The
following
text
was
written
by
Janet
Dreseck
of
PAWs
Rescue:
A
PAW
volunteer
got
a
call
about
a
momma
cat
and
some
kittens
that
had
showed
up
at a
barn.
The
mother
cat
was
wild,
but
the
kittens
were
very
young
and
easily
tamable.
The
woman
who
spotted
the
kittens,
Sharon,
started
handling
them
and
petting
them
when
they
first
showed
up,
so
they
were
accustomed
to
humans
from
a
very
young
age.
But
if
we
didn't
do
something
pretty
quick,
they
would
become
shy
and
elusive.
They
were
also
vulnerable
to
all
kinds
of
mishaps
out
there
in
the
woods.
And
of
course
we
didn't
want
to
leave
momma
cat
out
there
to
keep
having
more
babies.
There
are
already
more
cats
in
the
world
than
there
are
homes
for,
and
we
wanted
to
stop
this
cat
from
contributing
to
the
overpopulation
tragedy.
So
one
of
our
PAW
volunteers
went
out
to
the
farm
with
a
trap,
and
she
and
Sharon
started
rounding
up
kittens.
Momma
cat
went
into
the
trap
nicely,
and
three
of
the
kittens
were
easily
caught.
But
the
fourth
one
was
scared
by
the
ruckus
and
hid
and
laid
low
until
the
volunteer
had
to
leave.
So
the
three
captured
kittens
and
their
mother
went
off
to
the
vet
hospital
to
be
tested
and
checked
out.
Sharon
stayed
at
the
barn
with
a
borrowed
trap,
determined
to
catch
the
last
kitten
if
she
had
to
stay
there
all
weekend.
It
was
terrible
to
think
the
baby
was
out
there
all
alone,
with
no
sisters
or
mother.
She
hid
all
that
day,
and
most
of
the
next
day.
Sharon
caught
glimpses
of
her,
and
was
almost
able
to
grab
her
at
one
point.
But
by
this
time
the
kitten
was
pretty
freaked
out,
and
she
was
staying
well
away
from
her
former
playmate.
But
finally
she
went
into
the
trap.
What
a
relief
it
was
for
Sharon
to
see
it
spring
shut
and
know
that
the
last
baby
was
finally
safe.
Sharon
rushed
her
to
the
vet
hospital
to
be
reunited
with
her
family,
and
a
happy
reunion
it
was.
While
they
were
living
at
the
barn,
Bobbi
Sox
had
a
close
encounter
with
Rockin'
Rita,
one
of
the
horses
boarding
there.
If
you
look
closely
at
the
picture
of
the
two
of
them
together,
you
will
see
an
expression
of
pure
astonishment
on
Bobbi
Sox's
face.
It's
understandable:
Bobbi
Sox
weighed
less
than
2
pounds,
and
Rockin'
Rita
tips
the
scale
at
1100
pounds,
give
or
take
a
few.
Rockin'
Rita
was
so
smitten
with
the
kittens
that
she
didn't
want
to
eat
in
her
stall.
She
insisted
on
staying
in
the
aisle
and
reaching
over
the
stall
door
to
grab
mouthfuls
of
food
while
she
continued
to
enjoy
the
antics
of
the
little
orange
fluff
balls.
Even
the
horses
can't
resist
these
kittens,
so
why
fight
it?
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visit
the
Kittens
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