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09-08-2017 06:36 AM
Good luck to them and may they all be safe. I wonder if they evacuated some of the "breeder" cats to continue the Hemingway line. I don't believe all the cats at the Hemingway house are intact otherwise the place would be over run. Love me a " double pawed" kitty. Fingers crossed for all in the path.
09-08-2017 06:37 AM
Very foolish. I hope I'm wrong but I predict it won't end well- Who makes these decisions anyway?
09-08-2017 07:47 AM
@Skyegirl21for good or ill one would hope it's the person themselves.
09-08-2017 10:37 AM
@candys mine wrote:Good luck to them and may they all be safe. I wonder if they evacuated some of the "breeder" cats to continue the Hemingway line. I don't believe all the cats at the Hemingway house are intact otherwise the place would be over run. Love me a " double pawed" kitty. Fingers crossed for all in the path.
@candys mine I read on their website that they allow one litter of kittens per year to continue the line.
09-08-2017 10:38 AM
@Skyegirl21 wrote:Very foolish. I hope I'm wrong but I predict it won't end well- Who makes these decisions anyway?
@Skypegirl The executive director who may be an individual of questionable common sense.
09-08-2017 12:22 PM
I wish they were evacuating with the cats. It seems rather foolish to stay there with this horrific storm coming. The highest place on the Keys can't withstand the kind of water and wind this storm will bring.
09-08-2017 12:46 PM
What is wrong with these people .... saw the owner of this establishment on the news last night ... he and some of his staff are "riding this one out"!
09-08-2017 02:46 PM - edited 09-08-2017 08:23 PM
To me they are disregarding everything their officials are saying and asking of everyone. They are setting a poor example. Why wouldn't they want to be sure the cats and volunteers are ALL safe? There was plenty of time to make a decision to find safe shelter for these kitty's and volunteers. Let the volunteers take care of them at a safer place. All lives saved and problem solved. To me this should have been a no brainer.
09-08-2017 04:27 PM
I don't see this ending well......
09-08-2017 08:21 PM
beach-mom wrote:Those of you who have been there probably know there are about 55 six-toed cats (descendants of the first ones) who roam the house and grounds freely. If you tour the house, you will see them in the roped off (to humans) bedrooms and other rooms, sitting on the beds and chairs grooming themselves. They all have names too, and the guides seem to know them! I don't know how they can remember that many! They are friendly and some will come up to you.
So I was concerned about where they were going to go. Ten caretakers are staying in the home and property during the storm. They have boarded up the home and have moved some of the furniture the cats like to sit on to the higher floors. They say the cats will sense when it is time to come into the home. They have plenty of human and kitty food, veterinary supplies, first aid kits, and of course water.
These caretakers are going above and beyond their responsibilities to care for these kitties! I am praying for their safety, as well as everyone else in the path of the storm.
I am not going to judge their decision to
stay at the house and to care for all
of those precious the kitties...it is not
my place to do so.
The only thing that I can and will do
is to pray with all of my heart that
the staff and the kitties survive and
get through this devastating hurricane
safe and sound.
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All of my children have paws =^..^=
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