thanks for the link. it IS a cold, mean world out there for these poor animals, my Charlie was found alone in a wash, at only 3-4 weeks old!! have no idea how long he was there. he trusts me now, and you should see the way he looks at me when I pet him, he often gets on the couch next to me and meows for me to pet him, and he looks at me like he is so happy to have a home, or like he's never been taken care of before! it is so sad, I don't know what happend to his mother.