Email from Emeraldgreen

[pomtzu]

I got this email from Lara, and told her I would share it with PT as she is SO darn busy...see below

Thanks for posting this. I have been thinking of Lara and Barney lately and was hoping that all was well with her. Even earlier today I went on the BarnB candle site and noticed that no candles were burning, so I lit one for Barney Boy, and I was reading the last thread again that Lara had posted after Barney went to RB. I still get LES reading of him!
That's an awesome website that she has going! She is such a great gal for all that she is doing for these poor homeless kitties. She is truly an angel to ALL kitties!

[catmandu]

And Barney Angel who is RVing with the Animal Angels in Florida this week is so impressed that his memory and his name are being used for such a grat cause , and will help those poor Cats who need help the most.
He says Go Meeeowmie Go!!!
We will have lots of Cat Friends to be with by the time many years from now.
One Fine Day

[Randi]

Thank you for sharing Lara's e-mail. I just thought about her... and Barney the other day, and have missed her here.

It's a really nice site she has up now, and great that she got that group started. I hope she doesn't stress herself totally out.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks for posting this. I was just thinking about Lara the other day. I'm glad that she's doing well and her website is great. I too have missed seeing her post on PT.

[Medusa]

Great to get news about Lara. I, too, was wondering what became of her. She's truly a sweetheart and her schedule is keeping her so busy that we're deprived of her company here on PT for a while but that's ok. Life happens.

[MoonandBean]

Yay! I pmailed her the other day saying "where you been?" and I also pmailed Cassiesmom wondering if she's heard from her. SO...I'm relieved to hear all is well...just BUSY! I will go check out the website. Thanks Candace!

[MoonandBean]

Crosspost #1
(From Sunny's diary on dogster)

My mom has a friend in British Columbia. A while back, she rescued a little cat off the street. His name was Barney. He was very sick and his new mom did everything she could but he died a few months ago from cancer and general body breakdown. In his honor, she formed a group dedicated to trapping, neutering and re-releasing feral cats. Mom says if you've ever been to Atlantic City and looked under the boardwalk, you know what a feral cat population looks like (what are you doggies doing looking under the boardwalk, anyway? BOL!) Mom just remembered she's going to AC the end of the month...better start stocking up on cat food and treats

Anyhow, back to the reason for my diary entry...Please check out her website. The little scrawny black and white cat in the upper left corner and at the bottom of the page is Barney...RIP! Mom says she knows where all her spare change will be going this year

[Emeraldgreen]

Hi you guys!!! Thank you Candace for making this thread and for emailing me. It's just what I needed to get back to PT. I shouldn't have let life get so busy and Pettalk has always been such a great place to come to find solace. I don't know why I waited so long. I can't believe the last time I logged on was January 25th. Crazy.
I loved reading everyone's posts and I'm so thankful to be missed. Good to be back.
Things have really been moving along with the feral cat group. A woman in our group has alot of journalism experience and she sent out a press release to some radio stations and newspapers. I did a short radio interview the other day over the phone. It was very weird and scary. Thankfully they only ran a tiny clip of it. lol
Today, a high school student came over on the ferry and he and another student are doing a documentary on feral cats that they will be submitting at the end of the month to the Campbell River Film Festival. The student brought his video camera and did an interview with me and 3 other members of our group and asked me to send him some Barney footage so he could add it to the documentary. I wasn't sure what to send but put together some clips. Here's the video I sent him:

Barney video

It would be so neat if Barney's little video clips made it onto a bigger screen so he could help even more kitties. I think these kids will do a good job with their film, they seem really motivated.

I'm really looking forward to catching up with everybody on PT and finding out what you all have been up to!

[Randi]

LES again.

Lara, the video clips you put together are so touching and I hope it will make it to the big screen, so that more people will be aware what a miserable life feral cats have to endure.

It's great that the students will do a documentary. I hope it will seen by many people!

Thank you again for all you have done for Barney.