Everyone, I participated in a transport of 4 of her cats to Noah Cats, in Raynham, MA this past weekend and stayed there Friday night.

She is swamped. She is in chronic pain, which is exhausting. She has difficulty doing some tasks due to the injuries. She is facing further surgeries to correct them. The pain meds she is on make it hard to focus and keep track of things. Her washing machine is giving up the ghost, and the dryer is right behind it - if anybody is replacing an older one, she could use it.

The lack of funds and help have made it impossible to keep up on maintaining the environment in a clean, healthy way and maintaining the grooming of some of the long hair cats (a couple have some bad mats). It is a good thing I am not an animal control officer, a humane investigation officer, nor an adult protective services officer. It is very bad.

More than anything, if you can go there and volunteer any time to help clean, remove old litter, groom cats, etc., she needs the help desparately. One of the cats had been spraying and the walls need to be washed down throughout the upstairs and downstairs apartments.

She also needs donations of newspapers, litter, cleaning supplies, and _water purification tablets_. Yes, her well is contaminated and can't be used for drinking water, so she is using bottled water for herself and the cats.

BTW - I believe any euthanasia is done by a local vet, using IV injection - no gas, no heart stick.

BJM of Columbus, Ohio