HELP bring LUCKY and LOUIE to BOSTON!!

**rinkrat** · 10-11-2004, 10:25 PM

HELP! I know that many of you have followed their story. I am the transport organizer of the transport that they hope to get on. They NEED to get to Boston so that they can be adopted! They have been through so much. I need to get this transport filled by tuesday (tomorrow) night, when their foster dad can bring them to Georgia to meet my transport for the weekend! They sound like such sweeties. Here is the link to their story, in case you have missed it: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...5&pagenumber=1

Please tell everyone you know on this route, I've gotta get these kitties home! A few even have approved adopters waiting for their arrival!!!

Here is my transport request:
****PLEASE CROSSPOST*****
GA to MA 10/16-10/17-kitties need out of shelter!!!

6 cats and kittens (all friendly, lovable, highly adoptable) need transport from kill shelter
Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter in Danielsville, GA
http://www.moaspets.org/MOAScats2004.html
to approved independant rescuer Brooke Saxton in Boston, MA
rinkratscores @ hockeymail.com (remove spaces)
please email Brooke if you can help or have any re-routing suggestions
Passengers:
Will be spayed/neutered and vaccinated prior to transport
Minnie: female tabby
October: Russian Blue X female
Melody: torti 4 month old female
Spicey and Saucy: 8 week old black fuzzy kittens
1 TBA
Lucky & Louie: 8 month old male kitties rescued from near death
1 or 2 hitchhikers welcome!

Leg 1:
Danielsville, GA to Anderson, SC
50.94 miles (1 hour 23 minutes)
8:00am-9:30am

Leg 2:
FILLED! THANKS LOGAN!!!
Anderson, SC TO Spartanburg, SC
64 miles (1 hour 13 minutes)
9:40am-10:45am

Leg 3:
Spartanburg, SC TO Charlotte, NC
76 miles (1 hour 23 minutes)
10:55am-12:20pm

Leg 4:
FILLED! THANKS SARAH!!!!
Charlotte, NC TO Salisbury, NC
43.03 miles (49 minutes)
12:30pm-1:20pm

Leg 5:
FILLED! THANKS ANN!!!!
Salisbury, NC TO Greensboro, NC
52 miles (1 hour)
1:30pm-2:30pm

Leg 6:
Greensboro, NC TO Durham, NC
54 miles (58 minutes)
2:40pm-3:40pm

Leg 7:
Durham, NC TO South Hill, VA
73 miles (1 hour 15 minutes)
3:50pm-5:10pm

Leg 8:
South Hill, VA TO Ashland, VA
87 miles (1 hour 32 minutes)
5:20pm-6:50pm

Leg 9:
Ashland, VA TO Springfield, VA
79 miles (1 hour 15 minutes)
7:00pm-8:15pm

***OVERNIGHT NEEDED AROUND LEGS 9, 10 or 11****
Leg 10:
FILLED! Thanks Cheryl!!!
Springfield, VA TO Baltimore, MD
53 miles (1 hour)
9:25pm-10:25pm

Leg 11:
Baltimore, MD TO Newark, DE
57 miles (1 hour)
11:35pm-12:35pm

Leg 12:
Newark, DE TO Cherry Hill, NJ
50 miles (1 hour)

Leg 13:
Cherry Hill, NJ TO Edison, NJ
60 miles (1 hour)

Leg 14:
Edison, NJ TO White Plains, NY
66 miles (1 hour 15 minutes)

Leg 15:
White Plains, NY TO Berlin, CT
81 miles (1 hour 28 minutes)

Leg 16:
POSSIBLY FILLED
Berlin, CT to Worcester, MA
75 miles (1 hour 17 minutes)

Thank you to whoever can help bring these kitties to safety to find their forever loving homes

**jazzcat** · 10-11-2004, 10:34 PM

I hope you guys get this worked out. Hopefully we will have some PTers in those areas who can help. Best of luck.

**leslie** · 10-11-2004, 10:47 PM

Oh What a sweetie you are! My head spins! I don't know of ANY cat talkers along the coastline although there must be some! oy oy oy! YOU are so sweet to put a post here! I have been basically depressed and given up. Especially after Saturday when a local rescuer said she never takes cats from out of state , "because we have enough here" , The difference is the shelters in the south kill. KILL. We told her that and she shrugged her shoulders. It is so easy to get overwhelmed. This particular saviour of cats is facing court problems because of her cat rescues... I am NOT going to argue her point... I have not heard from Dusty's People at all.

**leslie** · 10-11-2004, 10:51 PM

That last leg in New Jersey, I could probably do, I would have to drive down there. but I know someone will give me directions? And we don't know fer sure if Lucky and Louie are making the trip? Or have you been in contact?

**Logan** · 10-11-2004, 11:03 PM

Brooke, I have just sent you an email. I should be able to take the Anderson, SC to Spartanburg, SC leg on Saturday with no problem.

**leslie** · 10-11-2004, 11:07 PM

Oops don't want to give you hope of another transporter! Just that I forgot to say WELCOME TO PET TALK!! I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD JOIN US!!!!!!

**Logan** · 10-11-2004, 11:07 PM

Should this be crossposted to other places on Pet Talk for more exposure? If so, I hope someone will copy and paste it wherever it might be effective.

Logan

**leslie** · 10-11-2004, 11:10 PM

THANKS LOGAN! THAT's a big chunk of driving. you are a sweetie!!!!!!!!!!!Thank you thank you thank you thank you!

**rinkrat** · 10-11-2004, 11:30 PM

Thanks for the welcome, Leslie! Hopefully soon I will be able to post on other topics that are not so urgent! I'm getting worried the closer it gets. Logan, you are wonderful! And yes, please crosspost this everywhere you can think of! Email friends who live along the route! We can make this happen, and get Lucky and Louie on board!

**emily_the_spoiled** · 10-12-2004, 07:59 AM

The transport is scheduled for this weekend and I am taking the Springfield to Baltimore run.

So anyone who is able please contact Brooke, we need to get these guys up north.

Cheryl

**cruisetime** · 10-12-2004, 08:25 AM

I'm in Texas or I'd help. But this may help. I went to the shelter to look at a bobtail cat they had. THere was a beautiful calico tabby girl but they said she wasn't adoptable. I asked why and they said they got her today on an owner release and she is pregnant - too pregnant for an abortion. The next day I went to buy the bobtail cat I had gone to look at and asked about the beautiful tabby girl cat and they had already killed her - they wanted to hurry up while she was pregnant otherwise they would have to kill all the kittens too.... It was very sad and made me realise how much I don't think anyone needs to be breeding any cats - we have too many that are killed everyday. I think I read that 70% get killed in the shelters. I think it was actually higher down here. If it is an owner release they kill them right away unlike the strays they keep for 72 hours only.......... Debbie

**QueenScoopalot** · 10-12-2004, 08:27 AM

Welcome to Pettalk Rinkrat. Glad to see this back up & running, and hope it keeps getting bumped until Lucky & Louie are up here in Ma! Jan

**catmandu** · 10-12-2004, 08:36 AM

I dont drive myself,so I cant help.The Found Cats,are Praying,that all works out,for Lucky,and Louie,to get thier Furr Ever Homes!

**rinkrat** · 10-12-2004, 10:16 AM

That story about the pregnant cat is so sad. It happens quite a bit, and with mom to be dogs, too

In good news-one more leg filled!!!

If one leg is too long, and you can do part of one, don't hesitate to volunteer!! Maybe someone else is thinking the same thing and can take the other half