosity, and affection active, inquisitive and love to be up for their owners. high – in short – very busy. If you are looking for an active cat, this may be the breed for you.
Ragdoll cats have retained their popularity for many years. They are a large affectionate semi-longhaired cat with captivating blue eyes. Submitted by Kathy Byram President, Edmonton Cat Fanciers Club www.edmontoncat.com Maine Coon Cats are North America’s native domestic cat – the oldest natural breed also know as The Gentle Giant. www.tica.org a beautiful sphynx
— 16 — 780.963.4933 MEWSletter Autumn 2012 herveycats.com • FUNDRAISING
Husky’s Community Rebate Program With an on-going need for cleaning supplies, When you use our card, Husky donates 2% of the purchases* at Husky or Mohawk Gas stations or Husky House Restaurants. garbage bags and other essentials, your Call us today to get your free Hervey Foundation for Cats! 780-963-4933. Visit www.myhusky.ca for more information on donation of Canadian Tire money helps us out the program. tremendously! Send your Canadian Tire Money to Box 12 Site 200 RR2, Stony Plain, AB T7Z 1X2. Thank you!
The Foundation requires funds on an ongoing basis. Throughout the year we partner with selected groups to raise funds to help us help the kitties. Please and assist us in any way you can. If you Shop Share.ca or someone you know can help us out with fund raising opportunities – both Visit www.herveycats.com & go to the ‘Donations’ page. By simply clicking on the banner you find there, you on an ongoing basis and helping with our will be taken to a site where you can select The Hervey Foundation for Cat as your chosen charity to support. renovations on the Sanctuary – contact Then just shop at the many stores on the site, and,through Shop and Share’s affiliate program, the Foundation Marjorie @ 780-963-4933. will receive a percentage. Shopping and helping the kitties too! Now that’s multitasking! A portion of the proceeds from each purchase you make through our website is donated to Hervey Cats.
We can now accept donations via Let us recycle www.canadahelps.org your cans This is beneficial to us, because Canada Helps has a slightly lower transaction fee than & bottles! paypal. It is beneficial to the donor because they are sent an immediate PDF format tax receipt via email directly from the Canada Helps website. The button for donating is on Call Marjorie to arrange a dropoff. www.herveycats.com.
I’m homeless and helpless, unwanted, alone; My stomach is empty; I’ve nothing to eat; I’ve no place to stay, I wander and roam, I have no shelter from rain or sleet, A Stray’s Plea I’ve no one to care if I live or die, Why was I born and why am I here? Nobody wants me as hard as I try, Without any love, without any cheer, I’m abandoned and starving and nobody cares, Won’t someone please help me and please hear my plea? I’ve met with nothing but cold hard stares, Won’t somebody care and take care of me?
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Answer key on page 15 HERVEY CATS WISH LIST CLEANING SUPPLIES CAT FOOD Gift cards for Canadian Tire, • Pinesol / paper towels / garbage bags • Baby food (pref. chicken with broth) • Fabric softener, bleach • Friskies canned cat food Walmart and Superstore • Tide detergent (no lemon scent) • IAMS Dry cat food help us buy much needed pet CAT SUPPLIES CAT ENJOYMENT and cleaning supplies, • Cat litter deodorizer • Kitty toys All donations appreciated! • Jumbo litter pans • Large scratching post, Turbo scratchers Call Marjorie at 780-963-4933 • Bistro/food feeders (dog/medium size) • Cat beds, Kitty condos
“Happy is the home with at least one cat” - Italian Proverb
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This course is designed for animal lovers in ARTRA ART SCHOOL mind and is an excellent way for you to try out coloured pencils! Spend a wonderful weekend with Susanne as she guides you step by step on creating three cat portraits using coloured pencils. You will learn how to layer Artist Seeking Attractive Felines coloured pencils, achieve values, texture, and (all felines are beautiful!) basic colour theory. Each project is designed with consecutive steps that allows you to maximize your results. You will truly be Are you a proud owner of a beautiful cat? amazed how real your cats look at the end of My name is Susanne Lamoureux and I am seeking any photos that you would like to share from which I can create drawings and paintings. The work I create each project. Nominal fee for photo ! from these photos will decorate my handmade journals and cards. A percentage of the sales of these will be donated to the Hervey Foundation For Cats. Threereference Great will Waysbe charged. to Support Percentage th of You can email any cat photos to [email protected] or mail them to Susanne Lamoureux Herveyproceeds Foundation will be donated through to the the Hervey Arts c/o Artra Art School 15607 - 100 A Ave. T5P 0L5. Any images received by mail will be returned to the owner. If your cat is chosen for a picture, in return for Foundation For Cats. your generous sharing, I will give a print of my work to you. For more information, you may call me at (780) 443- 2462 Way#10048FA #1 "Taking"Fri,Sat, a great Sun, cours Nov.! 12"14 6:30"9:30pm #Fri$ 10am "4pm#Sat & Sun$ %165 Introduction to Coloured Pencils ! the ARTRA Art School FelineWay Portraits #2 #Purchasing Art Cards ThisWhen course you is designed purchase for an animal art card lovers from in Susanne 15607 - 100A Ave., Edmonton, AB T5P 0L5 | Phone: (780) 443 - 2462 mindLamoureux, and is an excellent percentage way offor proceeds you to try are out coloureddonated thepencils! the foundation. Spend a wonderful The three weekenddrawings with toSusanne your left as areshe cardsguides and you they step look www.lamorearts.com by stepgreat on in creating a frame! three cat portraits using For More information about the Artra Ar$ coloured pencils. 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Percentage of ' Foundation and you will receive a free print Hervey Foundation For Cats. Her cards of her [email protected] proceeds will be donated to the Hervey of her artwork and of your cat! national winning piece “Sunday Morning Capturing Cats With Colour! Pencil Foundation For Cats. 1 Sunbeams” and People’s Choice Award of #10048FA"Fri,Sat, Sun, Nov. 12"14 “Summer’s Final Moments” are for sale and What a great way to spend a wonderful Saturday afternoon. 6:30"9:30pm #Fri$ 10am "4pm#Sat & Sun$ %165 percentage of proceeds will be donated Susanne will guide you step by step as you learn layering to the Hervey Foundation for Cats.. The Way #2 #Purchasing Art Cards unique feature of these cards is that they techniques, how to create values, and how to use a coloured pencil also fit into frame and can be displayed to create luminous eyes and the texture of fur. Percentage of When you purchase an art card from Susanne around your home. The cards are only $4.50 Lamoureux, percentage of proceeds are each plus shipping and handling fee. The Proceeds will be donated to the Hervey Foundation for Cats donated the the foundation. The three reproduction of the above fits perfectly in a drawings to your left are cards and they look 16x20 frame and are $45.00 plus shipping great in a frame! For More information about the Artra Ar$ and handling cost. It is a great way to have Instructor: Susanne LamoureuxSchool please visit: Way #3 "Donating pictures to the artis$ art in your home while supporting the Hervey #10043FA Saturday October%ww.artraartschool.com 13 or phon! Foundation For Cats. 780"443"2462 for more information on the artist, pleas! For more information email Susanne 1-4pm...... $90 When you donate a picture to the artist and &isit Susanne’s website a$ she chooses to draw your cat, this will enable at [email protected] (Plus nominal fee for photo reference will be charged)%ww.lamorearts.co' you to support the foundation as Susanne or email Susanne at: creates cards to support the Hervey [email protected]' Foundation and you will receive a free print of her artwork and of your cat! Hear our humble prayer, O God, for! our friends the animals, 1 especially for animals who are suffering; for animals that are overworked, underfed and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put death. We entreat for them all Thy mercy and pity, and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassionand gentle hands and kindly words.Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to animals, and so to share the blessings of the merciful.
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WE ARE NOW ON We will be posting Hervey Foundation news, and events there, as well as updates to let you know when the current Mewsletter is online! To add yourself to our page, just head on over to our website www.herveycats.com and scroll down to the Facebook box! We look forward to seeing you there! Looking for OLD issues of the MEWSletter? You can easily download the most current Mewsletter as well as past issues at www.herveycats.com Feline Book Reviews Have you read a good book about cats? Fiction, non fiction, children, adults, etc. Send a brief review to info@herveycats. com for an upcoming Mewsletter! Our nominal fee is $175.00 which HELPS helps to defray Tell us About YOUR Cat! some of our costs and includes: • Spaying/Neutering If anyone has pictures or stories of their • Feline Leukemia Testing adopted kitties that they would like to Additional Costs: Your new cat requires food, care and attention throughout share in upcoming Mewsletters, email • Vet Check it’s life. The estimated annual costs of your new cat are: us at [email protected] We’d love to have them! • Deworming and other medical care. • Food...... $250 • FULL Vaccines • Litter...... $150 EDMONTON ANIMAL BYLAW HAS MOVED! • Vet Checkups/Vaccines...... $70 • Microchipping Our new address is 13550-163 Street, Edmonton, AB T5V 0B2. Monday, • Toys/Scratching Posts...... $100 • Free Vet Check (time limited) Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 9:30-5:30, Tuesday & Thursday 2-8 pm. Total annual costs...... $570 • Cat kit • Love and devotion You will also need: • We also include a free 6 week health DO YOU HAVE A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS? • Water/food dishes ...... $20 insurance pet plan • Scratching post...... $35 Update us at [email protected] • Litter Pan & Scoop...... $30 PSST!!!! Be one of the first to know when our • Brush & Comb ...... $25 website is updated, by signing up with a free service • Toys...... $25 Total first year cost: $850 www.changedetection.com...IT’S FREE! Total initial cost ...... $135 Adoption Fee $175 + Other Items $135 + Annual Care $570
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veryone spends more time outdoors in the summer, including our pets. As a result, the City of Edmonton finds a lot more lost and Estray animals. Our job is to return pets home. Pet licensing allows the City to return them quickly and safely. Urban myth suggests that cats know their way around. But the fact is, they easily get lost in the city. For instance, when left outside, cats are often chased by dogs and wildlife, and they get hit by cars. At worst they are at risk of being trapped by annoyed neighbours who find them to be a nuisance. Not everyone appreciates cats on their private prop- erty. Cats really don’t have nine lives. Edmonton’s cat bylaw allows people to trap cats and take them to the Animal Care & Control Centre. When a property owner objects to a cat being on his property, a bylaw offence occurs. Many of these pets are unlicensed and nearly impossible to return home. Unclaimed ani- mals are transferred to the Edmonton Humane Society for adoption, or the City may euthanize them, depending on their health and behaviour. Putting a licence tag on your cat adds up to responsible and consider- ate pet ownership. Please keep them safe. Keep them indoors, or supervise them when they are outside. Make sure they wear a collar with their licence tag. Last year more than 5000 cats were admitted to the Animal Care & Control Centre. Most of them, had they been permanently ID’d or li- censed, could have returned home. The City of Edmonton strives to ensure the safe, healthy and peaceful enjoyment of neighbourhoods by promoting responsible pet ownership. Licensed cats come back!
— 23 — Our Main Source DONATIONS of funds is you our supporters Share the Care Program Don’t forget its TAX DEDUCTIBLE! One of the ways YOU can help us care for the cats is through our Share the Care Program. Through this program you can help to feed, care and house these that, through health or other issues are You can have the opportunity to help out un-adoptable. These animals live in a home like environment at our facility. Please consider a single these cats as follows: lump sum or monthly donations. All are gratefully accepted! $10/month: feeds a cat The Foundation is powered by volunteers only-there are no paid employees of the Foundation, nor $20/month: feeds and houses a cat do the owners/directors of the Foundation receive remuneration whatsoever - all funds are used for $30/month: feeds, houses and provides the care of the animals and operation of the Sanctuary. health care for a cat I want to help the Foundation carry on its important work. Please find my TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION.
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