Wow. A friend informed me about this site. First I want to say how touched I am by all of your concern for these Erie cats. And I enrolled in this forum because I wanted you to know that I helped organize getting 17 of these cats transported down to Delaware a few weeks ago to go to local rescue. Of those 17, 6 went to a cat rescue organization in New Jersey; Taffeta, St. Ives, Christy and Pilgrim were adopted out by rescue volunteers whom I know, and the remainder went to Delaware Humane Association. Some of the cats were longhair but a majority were shorthair. All of the cats were very affectionate, clean, healthy, current on shots, and obviously well cared for and loved. I have had numerous conversations with Kate in the last 3 weeks. She's a very caring person who fell on hard times. The timing was right for us, space wise, so we decided to jump in and help her out when we first heard about her plea. If any of you have been frustrated with not being able to get ahold of Kate, keep in mind that this has been a very stressful time for her, giving up the cats she has grown to love and become attached to. It was an especially emotional time for her when our volunteer arrived at Kate's house to pick up 17 of these cats a few weeks ago. We have made it a point to send her updates on the cats were have down here in Delaware, still awaiting adoption. We have committed to take any remaining cats she wants to release to us, and are actually arranging another transport to occur in a few weeks. If anyone wants to help, please focus your energies on helping Kate, not on sending donations down here to Delaware. It is true that vets in Erie do not cut rescues any breaks. She owes a lot of money to area veterinarians and to her own doctors to cover her medical expenses resulting from the accident, and household expenses.
Kate is keeping a few cats - mainly her pets that she brought down here when she moved from California, and a few older cats with special needs that would be too traumatized if moved to a new family.
We have established a good repore with Kate and hope to be able to keep in touch with her after this next transport to make sure the careless cat owners in Erie don't continue to overwhelm her with dumped cats. She's a really nice person with a huge heart for cats who didn't deserve to have this accident shatter her dreams and goals. Hopefully by joining together, we all can help her get back on her feet.

Charlotte